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$Beacon House housing scheme, Pontefract$

Beacon House,

Pontefract

Architecture

Sector:

Residential

Client:

Wakefield & District Housing Association

Self Architects were commissioned by Wakefield District Housing to provide an affordable housing scheme on the 1.9 acre site of an unoccupied retirement home on Field Lane in Upton, Pontefract.

The aim was to create a residential development that was legible and would sit comfortably within the existing urban fabric. The layout needed to be carefully considered to provide safe and secure accommodation with easy access and good natural surveillance. The resulting development of 22 no. two- and three-bedroom houses and bungalows was completed in the summer of 2023.

Dedication Ceremony

A dedication ceremony took place to name the development in honour of rifleman Luke Farmer of A-Company, 3-Rifles, killed by an explosive device in Afghanistan in 2010 at the age of just nineteen. Luke grew up in the area and played on the public open space adjacent to the site as a child, so it is a welcome and fitting tribute for the development to carry his name. His regiment, family, friends and members of the local council and community were in attendance, along-side representatives from the development team: WDH, Self Architects and the contractor, Mears New Homes.

$Luke Farmer Way in Pontefract$

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