We carried out a feasibility study and scheme design for new assisted living retirement accommodation for an established family-owned care home near the Blackdown Hills in the South West. The owners wanted to add an extra offer to their existing highly reputable care home and dementia care establishment. We provided sector-specific advice and option appraisals … Continued
St Mary’s House is an existing office building on the corner of Penarth Road and Trade Street, Cardiff. Rightacres Property Ltd built the building in the early 2000s. It has 4 floors of office accommodation, a car park, and ancillary facilities. It was purpose-built for Arriva Trains Wales (later Transport for Wales). The entrance to … Continued
Parkgate Hotel was a real opportunity to do the things that matter to us. Rescuing unloved and empty buildings. Working with enthusiastic and committed clients. Contributing to our cities with high quality design. We were delighted then when Rightacres asked us in 2017 to design a new 4* hotel in Cardiff city centre. They wanted … Continued
GFA has worked for Admiral Group for over 15 years, indeed we used to share an office block in Cardiff . We are experts in knowing what works for Admiral in terms of space-planning and fit out. However, our most recent projects have looked at how Admiral can respond to new agile working patterns that … Continued
Background The remote village of Llangynidr lies about 9 miles south-east of Brecon. The village has upper and lower parts, divided by the original drovers road; Cwm Crawnon. The river Usk flows past the north of the village and the Brecon & Abergavenny canal runs through its centre. Overall, this is a very picturesque part … Continued
This new mid-market care community for Mayfield Villages was granted planning permission in 2020. It forms part of a wider masterplan for the Sackville Road site in Hove. The mid-market care community will stand alongside Build to Rent apartments developed by MODA, therefore creating a unique multi-generational living scheme. GFA are architects for the £60m … Continued
We successfully gained planning consent for a new care community of 172 retirement homes in the village of Scarcroft, some eight miles north of Leeds in Yorkshire. The 20-acre site had been the location of N-Power’s headquarters. GFA prepared designs for a new care community for Audley Group, centred around Scarcroft Lodge. The Lodge is … Continued
Gaunt Francis Architects designed a new care community on Fairmile Lane, Cobham, for Audley Villages. The brief called for a care-led development with a variety of accommodation to allow older people to lead a fulfilled retirement. As a result, we created a sympathetic, safe environment near Cobham town centre. Our scheme for the site has … Continued
Octopus Real Estate is part of the Octopus Group and is a leading UK specialist real estate investor. They commissioned Gaunt Francis Architects to prepare designs for this new care home in Blythe Valley. The scheme forms a key part of the new Blythe Valley Park. This is an established 2 million sq. ft. mixed … Continued
Set within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, the Sunningdale site is in the Greenbelt. It contains a Grade II listed mansion (Northcote House) within a Grade II Registered Park and Garden. Audley Villages commissioned Gaunt Francis Architects to prepare designs for a new care community to supplement Audley’s growing portfolio. Our proposals build … Continued
