Stratton-on-the-Fosse Care Home Completed

13 November 2024

We’re pleased to announce the completion of our latest project—a carefully designed, 50-place care home located in the historic village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset.

Located within the Mendip Hills and situated along the ancient Roman Fosse Way, this development offers residents a serene countryside setting, providing good opportunity for relatives to take residents on accompanied walks.

This project redeveloped a brownfield site to provide a 50-place care home with en-suite facilities and associated communal areas, to meet demand in the area for the provision of elderly care and accommodation for residents with varying degrees of dementia.

The design of the building aims to create a familiar environment to reduce the effects of these symptoms and provide a safe, domestic style place which residents can call “home”.

Key design features include:

– Orientation for Natural Light: Rooms are positioned to capture direct sunlight throughout the day, supporting the residents’ well-being.

– Passive Observation: Staff rooms, quiet areas, and lounges overlook entrances, gardens, and pathways, providing natural supervision for residents’ safety.

– Sustainable Design: Low-energy strategies include rooftop photovoltaic arrays to generate on-site energy.

– Warm, Domestic Aesthetic: Cotswold stone and Rosemary clay roof tiles create a tactile, visually warm appearance in harmony with the local setting.

– Connection to Nature: Inset roof terraces with glass balustrades allow residents to enjoy open views of surrounding fields and hills, and we preserved an existing mature tree on-site, subject to a Tree Preservation Order.