Client
Grŵp Cynefin
Location
Penyrhwylfa, Harlech
Value
Date Completed
Summer 2025
Development Overview
New-build development of 19 affordable homes for Grŵp Cynefin, supported with a housing grant from Welsh Government; located in Penyrhwylfa, Harlech within Eryri National Park.
The proposed housing mix comprises: 8No 2 bed, 4No 3 bed, 1No 6 bed, 4No 1 bed Flats, 1No 2 bed Bungalow and 1No 4 bed Bungalow with Assisted Living. The homes are in-keeping with the semi-rural character of the surroundings of the site being on the edge of the town, and a sense of openness with public space and permeability is created in the centre of the site.
The scheme has positive frontages and elevational treatments designed to be sympathetic to the typical local residential properties in the nearby town. The character and materiality is maintained by traditional pitched roof forms and domestically scaled fenestration while creating interest and variation. There are open aspects looking over roads and the ‘village green’ amenity space.
The highly sustainable scheme enables ‘low carbon living’, with combustion free homes that embrace cutting-edge energy and drainage technology. The homes are built using Modern Methods of Construction using panelised timber frame construction, designed with a fabric first approach to meet WG Part L 2025 targets and achieved EPC A rating. Solar photovoltaic panels generate zero carbon energy, and there is zero onsite combustion as the homes have all electric systems, with a clear path to achieve net zero carbon in the future.
