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SOMERBROOK GREAT SOMERFORD, WILTSHIRE


Serving past and future needs


A design and development team embarking on its first new build aimed for an affordably high standard of residential design and build, with an aesthetic that beds the scheme into its historic context. Jack Wooler reports


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omerbrook is a collection of 28 private and 10 affordable homes in Great Somerford, Wiltshire, developed by Stonewood Partnerships, a company within the Stonewood Group, which also includes contracting and architectural arms within its set-up. “As Somerbrook was our first new build development, it was important to set a high standard of both design and build,” begins Sam Smart, managing director of Stonewood Partnerships. Smart tells me that “incorporating the creative flair of Stonewood Design’s team,” alongside the practical experience of its construction arm, was essential to


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its success on this project. Set in a quiet corner of Wiltshire, Great Somerford has been described as the most picturesque village in England. The new development, on a prime site near the River Avon, comprises two to five-bedroom homes with a mix of terraced, link- detached, or detached.


The design employs a traditional style to blend with the adjacent village and the neighbouring Brook Farm – despite the latter, which was established in the 1500s and includes listed buildings, causing a number of challenges throughout the project.


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