Knighton Extension

A rural-type grouping of 20 new homes.

Location: Knighton Farm

Status: Planning

Use: Residential

Client: Private

This proposal acts as a buffer and creates a sense of enclosure against spatial leakage and termination of the Canford Park development on the opposing land. The proposal forms a sympathetic transition between the hamlet and the urban development to the south.

The design was supported at pre-app and forms a rural-type grouping, with humble domestic forms of linear ‘Workers’ Cottages (typical to the local vernacular), which then terminates in a rural farm courtyard complex that reflects the sensation of a Rural Edge Character Area.

The dwellings are arranged so that they offer an articulated mass, which is commensurate with the built form of the local vernacular.

Two-storey forms nestle into place with gaps. Landscaping and architectural investment are set within a considered design which has an alliance with the character of the place and its rural setting.