Extensions and alterations at ‘The Swallows’ residential care home for the elderly at 318 Brownhill Road - to provide an additional 14 bedrooms, each with en-suite facilities together with general improvements to and enlargement of the communal facilities including new: lounge; dining area; kitchens; staff areas; assisted bathrooms and toilets. The new accommodation is provided by means of the acquisition; change of use, remodelling and refurbishment of the adjacent substantial Victorian dwelling at 320 Brownhill Road together with a contemporary two-storey extension across the rear of both properties which will integrate them around a central atrium. The rear, south facing, elevation will provide for large areas of glazing, to enable residents’ areas and rooms to overlook the landscaped gardens, and will be engineered with a series of shutters to modulate solar gains and articulate the façade.