Contemporary terraced houses

Dwell developed this mews scheme consisting of three, 3-storey terraced town houses on a small site in the centre of Crowborough.

Working for a long-standing commercial developer client who had bought a commercial unit on the High Street as an investment property, Dwell identified vacant space to the rear which could accommodate another use, adding value to the site as a whole, or providing a project for the developer to build and sell.

The scheme concept was carefully designed to accommodate three bijoux dwellings and the required parking, bike and bin storage facilities demanded by planning policy. The project had a long gestation period; initial approaches to the Council for pre-application advice were met with frustration - although the officer liked the scheme (enough to ask to buy one of the homes!), his view was that policy at the time would not support it.

Following several years in abeyance, and with a change in local authority policy, a planning application was made and approved by Wealden District Council for the buildings shown here.