Northwick Park Golf Course and Clubhouse | 15 Mar 2007 |
Northwick Park golf course and clubhouse opened in autumn 2005 at Northwick Park in Brent, West London. Operated by Playgolf Ltd, the course is accurately modelled on holes from some of the worlds' most famous golf courses, including Augusta, Royal Troon, Royal Birkdale, Valderrama and Oak Hills. The clubhouse incorporates a two-tier, 60-bay driving range, including five video teaching bays, several restaurants, retail units and conference facilities.
Jewers Doors was approached by Charles Mador Chartered Architects to design a series of doors to secure the five teaching bays at night. The doors would be opened during the day to allow golfers to hit balls onto the golf-range. The doors had to be solid enough to resist impact and prevent dangerous ricochets from 'shanked' golf balls.
The Swift door in the Phoenix range was the perfect solution. With high-density flat composite panels, a hard-wearing plastic coated finish, low headroom requirements and flush stacking at the sides, Swift 2+2 manually operated doors were a natural choice to close the 3.7m wide by 4.0m high openings. The top tracks were boxed in and recessed handles were incorporated to further reduce ricochets from stray balls. The project was constructed by Crispin & Borst of Maidenhead.
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Jewers Doors Ltd
Normandy Lane
Stratton Business Park
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
SG18 8QB
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