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32 Chaddesley Glen

Award winning luxury contemporary homes with harbour views in Poole.
Location Poole, Dorset
Status Built
Use Residential
Client Private

A fantastic pair of award winning contemporary homes with sea views in the Conservation Area, Poole.

This site, in a prominent location with sunset views over Poole Harbour towards Brownsea Castle and the quay, was occupied by a detached bungalow of no architectural historic merit.

As the site is located on the edge of the ‘Harbour Heights Conservation Area’, the brief called for architecturally exceptional, distinctive and exciting focal point buildings in order to gain planning approval.

Project Awards & Recognition

RICS Awards
Shortlisted in Residential category
2017
UK Property Awards (South West)
Highly commended in ‘Architecture Single Residence’ category
2016-17
LABC South West Building Design Awards
Highly Commended in ‘Best Small New Housing Development’ Category
2016
UK Property Awards (South West)
Winner in ‘Best Architecture Multiple Residence’ category for the concept scheme
2013-14
side view of modern house with large windows
Aerial view of pair of houses near the sea
Pair of contemporary house

Unconventional design

The creative design avoids the blandness of some of the recently constructed houses nearby. Unlike all the other buildings in Chaddesley Glen, the replacement houses do not front directly onto the street, but are at interesting angles, designed to take advantage of the sun, harbour views and to maximise amenity space.

Aerial of houses with sea views at sandbanks
side view of modern home with large glass windows and sea views

The houses step down to respond to the sloping topography of the site and context – grounded by their use of ‘solid’ Purbeck stone curved plinths on the ground floor, moving up through crisp white rendered first floors to ‘lightweight’ composite clad second floors.

The design of these contemporary homes was both complex and challenging, so the collaborative involvement with Poole Planners and Building Control was vital to the success of the finished product.

The finished houses look spectacular!

Photography  James Pardon
Completion Date  2014

Contractor  Stour Developments
Structural Engineer  Brian Willis and Partners
Glazing  Marco Architectural Aluminium