Court Barton, Plot 2

Due for handover at the begining of  December. Each plot is fairly bespoke and each have had there own unique detailing requirements. One of , but not the only feature of this house is the 3m long one piece glass balustrade shown below. In this case the steel fixing plates have been concealed instead of expressed. The Main two storey screen shown in the image above is a collapsable wall system and can open along it’s entire length on to the garden area.

  The four new builds at Court Barton are near to completion. Photographs below show Plot 1 external and internal views and external view of Plot 4.  All are due for completion by the middle of November.

These fully functional ‘dummy’ chimneys are being used on Court Barton, Clifford.  The Client and Contractor wanted to avoid building free stand masonry stacks to carry chimneys in the timber frame houses.  One of the solutions put forward and accepted was the combination of offsite pre-manufactured chimneys and a Class 1 Pujoulat flue. The chimney fabricator collects facing material samples from site, then cuts slips and fixes these to the main GRP body.  These are then lifted into place and dressed with leadwork to hide the join.

Plot 4 ,  Court Barton Clifford: 

The first of the timber frames for the four new plots at Court Barton, Clifford is up and still standing.

The scheme comprises four new build residential plots, two barn conversions / extensions and the complete remodeling of the existing Court Barton house.  All set within 1.2 hectares of conservation area, complete with TPO trees, bat mitigation and flood plain

Following the challenges of the site conditions and restrictions imposed by the Environment agency, a system of greywater recycle tanks have been introduce, combined with  surface ditches to take any overspill. The Client is also currently looking into the prospect of Heat reclamation to feed the under floor heating.

The Developer is Lewcombe properties (Clifford) Ltd, who are also currently developing the Bridge water development in Holbeck, Which when complete will be the tallest skyscraper in Leeds, standing at 32 storeys. 

The four timber frame plots have provided plenty of challenges in adapting traditional stone work details, with a more contemporary and fast track construction method. This has led to the introduction of stone clad ‘dummy’ chimneys, capable of taking Class 1 flues,  GRC coping details over the non-loading bearing timber frame gable ends, not to mention the conflict between basic radon protection and the buildings integral breather membrane.

All four plots are due for completion in July 2007 and do come in other colours apart from blue!