The developer Bellway has acquired land and begun demolition to ship 93 new properties and restore the historic Kingsfield Home in Dartford.
The home, in-built 1859, was utilized by social pioneer Madame Martina Bergman-Osterberg as a bodily coaching school specialising in gymnastics for ladies and younger ladies, the place the trendy sport of netball was invented.
The ‘Cedarcroft’ growth will comprise 65 personal properties and 28 reasonably priced properties on the western a part of the North Kent Faculty campus, off Oakfield Lane.
The mission will see Bellway retain and renovate Kingsfield Home and convert it into a set of 27 one, two and three-bedroom flats.
William Weston-Smith, land director for Bellway Thames Gateway, mentioned: “Kingsfield Home and The Lodge are two engaging and traditionally vital buildings which have each fallen right into a state of disrepair and will have been liable to demolition as a result of their unlisted standing.
“Their conversion into residential use will guarantee their long-term future, whereas the sale of the land, which is not wanted by the faculty, will fund future funding in instructional assets.
“Whereas the primary a part of Kingsfield Home shall be retained, inappropriate trendy extensions are being demolished to enhance the constructing’s total look and improve its prominence as a landmark characteristic inside this new residential neighbourhood.
“Full planning permission for the mission was granted by Dartford Borough Council in November 2024 and with the land buy now full, we’ve now began demolition work on the location.”
The Lodge, a two-storey constructing beforehand used as a safety workplace, can even be retained and transformed right into a three-bedroom home.
Kingsfield Home additionally been often known as North Kent Faculty, although it’s been vacant since 2015.
All properties at Cedarcroft could have PV photo voltaic panels, whereas there shall be electrical automobile charging factors.
