A striking apartment building

The Moreton Cresent scheme is a residential  development of five apartments in the Belle Vue conservation area of Shrewsbury. 

The site is a former builder’s yard, and prior to that it was part of the nearby railway yard.  The brick wall which encloses the site is a prominent feature of the streetscape, and it was decided to retain this feature as a reference to the sites former historic use.

The wall also provides a protective barrier between the ground floor accommodation and the busy Belle Vue Road.

The project lies on the edge of the flood zone of the town, therefore  the ground floor accommodation is raised 400mm above ground level. The building itself comprises a two storey brick element that relates to the adjacent existing terrace, and a three storey rendered element that responds to the triangular site.