Fort Pitt Grammar School Science Centre in Kent, Kent Property, South East England Architecture, UK Building Design
Fort Pitt Grammar School Science Centre
9 July 2020
Fort Pitt Grammar School Science Centre
Architect: Hazle McCormack Young LLP
Location: Chatham, Kent, South East England, UK

A new state of the art replacement science facility for a Girls’ Grammar School, comprising of 9 teaching laboratories with support spaces. The new Fort Pitt Grammar School Science Centre building has been delivered on the same site as the first Nightingale Hospital, surrounded by Scheduled Ancient Monuments, on a site overlooking Chatham, Kent.

The provision of a new group of science teaching facilities and a new 6th Form suite.
As a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a site containing 2 Listed Buildings, with very restricted access to much of the site, Fort Pitt School had been extensively developed during the late 1950?s and 60?s. The challenge for HMY was to find the most suitable location creating least impact for a large building on the site.

Sitting in a very prominent position above the towns of Chatham and Rochester, and with significant above and below ground heritage assets including a network of subterranean tunnels and caverns from the original military fort on the site meant that there were few suitable locations for the new science centre that would support both the working of the school and respect the heritage of the site. A replacement of two existing 1960s str...