St Mary’s Well Bay, Vale of Glamorgan
Located on an exposed headland overlooking the Bristol Channel in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales this project deals sensitively with a site steeped in history. Moving from the Bronze age through to the arrival of the Romans, Vikings and WWII billeted soldiers observing the Channel this plot has been inhabited for millennia. Our proposal is one addition in this rich tapestry of history.
We have proposed a sustainable home, rooted in the landscape hugging a rocky outcrop surrounded by Scots pine planted by the 3rd Marquis of Bute who owned the surrounding land and farms. The character of this project is defined by a combination of a series of brick volumes differing in heights. Grass roofs and larch cladding face north whilst a series of terraces and balconies face the sea. The internal spaces are separated into living and sleeping and arranged around a central tower which borrows from the scale of a demolished WWII block house.
Status: Pre-Application
