UK: Architectural design agency Studio Moren has secured planing from Dacorum Borough Council to renovate Pendley Manor in Hertfordshire.
Set inside 35 acres of historic parkland on the sting of the Chilterns Nationwide Panorama, Pendley Manor is a Grade II-listed resort. setting.
The proposals intention to retain the manor home and exchange non permanent constructions with everlasting buildings, such because the elimination of an present marquee and changing it with an occasions and leisure constructing.
Further visitor lodging shall be included in a brand new bed room wing, alongside the reconfiguration of present buildings. Guestroom layouts have been refined to “prioritise high quality over amount”.
The scheme additionally consists of landscape-led drainage, biodiversity enhancements, woodland administration and using energy-efficient methods and supplies.
Herbert Lui, companion at Studio Moren, stated: “Pendley Manor is a spot of exceptional architectural and panorama significance, and our ambition from the outset has been to work with that inheritance fairly than compete with it. The proposals are intentionally measured and the alterations to the present manor home are supposed to boost the visitor expertise in a means that celebrates the resort’s spectacular setting. This work will give a brand new lease of life to underutilised outbuildings and take away out of date constructions to extend pure habitats for wildlife.”
Teodoro Mastrantonio, challenge architect at Studio Moren, added: “From a design perspective, the main target has been on readability and coherence – eradicating components that really feel non permanent or unresolved, and changing them with structure that belongs to the property. New components are recessive and clearly legible as up to date additions, taking cues from the manor’s massing, supplies and rhythm, whereas remaining quieter of their expression, permitting the historic cloth and panorama to stay the first focus.”
Highlights:
- Studio Moren has secured planning permission from Dacorum Borough Council to renovate Pendley Manor, a Grade II-listed resort in Hertfordshire.
- The historic manor home shall be retained whereas changing non permanent constructions, together with the elimination of an present marquee and supply of a brand new everlasting occasions and leisure constructing.
- Plans embrace a brand new bed room wing with guestroom layouts refined to prioritise high quality over amount.
- The scheme incorporates sustainability and biodiversity measures, together with landscape-led drainage, woodland administration, biodiversity enhancements and energy-efficient methods and supplies.
