31 High Street, Southampton

121 self-contained student studio apartments, with communal socialising and amenity areas across 5 storeys, as well as a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.

Our sister company and client Unilife, is a developer and operator of high quality student accommodation. Our Collaboration on 31 High Street, see’s us take on a different kind of modular build as it is set to revive an historic site. The former Bank of England building has quite the history with it’s large basement vaults, being recorded as one of the largest gold depositories during World War II.

Paying great homage to important parts of the building that are listed, notably the beautiful front façade. Whereas the locally listed frontage is generally in good condition, internally there is little of any heritage value due to significant alternations, damage and degradation. The heritage features of the building will be restored and enhanced by this project, helping to revive Southampton High Street and bring much needed student accommodation to the currently under supplied leading university.

As the development site was in a busy city centre location, the client had a requirement that the project be completed quickly and with the minimum amount of disruption to the surrounding area. Stelling Properties worked with Unilife to engineer the best solution and used modular construction principles to deliver this ongoing project. The project consists of 121 self-contained student studio apartments, with communal socialising and amenity areas across 5 storeys, as well as a restaurant and bar on the ground floor.

The development will also deliver vast sustainable advantages over a traditional build by reducing the overall environmental impact of the project from start to finish, while the improved build quality will deliver significant operational cost savings.

Stelling Properties are extremely proud to be designing and manufacturing this exciting project, which will see a building steeped in history and more modern methods of construction come together seamlessly.