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Hanham Hall
Whittucks Road, Hanham
Multi award winning Hanham Hall is one of the most important developments of spacious, energy efficient new homes in the country, set in 12 acres of beautiful open space. Here you'll find a mix of one, two, three, four & five bedroom homes that are unique in their design and innovative features. There are a total of 10 different dwelling designs with each type featuring a number of variations depending on their context. The original Hanham Hall, a grade II* listed building will be transformed into a restaurant, nursery, community hall, cafe and offices.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Creating a Place
5. Character
6. Working with the site and context
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10. Car parking
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
Opportunities and Constraints for Hanham Hall residences
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
Hanham Hall existing site and boundary
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
Aerial view looking into the site from the south
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Masterplan showing immediate context
Our masterplan shows immediate connections linking into the local context. The site is located facing existing homes and community facilities to the west and farmland to the east.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
Plan showing facilities wihtin five and ten minutes walk
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
The site entrance
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
1. Connections
A distinctive entrance square has been created running alongside the listed Hall building and into a landscaped community square
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Facilities map showing amenity within 5 and 10 minute walking distances
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
There is a doctors surgery neighbouring the site as well as local pubs, shops and schools within walking distance
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Within the site there is the listed Hall building which has been restored for mixed community use
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
Pedestian and cycle network and hierarchy
The site links Whittucks Road directly into an integrated network of streets, paths, cycle routes and shared surfaces connecting into the cycle highway running east of the site.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
2. Facilities and services
A bus stop is just outside the developments main entrance
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
Entrance Square with bus stop located just outside the red line boundary
A bus stop is located at the site entrance. The location of a new entrance square adjacent to Hanham Hall itself creates a gateway to the scheme.
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
3. Public transport
The ‘Green Spine’ extending from the Hall to the surrounding public open space.
Yes. An extensive green travel plan was produced as part of the Design & Access statement
Integrating
into the neighbourhood
4. Meeting local housing requirements
Artists impression of the view towards Hanham Hall from the centre of the site
The scheme addresses local housing requirements by providing a wide range of accommodation, from 1 bedroom flats and coach houses to five bedroom houses. These are arranged in terraces, semi-detached and detached arrangements to create varied urban form. A significant proportion of the homes are family homes with parking in-curtilage or adjacent to the home. Smaller apartments provide an accessible entry level to the housing market, whilst coach houses provide a good intermediate step between houses and apartments. A third of the homes (65) are affordable, and will be managed by Sovereign Homes.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Character areas diagram
Within and along the boundary of the historic curtilage wall we have created an area we describe as the ‘Walled Courts’. At the entry to the site, in the location of the old farm yard and buildings, we refer to ‘The Yard’. Around the edge of the site, where the historic hedgerows are maintained and enhanced, we propose an area called ‘The Hedgerows’. Finally around the eastern and northern boundaries where meadowland and park is proposed we have identified ‘The Meadows’.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Hanham Abbotts Conservation Area photographs
Creating a Place
5. Character
Hanham Abbotts Conservation Area photographs
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5. Character
Royal Cresent in Bath which is a precedent for its relationship and articulation to public
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5. Character
Cruck buildings express their timber frames to create pattern and form
Creating a Place
5. Character
Our proposals for Hanham Hall are designed to respond to and pronounce natural cycles
Creating a Place
5. Character
A new play area, village green and both informal and formal green spaces
Creating a Place
5. Character
A new park leads through to allotments, an apiary and orchards
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5. Character
3.7ha of meadows, orchard and allotments adjacent to development.
Creating a Place
5. Character
A new play area, village green and both informal and formal green spaces
Creating a Place
5. Character
A new park leads through to allotments, an apiary and orchards
Creating a Place
5. Character
3.7ha of meadows, orchard and allotments adjacent to development.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Seating blocks
The Mews Courts are a series of shared surfaces that adopt homezone principles where the street is an informal area with organic incidental spaces created by the movement of the building line.
