24 CASE STUDY A heart of oak
Already in receipt of several awards, Hornsey Rise in Leicestershire was developed to meet strong demand for luxury detached homes with a more ‘intimate’ community feel. Lee Harris of developer Springbourne Homes explains to Jack Wooler how the site’s rich history and ecology helped inform the project’s oak- framed designs.
comprises 19 homes, from three up to six bedrooms, with generous gross internal areas running from 1,400 to 4,000 ft2
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Developer Springbourne Homes has constructed these luxury homes on the top of a hill among three acres of mature woodland, surrounded by bluebells and snowdrops. Maximising the site’s natural features was an integral part of the project’s ethos.
Intended to be a counter to what the developer sees as typically ‘bland’ new build housing developments of late, there are 16 different house types spread across the site – even including a refurbished 1930s chapel. However the reiterated house types have been mirrored or reposi- tioned to ensure that every home is differentiated in some regard. Connecting the development aestheti-
cally, the homes’ envelopes all have oak-framed double gables. These are intended to ‘root’ the properties into their rural landscape, and set the tone and expectations for what’s inside. Viewing the homes, this expectation is met; they have been designed to heighten
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ornsey Rise, in the hamlet of Wellsborough just outside Market Bosworth, Leicestershire,
the level of intimacy and connection with the occupier. Both are characteristics which Springbourne CEO Lee Harris believes helps to set Hornsey Rise apart as a genuinely ‘luxury’ project.
Since its inception, Harris reports that the project has been hugely successful, winning a number of local and national awards and quickly selling off-plan. Despite this success however, he says there were a number of hurdles the devel- oper needed to overcome to make Hornsey Rise the project it is today, and lessons that Harris hopes to share with his peers.
QUALITY & INTIMACY
According to Harris, early research from local agents initially informed Springbourne’s early development decisions, with agents reporting an appetite for large, luxurious, detached homes in rural locations.
Not satisfied with just any home that meets these needs however, Harris explains that the firm’s research indicated that those who sought such new build homes were also tired of “monolithic house types and congested develop- ments.” Instead they were searching for
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