Llanyrafon Court Older Person’s Housing
Designed for Bron Afon Housing Association, Llanyrafon Court will provide 31no. one and two-bedroom apartments for the over 60’s, on the site of a disused care home near Cwmbran. Located adjacent to the river and the Grade II listed Llanyrafon Manor, the site offers excellent connectivity with local amenities and opportunities for placemaking and enhancement of the local area. The development will be a flagship scheme for Bron Afon Community Housing, set within a green landscape and following HAPPI principles to create a healthy, attractive and safe development.
Despite some significant site constraints (for example, existing services easements and ecology) the key design driver has been the massing and form of the building, with a clear distinction between the different elements of the building. A ‘F’ shape footprint provides a ‘solid’ edge to the main road, and steps down in scale closer to the manor house, as not to detract from the historical asset. Similarly, the form and materiality of the building is such that is has a more ‘farmstead’ typology with the ‘outbuildings’ located in the shadow of the manor house. That farmstead typology continues with the material palette, employing corrugated metal cladding, high quality stock brickwork and feature stonework. To the rear, and closest to the river, two communal courtyard gardens take advantage of a southernly aspect over Afon Lwyd.
Designed for Bron Afon Housing Association, Llanyrafon Court will provide 31no. one and two-bedroom apartments for the over 60’s, on the site of a disused care home near Cwmbran. Located adjacent to the river and the Grade II listed Llanyrafon Manor, the site offers excellent connectivity with local amenities and opportunities for placemaking and enhancement of the local area. The development will be a flagship scheme for Bron Afon Community Housing, set within a green landscape and following HAPPI principles to create a healthy, attractive and safe development.
Despite some significant site constraints (for example, existing services easements and ecology) the key design driver has been the massing and form of the building, with a clear distinction between the different elements of the building. A ‘F’ shape footprint provides a ‘solid’ edge to the main road, and steps down in scale closer to the manor house, as not to detract from the historical asset. Similarly, the form and materiality of the building is such that is has a more ‘farmstead’ typology with the ‘outbuildings’ located in the shadow of the manor house. That farmstead typology continues with the material palette, employing corrugated metal cladding, high quality stock brickwork and feature stonework. To the rear, and closest to the river, two communal courtyard gardens take advantage of a southernly aspect over Afon Lwyd.
