28 CASE STUDY Cornishpast andfuture


Intended to perfectly synthesise the historical and contemporary, The Nest is a boutique development that has just been launched in a picturesque Cornish village. Jack Wooler spoke to Paul Stephens of Stephens + Stephens on the design and restoration processes behind it.


and four bedroom homes which recently launched in the heart of a seaside village in Cornwall, Charlestown, which is a Unesco-listedWorld Heritage Site. Heavily influenced by its surroundings – Charlestown’s natural valley – the project takes design cues from the area’s previous role as a seaport for the copper, clay and pilchard fishing industries. To this day it features tall ships, brightly- coloured fishermen’s cottages and time-worn cobblestones. Paul Stephens, director of project developer Stephens + Stephens, tells me that the area’s “enigmatic aesthetic” also inspired film and TV location scouts, being most recently featured in drama series Poldark. This feel, he says, has been “baked into” the new homes, with old elements restored and refurbished, and


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