The site lies in the southern part of the South Shoreditch Conservation Area and has a mixed character, combining fine historic warehouse and residential buildings with lower-quality post-war infill. In considering the site’s historic context, Kohn Pedersen Fox worked with conservation specialist Richard Griffiths Associates and received townscape and heritage advice from Montagu Evans’ Dr Chris Miele, formerly of English Heritage.

The proposals retain all heritage buildings, with strategies reflecting each building’s townscape value and capacity for change. Richard Griffiths Associates’ plans for the Grade II* Listed 91-101 Worship Street (Webb Terrace) focus on careful restoration, removing modern rear extensions, and creating a new residential mews to reveal the 19^th century houses from within the site. Meanwhile, the St James’s Place building at 40-46 Scrutton Street is maintained largely as a warehouse-office with only minimal repairs.