town & landscape architects

ARCHITECT DESIGNER

Maintaining overall design consistency and ensuring our vision is not diluted over time is very important to us which is why we have appointed Ben Pentreath.

“This first phase of Welborne that we are designing now is substantial in scale – representing, for example, one third of the entire Poundbury project, but is just over one tenth of the entire Welborne project.  

It’s incredibly exciting to see the whole area beginning to take shape in detail: we are re-learning the lessons of great Edwardian town planning movements, which have proved to be such a powerful and enduring theme in English domestic planning, and which crucially have the potential to be delivered to a very high standard by the modern housebuilding system today. 

There will be something quietly revolutionary about seeing those streets emerge, because nothing like it has happened for a hundred years.  I sincerely believe that Welborne will set a new benchmark, on a large scale, for building new settlements with an inherent sense of authenticity and design; simple, and with a real sense of character and meaning.”

— Ben Pentreath

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Landscape and green space are fundamental to the Welborne vision and need careful planning due to the scale of the site. We have appointed Kim to plan our green space and to look at Welborne as a cohesive site.

“The most important way in which people can connect with the landscape around them, is not just the view from their kitchen window, but the bench under the tree in the woods, where they can sit and contemplate all around them. 

Landscape to me isn’t just about creating attractive gardens. It’s about how the land and humans come together. I think about those who walked there before – and how the land was used – and how I can respectfully re-create some of those brief moments in history, and preserve their importance. 

Ben and I have worked together so long we’ve learned to finish each other’s sentences. I’m looking in and he’s looking out.  

He’s designed the beautiful homes where Welborne’s new residents will live, but I like to think I’ve designed how they’ll move. I want the community who will live there to enjoy these chalky grasslands, meander along the paths, scramble up the playfully sculpted mounds among the ponds and trees… to see the views and feel connected to the land.  

And I hope the children roll down the slopes, just as children have always done throughout history.” 

— Kim Wilkie