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Riding Court, Datchet A local manor in Elizabethan times and more recently a working farm complex, Riding Court has become the new home for Windsor’s long established architects, Edgington Spink & Hyne. Although falling within the restrictive policies of the Green Belt, recently introduced planning guidelines recognised the need to find new uses for redundant farm buildings. This was especially important for the Grade II listed farmhouse and although, surprisingly, the barns and stables were not listed, together they formed an interesting group. Planning consent was granted in September 1990 for a development to include a change of use for the farmhouse to a small residential training centre, and for the barns and stables to be refurbished as 22,000 ft of B1 in five small units. The scheme called for the removal of a huge industrial packing shed occupying the whole of the central courtyard and included major hard and soft landscaping works. Edgington Spink & Hyne recognized the need to provide accommodation suitable for modern occupation and an effort was made to marry sympathetically the new with the old. All of the most important original features are retained but nevertheless it has been possible to incorporate necessary modern services, including access floors and ducted fresh air, and for all of the office space to be completely flexible. Client: Riding Court Developments Limited Structural Engineers: Cooper & Withycombe Services Engineers: Hilson Moran Partnership
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