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The Brook
Brecknock
A new build on Upper Cumberland Walk. One of the major challenges before the development began was to ‘capture and move slowworms off the site before they hibernated’. The panel was fond of the wooden façade and the landscaping around the building. Owner: Julia & Glyn Maitland-Shadwell Architects: Michael Westlake, Winter Westlake Architects Building Contractors: James Easter and Ian Fieldwick, Coxdown Construction Landscaper: Richard Ayles – Slate Grey
Brecknock, in the Camden Park area, replaced a house named Ganderhay. The brief was to be ‘contemporary’ while retaining ‘resonance’ with nearby Victorian era buildings. Owner: Geoff and Fiona Turner Architects: Burns Guthrie & Partners Building Contractors: DB Design & Build Ltd
1 Cumberland Walk
Once the King Charles School, the awards panel liked the sensitive renewal of an historic building on a restricted site. Owner: Melanie O’Brien Westphal Designer/Architect: Mike Westphal Building Contractor: Roger Maynard
2 Clarence Road
Built in 1832, it was once the home of Major General Elias Durnford, famed for building the Citadel of Quebec. The panel praised the restoration of the glazed entrance corridor. Owner: Anthony and Robyn Williams Building contractors: AT Palmer and Acorn Glass
32 Norfolk Road
The awards panel were particularly pleased with the way the owners had improved the façade, as well as adding an extension which was not out of keeping with its surroundings. Owner: Joe Tatham and Hannah Rumary Architects: Tatham Homes Building Contractors: Tatham Homes
Hill House
This five-bedroom house in Upper Dunstan Road was designed to fit in with the adjacent 19th-century coach house. The panel liked the design of the slate roof and slender long format bricks as well as the design, with two wings linked by a single-storey family room. Owner: Nathan & Vanessa Wheatley Architects: Simon Feneley of Feneley Studio
WINNER The Wells Free School
The first project of its type to involve a house building company, Berkeley Homes, in the development of a new school. Opened to pupils in 2013 in temporary accommodation before moving to the current site, in the grounds of the former Kent andSussex Hospital, the school has six class years from reception to year five, with 24 pupils in each year. The panel liked the siting near the entrance to the development, which they thought was appropriate for the town centre, as well as the design’s ‘clean lines’ and ‘limited palette’. Acting Chair of Governors: Robert Atwood Architects: Bond Bryan Architects (Stewart Paine) Berkeley Homes Architect (Nick Davies) Building Contractors: Berkeley Homes
The Mead School
This prep school on Frant Road has recently completed an extension to the front of its building. The panel thought it looked as if it had ‘always been’ part of the Victorian house. Owner: Mrs Angela Culley, The Mead School Architects: Mr Robert Shreeve, Robert Shreeve Associates Ltd Building Contractor: Mr Jonathan Tomlin, Anglefield Construction Ltd
Tunbridge Wells Bar and Grill
WINNER
The High Street restaurant invested considerable sums renovating its outdoor dining area, including a retractable roof. The panel also praised the new entranceway. Owner: Ian Campbell (Manager)
Public Spaces on Greggswood Road
Part of the Town and Country Housing Group’s redevelopment of the Greggswood area. The panel highlighted the new public square outside the TN2 Centre and the playground next to Emerald Walk as examples of well thought-out public spaces. They liked the landscaping which enhances the public spaces, and the ‘careful and appropriate’ use of materials and colours. Owner: Town & Country Housing Group Architects: PRP Architects Building Contractors/ Landscaping Work: Hill Partnership Ltd
Wednesday 19th October 2016