Our commission was to redevelop this vacant site in Stockport for affordable part-sale homes. The site is located within an area of established 2 storey post war housing and responds with sensitivity and integrity to the site’s history and immediate proximity to the neighbouring Dodge Hill Conservation Area. It generates a 21st century re-interpretation of the original family housing dating from the 1800’s. The mass of the 16 No. 3 bedroom family homes has been carefully designed and are simple in form. North facing accommodation has been minimised where possible with a preference for east/west orientation. They respond in scale to the neighbouring houses with accommodation at ground, first and second floor, which occupies much of the roof space section. By using the simple pitched roof space for bedroom accommodation, this assists in a significant mass and section height reduction whilst the stepping of the rows also adds character, interest and articulation to all the elevations. The intervention of a projecting roof light detail adds further variation and rhythm and aims to emulate the strength of chimney stacks featured in the early 20th century archive photos. The use of a small pallet of high quality materials allows the elevations to be simple, but with refined, tall and elegant proportions to the facades. Simple recessed features have been added to help articulate the elevations further using feature brick detailing and recessed panels.