Above: scheme for 20 houses
Tysoe conservation area
Village housing, Tysoe, Warwickshire
New homes in a conservation village
The Tysoe project has been undertaken for a private owner, developing a one hectare site for village housing. A range of options was considered, from six large houses to a mixed range of twenty including seven affordable homes. After extensive consultation with the local community and Stratford on Avon District Council, a full planning consent for nine houses was secured in 2014.
The scheme is close to the village centre and conservation area, and creates a highly sustainable development designed to fit with the scale and character of Middle Tysoe village. Critical elements have been the use of traditional building forms in Hornton Stone with steep roofs and low eaves, the preservation of views to the Grade I listed church and to Edge Hill in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and new footpath links to the countryside network and to Tysoe Primary School.