High quality paving materials including banding have been selected for the main surface of this mews, with the squares at the junctions defined by change in tone and texture to further slow traffic and denote ownership.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Bridge
The Mews Courts are a series of shared surfaces that adopt homezone principles where the street is an informal area with organic incidental spaces created by the movement of the building line.
High quality paving materials including banding have been selected for the main surface of this mews, with the squares at the junctions defined by change in tone and texture to further slow traffic and denote ownership.
Creating a Place
5. Character
High quality concrete block paving
The Mews Courts are a series of shared surfaces that adopt homezone principles where the street is an informal area with organic incidental spaces created by the movement of the building line.
High quality paving materials including banding have been selected for the main surface of this mews, with the squares at the junctions defined by change in tone and texture to further slow traffic and denote ownership.
Creating a Place
5. Character
Playable Art objects
The Mews Courts are a series of shared surfaces that adopt homezone principles where the street is an informal area with organic incidental spaces created by the movement of the building line.
High quality paving materials including banding have been selected for the main surface of this mews, with the squares at the junctions defined by change in tone and texture to further slow traffic and denote ownership.
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
Uninterupted views of the Hanham Hills from site
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
We have retained the listed wall that runs through the centre of the site
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
The Hall
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
We have retained the existing listed Hall and refurbished it for community uses
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
A listed wall has been preserved and incorporated into the masterplan
Creating a Place
6. Working with the site and context
The site is dominated by a retained hedgerow prominantly located through the centre of the site
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Road and vehicle hierarchy diagram
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7. Creating well defined streets and spaces
Homes overlooking shared surface streets
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8. Easy to find your way around
Cgi looking through the centre of the development
The development is not a through route and new roads and paths within the development are shared surface for residents and visitors only
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8. Easy to find your way around
Surrounding green spaces including an orchard, greenhouses, meadows and allotments help create local landmarks
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
Plan showing areas of interest and character
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
The retined listed Hanham Hall
Creating a Place
8. Easy to find your way around
The existing listed wall has been retained
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9. Streets for all
Detail of the Mews Courts
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9. Streets for all
View of the Sustainable Living Centre from the entrance square
High quality paving materials including banding have been selected for the main surface of this mews, with the squares at the junctions defined by change in tone and texture to further slow traffic and denote ownership.
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9. Streets for all
Veranda spaces to the fronts of homes help enliven the immediate streetscape
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9. Streets for all
Private back gardens are favoured over separated front gardens
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9. Streets for all
Homes overlook shared surface streets on multiple levels, with usable rooms to every level of home
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9. Streets for all
All homes have balconies, veranda spaces or private gardens
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9. Streets for all
Veranda spaces to the fronts of homes help enliven the immediate streetscape
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9. Streets for all
Private back gardens are favoured over separated front gardens
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9. Streets for all
Homes overlook shared surface streets on multiple levels, with usable rooms to every level of home
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9. Streets for all
All homes have balconies, veranda spaces or private gardens
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10. Car parking
The design of the east courtyard is intended to be flexible to different activities and will accommodate parking during Hanham Halls general usage with cars banned from the space for special events such as farmers markets or performances.
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10. Car parking
The incidental spaces, staggered parking arrangement and tree planting help to restrict speed and provide adequate manoeuvering room for vehicles.
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11. Public and private spaces
Aerial view showing the site set in the landscaped context
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11. Public and private spaces
Flat over garage housetype
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11. Public and private spaces
Streets with well designed and maintained surfaces, some shared
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12. External storage and amenity space
House section
As detailed under the Layout section of this document (Section 3.7) the car parking for the townhouses is generally accommodated in a mews arrangement to the rear. This provides each home with a garage and storage whilst also accommodating the refuse needs of the home.
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12. External storage and amenity space
As detailed under the Layout section of this document (Section 3.7) the car parking for the townhouses is generally accommodated in a mews arrangement to the rear. This provides each home with a garage and storage whilst also accommodating the refuse needs of the home.
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12. External storage and amenity space
Cycle storage is also provided within or close to all dwellings
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