Private Housing

Another Energy Efficient Home

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We hope to get this lovely new home in Eynsham started up on site in the coming months! It is the latest in a series of private energy efficient homes which gcp has been creating for some very happy clients, thanks to the expertise of our qualified PassivHaus Designer Colin Powell. 

The home is designed to be flexible to ensure the residents can enjoy it for many years to come, even as their needs change. To ensure high thermal performance, the house will be built using an Insulated Concrete Formwork system which we have used before at Church Road and Dundry. Keep your eyes peeled for site progress photos in the coming  year!

Malvern Housing Development on site

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Construction work has started in earnest at Ranelagh Road, Malvern where c-t-s Construction are building six houses, four flats and four Maisonettes for Broadway PLC.  gcp has been busy achieving Section 73 and Minor non material Amendment consents from Malvern Hills District Council as wells a securing discharge of pre-start conditions. The project is due for completion in Q2 2020.  Part of the site is within the Malvern Link Conservation Area and within the curtilage of a former listed convent which dates from 1869 and contains several buildings of significant architectural merit.

2018 Recap & Merry Christmas !

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Henacre Road, Bristol

During 2018, gcp has been continuing to work with Courtenay Investments on the strip back to shell refurbishment and extension of their 1950’s office block in Holborn, Central London.  Enabling works are now complete and construction work proper will commence in Q1 2019.

Elizabeth House, Holborn

Four schemes have been progressing in Lawrence Weston in North West Bristol with ongoing design work for Ambition Lawrence Weston, Pioneer Medical Group and Bristol City Council to try and bring the vision of a community hub building to fruition.  We are also working with social landlord Curo at Henacre Road and Corbett Close.  The 128 home scheme at Henacre Road will be on site by Easter next year following a painstaking search for any unexploded ordnance scheduled for the New Year.  The fourth scheme is for Bristol City Council to the rear of the Ridingleaze shops where we will have designed nine houses for social rent.

Henacre Road, Bristol

We have also been working on an inner-city housing scheme for Acorn Property Group at Brooks Dye Works in St. Werburghs, Bristol (106 units) and large rural schemes for Lindon Homes near Long Ashton (103 units for phase 1) and Stonewater at Northwick Farm near Worcester (62 units).

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been working with us on the development of their Urban Cricket Centre Concept, designed to bring playing opportunities to some of the most deprived post codes across East London, Birmingham and Bradford. The opening of the first site in East London is scheduled to coincide with the Cricket World Cup 2019.

ECB Urban Cricket Centre Concept

Halsall Construction continue to be a great supporter with design for projects completed at Silver Street in Willand and Station Road in Castle Carey.  In Swindon we have been working with the football club’s community trust to bring about the construction of a new pavilion building to support their new artificial turf pitch at the County Ground site.  In Malvern we have just secured planning consent for fourteen homes for c-t-s Construction and Broadway Heritage Ltd on the edge of a local conservation area in the grounds of a former convent.

Swindon Town Football in the Community Trust, Community Club Hub

It only remains for me on behalf of the Directors to express our warmest thanks to the staff, clients and fellow consultants who have made 2018 the most successful in our now 31 year history!

Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you all.

 

Jeremy Pilling

Managing Director

gcp chartered Architects

Arts studios in St Ives

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View from public footpath towards Burthallan Farm (central to left of white gable end)

Burthallan Farm is a conversion of semi-derelict agricultural buildings to create a range of artists studios and managers residential accommodation on a prominent site on the edge of St Ives.

The site, unoccupied since 1927, occupies a prominent location within a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); it is within the Green Belt and includes land down to the South West Coastal Path and beyond to the sea.

Working within the tight constraints of the St Ives Neighbourhood Development Plan 2015 – 2030 and the Cornwall Design Guide, the project seeks to build within the original envelope of the farm building formed of cob and granite, enhance the artist studio offer available in the area and provide a further boost to local tourism. The studios will include tuition space for painting and life drawings, private studios and space for sculpture.

A planning application is due to be submitted before the end of 2018 and if successful, it is anticipated the artists studios will be 40% funded by the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) Rural Tourism Infrastructure Growth Programme.

This is the third project undertaken for this client over a rewarding and successful ten-year period.