New Build
A Regenerated Brook Landscape
Hawkes Architecture were approached by clients who had previously pursued a Paragraph 84 scheme with another architect but were unable to secure support, despite presenting to independent design review panels. We restarted the design process from the ground up, working closely with DLA Landscape Architecture to unlock the site’s full potential. Following a detailed Landscape and Visual Appraisal, we developed a fresh proposal on a different part of the site, introducing a sweeping curved form that maximises long views and creates a harmonious relationship with the landscape.
The principal landscape objectives focus on enhancing and regenerating a brook that runs through the site, creating multiple opportunities for habitat improvement while strengthening the connection between the building and its natural surroundings.
On Friday 4th August 2023, Cheltenham Borough Council granted approval for the scheme, endorsing both the architecture and the enhanced landscape strategy within the Cotswolds National Landscape (formerly AONB).
A modern Cotswolds home — where beauty meets sustainability
Lilley Brook
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Landscape
Embracing nature in Design
A new discreet access to the lower part of the site is formed, preserving the higher open ground from infringement. The architectural proposals have developed within a natural hollow within the site which provides a tranquil haven away from a busy elevated road. The architectural form provides a continuation of the hollow form to further enhance its sense of tranquility and enjoyment of the Lilley Brook.
A new discreet access to the lower part of the site is formed, preserving the higher open ground from infringement. The architectural proposals have developed within a natural hollow within the site which provides a tranquil haven away from a busy elevated road. The architectural form provides a continuation of the hollow form to further enhance its sense of tranquility and enjoyment of the Lilley Brook.
Interior Design
Functional and Beautiful
The arrival level entrance hall is circular in plan and centrally located between two distinct parts of the house, each enjoying entirely different qualities reflecting their function and location within the hollow.
Within the circular entrance hall you are presented with 2 staircases. A wide, light staircase flooded with daylight ascends to the elevated living accommodation which enjoys commanding “Prospect” views over the hollow, up the valley and across the tree lined Dingle & Lilley Brook.
The other staircase is narrower, as if carved into the ground, descending down into the quiet “Refuge” of a gently barrel vaulted library snug and from here access to bedrooms which all enjoy framed intimate views of the Lilley Brook from the base of the hollow.
The proposals were approved following initial support by CBC but refusal by committee. A subsequent appeal was dismissed based on a minor technicality but with full support for the design. The same scheme was subsequently submitted with the technicality ironed out and approval swiftly granted thereafter.
