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
Gaunt Francis Architects has been a leading voice in design for retirement care communities since 2005, together with long-term client Audley Villages. We were proud therefore to be trusted with this scheme in 2017, when Audley Group launched their idea for a new Care Community concept, to be developed by their sister company Mayfield Villages. … Continued
Chalfont Dene is an Audley Retirement Village comprising 84 units of accommodation in a range of apartments and cottages. It sits within the Green Belt on a Major Developed Site currently housing accommodation for the Epilepsy Society. The architectural design has taken its inspiration from the local vernacular and also the high quality arts and crafts architecture … Continued
This 160,000 ft2 new build care community was completed in 2018. It comprises 126 units of accommodation on green-belt land near Bristol. The scheme helped to bring a redundant site into re-use and replace existing low quality buildings with a high quality distinctive development. The site is located in the countryside to the west of Clifton … Continued
The original mansion that occupied the site dated back to the start of the 19th Century, and over time was expanded with Presidents Hall, Pillar Hall and College Hall. However, following the vacation of the site by Brunel University in 2008 this locally listed building suffered water damage and fell into disrepair. The new Audley … Continued
Mote House is a Grade II* Listed Building set in the grounds of Mote Park near Maidstone. Working with Audley, we have transformed this site into an award winning development of 101 residential units. The scheme comprises new accommodation sensitively created within the walled garden and the comprehensive restoration of the main house as well … Continued
