On The Front Line Of Design Innovation – Vicaima Doors Open To New Lifestyle At Former Military HQ

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The conversion of a Grade II listed building, with a history spanning over 130 years, requires thoughtful and imaginative planning at the best of times. However, this is all the more important when the building holds a special affection and relevance for a town steeped in an illustrious military past. In this instance it was more than just bricks and mortar.

The building has a lineage dating all the way back to 1894, when the Duke of Connaught, Queen Victoria’s son and General Officer Commanding for the Aldershot District, inaugurated this important headquarters for the armed forces. This challenge however, was more than successfully met by Weston Homes, when they re-imagined the 4th Division Military Headquarters in Aldershot. They transformed the historic site into an exclusive collection of contemporary apartments and cottages, while seamlessly retaining its original character and charming architectural features.

Bright modern home interior with open doors to a living room and kitchen-dining area, blue chairs, skylight, and wall clock.

To complement the interior layouts and design, Vicaima supplied interior timber doors from their Visual Sensations collection. For this, Weston Homes selected Dekordor® SD Forest in a cross-directional woodgrain styling. Forest, with its rich and luxurious walnut like hue, perfectly complements the tone of the surrounding joinery and flooring and its combination of both vertical and horizontal grain directions adds an interesting design statement, as you traverse between living areas.

Red-brick manor-style building with white columns and a parked car in a paved courtyard under a cloudy sky

Multi-award winning Weston Homes and WhatHouse? Housebuilder Of The Year 2025, has long been an advocate of Vicaima innovative door products, incorporating them throughout many of its residential developments across London and the South East. Weston Homes choice of Vicaima provides a seamless interior finish to every home, combining exceptional design with lasting quality. Working in conjunction with ABL, a Colchester based installation company, Weston Homes specified a variety of dimensional requirements to perfectly meet the project requirements.

Bright modern kitchen with black cooktop, white island, blue and gold dishes, and a dining table by double dark wood doors.

Modern hallway with open wooden doors to a bathroom, console table, mirror, vase, and framed photo in warm neutral tones.

The Visual Sensations collection provides a wide finish and design spectrum with no less than 12 base woodgrain shades, that are each available in a selection of vertical, horizontal or cross-directional grain patterns. As with all Vicaima products, this collection is fully adaptable to meet specific project requirements.

Grand white staircase with dark patterned runner, arched windows, and potted plants in an empty elegant hall.

Whether that be performance fire doors, security entrance or acoustic solutions or custom configurations, such as single leaf, pairs, glazed options or decorative grooved embelishments, ensuring the interior doors perfectly enhance the desired design vision. To find out more about Vicaima solutions for residential projects, or to discuss Visual Sensation finishes, contact 01793 532333 or email info@vicaima.com