Yew Tree Lodge
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The Yew Tree Lodge
Edmund Sumner (website) Download Original
Sheltered housing for 12 residents with learning difficulties, located opposite a Grade II listed house
The completed brick building was inherited and adapted from a previously submitted planning permission.
Designed to exacting requirements, the building has been detailed to allow for future flexibility. The scheme adopts a long low profile of two asymmetric wings conjoined at right angles. At the junction of the two wings a recessed main entrance is located with full height, full width frameless glass paneling opening onto a double height void finished in Mustard Yellow.
The external appearance is dominated by brick detailing and terracotta roof tiles, both a soft rust coloured brown. This concept draws from the nearby Grade II listed ‘Arts and Crafts' Building, employed in a contemporary manner.
Communal lawns, planted borders, seating and outdoor ‘rooms' create zones of activity and privacy both to the front and rear of the building.
Each unit is simply furnished with open plan living/kitchen space, a large disabled bathroom and double bedroom. The living rooms and bedrooms are provided with full height windows, and the upper floors fitted with projecting bays.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2007
- Completed: Nov 2008
- Floor area: 1,190m2
- Sector: Residential
- Total cost: £2.1M
- Procurement: NEC Option C: Target Contract with Activity Schedule
- CO2 Emissions: 13,163kgkg/m2/year
- Address: Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 8FH, United Kingdom
Professional Team 
- Architect: Duggan Morris Architects
- Project architects: Joe Morris, Mary Duggan
- Client: Look Ahead Housing and Care
- Main contractor: Durkan
- Sustainability consultant: ECD Project Services
- Bricks: Banbury Bricks
- Project manager: Appleyard and Trew
- Planning supervisor: Appleyard and Trew
- Quantity surveyor: Appleyard and Trew
- M&E consultant: ADJ Design
- Structural engineer: Michael Hadi Associates
Suppliers
- Bricks: Banbury Bricks
- Internal Quarry Tiles and Sills: Ruabon
- Steelwork Subcontractor: Supreme Ironcraft