North Street

Built

Morley von Sternberg

North Street provides a picturesque terrace of 14 dwellings on a small strip of land, previously thought undevelopable, between Webber House and North Street.

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2020

Shortlisted in the HOUSING category

North Street provides a picturesque terrace of 14 dwellings on a small strip of land, previously thought undevelopable, between Webber House and North Street.

North Street: a picturesque terrace of 14 dwellings on a small strip of land, previously thought undevelopable. The new housing was to enable local residents to downsize.

The site presented a number of challenges: overlooking, overbearing on existing residents and providing privacy for the new residents.

Consisting of two rows of dual or triple aspect cottages, all with front garden/courtyards. Main outlooks face into the courtyards, eliminating overlooking. All homes are minimum to GLA /National Space Standards, 12 are to the current equivalent to Lifetime Homes (two wheelchair accessible).

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Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Barking

Size

925 sq m

Completion

March 2019

Location

3 North St, Barking IG11 8FZ, UK