# Carnarvon Road. Rainscreen cladding. Southend-on-Sea, Essex. > Rainscreen cladding for Hollybrook on Carnarvon Road's 56-home affordable housing scheme in Southend-on-Sea, completed for Estuary Housing Association. > HTML version: https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/ The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a rainscreen-cladding package on the award-winning Phase 1 development at Carnarvon Road, 56 affordable homes on the former South East Essex College site. ![Corner apartment block on Carnarvon Road, brick and dark-tile cladding with a laser-cut decorative panel at the oriel bay, blue sky above](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-corner-apartment-block-brick-dark-tile-fallback.jpg) 01 · The completed corner block, brick and dark vertical-tile elevations above the pavement. 100% affordable housing The corner block of the award-winning Phase 1 development at Carnarvon Road, Southend-on-Sea, on the former South East Essex College site. The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a rainscreen-cladding package on the scheme for main contractor Hollybrook, completed for Estuary Housing Association as 56 two-bedroom affordable homes. The elevation combines a light brick base with dark vertical-tile cladding and a laser-cut decorative panel at the corner bay, echoing the seashell motif used on the development's balconies. ## At a glance - **Package**: Rainscreen cladding - **Location**: Southend-on-Sea · Essex - **Housing client**: Estuary Housing Association - **Main contractor**: Hollybrook - **Award**: Winner, Housing Excellence Awards 2019 The team behind Dmitro Development delivered a rainscreen-cladding package for main contractor Hollybrook on the award-winning Phase 1 development at Carnarvon Road, 56 affordable homes completed for Estuary Housing Association on the former South East Essex College site in Southend-on-Sea. [Part of: Cladding and facade packages across the South East](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/facade-cladding/) ## 02 · The courtyard elevation, with gold-finished balconies above shared parking. ![Courtyard elevation at Carnarvon Road, with gold-finished balconies above a paved parking area and planted beds](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-courtyard-elevation-gold-finished-balconies-paved-fallback.jpg) Carnarvon Road's courtyard elevation, with gold-finished balconies projecting from brick and dark-tile facades above a paved parking area and planted beds. The balconies form a separate specialist package by Sapphire Balconies. ## 03 · A front entrance, set at domestic scale to match the houses opposite. ![Front elevation of an apartment block on Carnarvon Road with a recessed entrance porch between two brick and dark-tile gables](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-front-elevation-apartment-block-recessed-entrance-fallback.jpg) A front elevation on Carnarvon Road, its recessed entrance porch set between two gabled brick-and-tile bays. The smaller, domestic scale of this frontage was designed to match the terraced housing opposite, ahead of taller elements rising towards Southend's Civic Centre and police headquarters to the south. Award-winning development ## A 100% affordable phase, recognised across Essex. Carnarvon Road’s completed 56-home phase won the Housing Schemes over 50 homes category at the inaugural EDG and SEHG Housing Excellence Awards 2019. Judges described an impressive, high-quality development with strong placemaking and public realm, delivered as 100% affordable housing on a former brownfield site. The wider consent, planning reference 15/00803/BC4M, allows for 158 apartments in two phases on the former South East Essex College site. The completed phase delivered 56 two-bedroom homes in six linked blocks, 40 shared-ownership and 16 affordable-rent, each with its own patio, balcony or terrace, an allocated parking space and secure cycle storage. ATP Group is identified as the architect for the delivered project, with Proctor and Matthews Architects also part of the design development. The scheme’s brick and blue-brick palette, timber detailing and profiled aluminium roof elements step the blocks down to a domestic scale on Carnarvon Road, matching the terraced housing opposite, before rising towards Southend’s Civic Centre and police headquarters to the south. Photovoltaic panels were designed to meet more than 10% of the development’s energy demand, alongside sustainable drainage and landscaped amenity space. - Planning reference: 15/00803/BC4M - Consented homes: 158 across two phases - Award: Housing Schemes over 50 homes, 2019 ## Street elevations and balconies Beyond the elevations, the scheme's shared courtyard and balconies complete the finished development. The 42 factory-assembled Cassette balconies, supplied and installed by Sapphire Balconies as a separate specialist package, combine gold-finished steel balustrades with laser-cut panels referencing Southend's shellfish industry; they are shown here as context for the completed elevations, not as the team's own scope. ![Carnarvon Road's brick and dark-tile corner block beside pedestrians and parked cars on the street](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-brick-dark-tile-corner-block-pedestrians-fallback.jpg) 04 · The street corner, with brick and dark-tile facades above the pavement. The development's corner block at Carnarvon Road, with brick and dark-tile facades and a decorative panel at the corner bay. Pedestrians and parked cars show its setting beside the surrounding streets. ![Wide view of the landscaped courtyard at Carnarvon Road, balconies along a curved corner block above flower beds](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-wide-landscaped-courtyard-balconies-curved-corner-fallback.jpg) 05 · A wider courtyard view, landscaped beds and balconies along the curved corner block. A wider view of the courtyard, its landscaped beds and lawn part of the scheme's sustainable-drainage and amenity-space strategy, balconies stacked along the curved corner of one of the six linked blocks. ![Close view of stacked gold-finished Cassette balconies above a ground-floor entrance door at Carnarvon Road](https://dmitrodevelopment.co.uk/assets/projects/carnarvon-road-southend/carnarvon-road-southend-stacked-gold-finished-cassette-balconies-fallback.jpg) 06 · A closer view of the Cassette balconies and an entrance door below. A closer view of the Sapphire Cassette balconies, hot-zinc-sprayed and powder-coated in a custom gold finish, their solid panels carrying laser-cut seashell designs inspired by Southend's shellfish industry. The balconies were a separate specialist package, not the team's rainscreen-cladding scope. ## Carnarvon Road, clad by the team. Southend-on-Sea, Essex - **Delivery period**: November 2017 – March 2018 - **Tenure**: 40 shared-ownership · 16 affordable-rent - **Architect**: ATP Group - **Balcony specialist**: Sapphire Balconies ## Related projects - [Trilogy, Harper Road. Cladding and windows. 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