Len House is a grade II listed showroom and workshop for Rootes, a local Kent motorcar business, which was constructed in a Moderne style 1937-38 to designs by Howard and Souster. While an iconic local building in Maidstone the structure found fame during the 1970s being the inspiration for the Play Family Garage toy by Fisher-Price which has a car ramp similar to that located within Len House.

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Working closely with Maidstone Borough Council and Hollaway Studios, HCUK Group helped develop proposals for the site which sought to conserve the highly significant building while providing it with a new use that could see for its future conservation and maintenance. Key elements of the scheme included the retention of the car ramp as a means of vehicles reaching the first floor parking area, provision of a new vibrant public ‘square’ and the introduction of a contemporary interpretation of the lost historic petrol pump that once occupied the forecourt.