The scheme consisted of two and two-and-a-half storey terraces containing 2, 3, and 4-bedroom homes around a central village green. The east and west terraces were both terminated by three-storey corner blocks, each containing three apartments, providing focal points as you enter and leave the scheme.
 

Pinewood Structures provided the timber frame for this scheme and Hemcrete® was used for the walls.

Tradical Hemcrete is a hemp and lime wall thermal walling system that absorbs CO₂ in its manufacture and so has negative embodied CO₂. For a typical wall section, the material will have 130kg CO₂/m² less than a similar wall built of brick and block construction.

This project used Hemcrete® walls (site cast Lime and hemp mixture) which needed extensive co-ordination between all parties to overcome design and build challenges, plus had a compressed build time of 5 weeks, which was successfully delivered by Pinewood Structures.