Location

Rosa Maria Farm is conveniently located approximately 2 miles from the centre of the highly desirable commuter town of Berkhamsted. Berkhamsted is well connected with a mainline train station that provides a regular and direct link to London Euston from 35 minutes, whilst the major road connections nearby include the M25 (J20) and the M1 (J8), both of which are around 8 miles away.

Berkhamsted provides a wide range of shopping opportunities, including independent boutiques and eateries and a major Waitrose store. There is an excellent range of leisure facilities in the area including walking and horse riding and biking throughout the Ashridge Estate. Nearby Championship golf courses include Ashridge, Centurion, Berkhamsted, Mentmore and The Grove at Langleybury.

There are a number of excellent preparatory and senior schools in the area including Berkhamsted Collegiate School for Boys and Girls, Beechwood Park, Westbrook Hay and the Tring Park for the Performing Arts.

Description

Occupying a truly magical position on the outskirts of Berkhamsted and set within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this superb plot of approximately 0.44 acres has planning permission to build a stunning contemporary home. The proposed scheme, a contextually conceived design by local, award winning architects Kirkland Fraser Moore, incorporates a stunning four bedroom, single storey contemporary structure, tucked privately into the northern end of the site in what is currently an orchard.


Although resolutely contemporary in design, the house will hark to the local rural vernacular, designed with light, views and materials in mind and the orientation will optimise passive solar gain to the main living spaces from expanses of southeast-facing glazing. Conceived to ensure high standards of sustainability with a low carbon footprint, the plans propose a set of versatile and voluminous living spaces with extensive levels of glazing and a simple palette of polished concrete and warm locally manufactured brick with lime mortar. The result will be a handsome, contemporary home in a beautiful rural setting, with a plan layout maximising and framing the surrounding gardens. A green, fully planted roof and a tall brick chimney designed as an "ecology tower" will ensure that the built-up areas will uplift the flora/fauna biodiversity of the overall plot and contribute to the water attenuation and visual impact within the setting.



Set within an existing orchard, the property is oriented to the South East with extensive glazing and will extend to approximately 2,600 sq ft. The entrance hall gives access to a guest cloakroom, plant room and boot room and leads through to the open plan kitchen, dining, family room that has sliding doors to a further sitting room, all with extensive South East facing glazing and access to patio areas. There are four bedrooms all with ensuite, with the master bedroom enjoying an additional walk-in dressing room. Two of the bedrooms benefit from access to private patios. A double garage is set to one side with a parking area and gated vehicular access.


Full details of the planning application can be found here
https://planning.dacorum.gov.uk/publicaccess/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=RZ263NFOMQT00&activeTab=summary