Building Size:
271 sq. mtrs
Start date:
March 2011
Completion date:
December 2011
Project Status:
Completed
Dorset, Corfe Castle Surgery
Development of new purpose built Surgery Premises
Description:
Single Storey 2 GP premises to include Dispensary
Project Status:
Completed
Project brief:
A Single handed GP ‘start up’ Surgery housed on a ‘temporary basis’ in a Portacabin which is located in the Village Hall car park has, out of necessity been extended over the period of its 11 year existence. New purpose built premises were required. The Dorset PCT supported the Practice, subject the GP planning his own succession.
Project solution:
A local Farmer’s land was identified, which had stunning views of Corfe Castle. The site was subsequently acquired by a Social Housing development company, which gained a planning consent for its housing, on the condition a Surgery was included in the scheme. Their Surgery design, produced in consultation with the GP, for a two storey building was too costly and had to be aborted. The GP contacted Ashley House to instruct a redesign. Planning was granted for a single story building, designed to reflect the vernacular of Corfe Castle village, and conditioned to be built in local Perbeck stone.
