How to make retirement housing affordable and accessible to more people has interested us since our 2005 scheme for Clevedon. Untold Living asked us to review a previously consented scheme for a 133-dwelling Integrated Retirement Community on a vacant site adjacent to a new housing estate in Newport, Shropshire. This is not an area with … Continued
Sovereign Harbour sits to the north of Eastbourne town centre and was a originally a series of gravel pits and ponds on an area of shingle known locally as the ‘Crumbles’. Following ideas in the late sixties about the potential for housing on the site, development eventually began in the 1980s. Specifically, work started on … Continued
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
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. The scheme is now complete, and the new owners have shared their experiences and joy at embracing the … 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
