Great Bow Yard

Built on the 0.34 hectare brownfield site of an old oil depot, the riverside plot is at the southern edge of the small town of Langport in Somerset, at the corner of Bow Street (part of the A378) and the river Parrett.

The development provides an impressive mix of uses for such a small site: eight houses and four flats are set around a communal garden, with phase 2 providing office space and a restaurant/cafe built into a grade 2 listed warehouse at the site entrance. The scheme achieved an Eco Homes rating of 'Excellent' through elements such as passive-solar thermally-massive design and lightweight timber frame construction, the use of a sustainable drainage system (SUDS), the creation of a wildlife habitat, materials specified to create a low toxic environment and 'A' rated appliances.