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Home Inscape History Historic Context Accessible Places Commercial & Industrial Arts Education Retail, Travel & Leisure Housing Health Sustainable Solutions Project News Contact Us Find Us House, Abbots Leigh	Project News BBC1 'Mistresses' HOUSE USED FOR SET LOCATION A house designed and just completed by us in Abbots Leigh has been used in a 6 part drama filmed around Bristol - The Mistresses. The series was shown on BBC1 in the spring. The house is currently for sale and particulars and photographs have been produced by the agents Knight Frank . See also housing
	SUCCESSFUL APPEAL WITH IMPORTANT SUSTAINABLE IMPLICATIONS FOR LISTED BUILDINGS We have successfully appealed against Bristol's refusal to permit external thermal cladding of a grade II listed building in a conservation area. The side and rear plain rendered elevations are to be clad in 100mm of phenolic board and rendered. Stone sills are to be extended. The ashlar stone front elevation remains undisturbed. The enclosure of the 500-600mm thick stone walls will give very useful thermal mass and this house now has double glazed timber sash windows, a heat recovery ventilation system, and solar thermal panels hidden in a valley. There are almost 500,000 listed buidings of which most have very poor thermal performance; these and the existing housing stock present the real challenge if we are to take the need to conserve energy seriously. Appeal Ref APP/Z0116/E/08/2066763

Interior Gibson Rd House	COMMENDED AWARD FOR GIBSON ROAD HOUSE - BRISTOL We are pleased to have received from Redland and Cotham Amenity Society an award for this small house. Ironically this is the 2nd house in Gibson Road to receive a design award after successfully appealing against a planning refusal. Bristol City Planning Department again refused permission for a new house based on our commended house and only two properties away. This February 2009 our appeal to the Planning Inspectorate was successful and construction will start this summer 2009. The question is raised - what are the policies that are guiding the Bristol City Planning Department that are so out of phase with both the Planning Inspectorate, applicants and the local community See also housing
TIKKA FLAME	INDIAN RESTAURANT, TIKKA FLAME, CENTRAL BRISTOL The shell fit-out is now completed within a very tight budget and the restaurant now open. Lunch time 'light bites' of savoury Indian cusine and evening meals now serving on Anchor Square, Bristol. See also Retail, Travel & Leisure www.tikkaflame.com

Scaffold protection of open gap in terrace	'NEW APPROACH' TO HOUSING REHABILITATION With Hansford Building Services, Inscape is assessing the use of SIP's (Structural Insulated Panels) in creating 2 flats within a 19th Century terrace. Only the front and party walls remain of the original house and SIP's have been used for the new walls and roof. Nearing completion the speed of erection and the rationisation of services and other building processes has over come the problems associated with the traditional building techniques. The compact floor plans, high thermal insulation properties of the construction, heat recovery ventilation, and high efficiency heating installation, has also resulted in relatively good SAP ratings for both flats of 108 & 112 (Standard Assessment Procedure - maximium score 120).
New House Site, Millbay, Salcombe Baptist Church Conversion	Current Projects also include..... NEW HOUSING An expanding involvement in housing includes:- new large contemporary houses in Bristol, Abbots Leigh and Frome CHURCH CONVERSION - BRISTOL Following successful conversion of a nearby church hall the sucessful planning application for a 12 unit conversion and 2 new houses HOUSING CONVERSIONS - BRISTOL Recent commissions include various rehabilitation and conversion projects on 6 sites in Bristol and surrounding areas varying is size from 2 to 21 units.
	COMMERCIAL Conversion of existing small retail premises into 2 storey 21 cover fast food outlet and takeaway for YoYo Foods.
	CONVERSION & EXTENSION OF RETAIL PREMISES Planning permission has been obtained for the extension of the basement and ground floor retail part and upper floor conversion into 4 bedsits of the Bristol Violin Shop. For mutual benefit part of the construction work is to be co-ordinated with the adjoining ower's new housing development. www.bristol-violin-shop.co.uk