Earnley Place is a Georgian double gabled house in the small village of Earnley, four miles south west of Chichester. The 9 acre site includes a range of dilapidated 1970s buildings formerly used as ‘Earnley Concourse’, a residential school.

The task was to carry out a feasibility study to establish whether a retirement village and shop could be accommodated within the footprint of the existing buildings and hardstanding. Following research into the history of the site and surroundings the design concept was formed around a series of courtyards and walled gardens to create a combination of apartments and individual houses with both private and communal gardens. A vision statement was also produced to explain the design and set out the analysis work.