The Parks Housing / Stolon Studio Ltd

Stolon Studio has just completed its latest housing project, The Parks in Herefordshire, transforming a group of neglected, rural, agricultural buildings to provide eight, new sustainable homes in a beautifully landscaped setting. Originally a dairy farm, this assembly of rural timber-framed 15th and 16th-century buildings had fallen into disrepair and collapsed through long-term neglect. The project provides much-needed rural housing to address increasing local demand as well as for those turning away from city living. The Parks further develops Stolon's 'sociable housing' concept, to provide an alternative rural typology to the isolated single home, offsetting rural loneliness and helping to nurture new communities. Built for a small, ethical developer, The Parks seamlessly combines old and new to create individual homes with shared, communal spaces including barns, gardens, wildlife areas and meadows.