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Team on 18 August 2005
Luxury country house hotel project
Pick Everard is to play a major role in a regeneration project that will provide Leicestershire and its surrounding counties with a top-class hotel offering unrivalled facilities.
Leading architectural and engineering practice Pick Everard is to play a major role in an exciting regeneration project that will provide Leicestershire and its surrounding counties with a top-class hotel offering unrivalled facilities The five-star luxury hotel is to be created on the site of a disused gravel pit on the edge of an existing lake in Wanlip, Leicestershire and will provide facilities for corporate, social and private functions plus high quality accommodation in an eco-friendly country park setting
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 3 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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A multi-disciplinary Pick Everard team, including architects and structural engineers, is helping developer Raynsway Properties transform the 18.5 hectare derelict 'brownfield' site into a luxury hotel complex.
The site is partly bounded by the Grand Union Canal, Watermeads Country Park and a large water sports lake and the scheme is designed to raise the profile of the park and encourage its use.
Charnwood Borough Council has welcomed the scheme, which was approved unanimously at a planning meeting in March this year.
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Pick Everard associate Andy Almond said: "This will be the only hotel of its kind in the area providing such a wide range of facilities in what will be a stunning location".
"Naturally we are very excited to be involved in a project of this significance and one which will have such a positive impact on the local environment." After the site has been cleared, use will be made of the extensive lake that already exists there.
All hotel bedrooms will have a balcony, and in some cases a deck area, commanding stunning views over the lake or adjoining parkland.
The 20,000 m2 Raynsway Hotel will include a conference and business suite, reception suite, guest room block and fitness suite with two swimming pools - laid out in the form of a lazy 'S' embracing the lake and landscaped gardens.
There will be a small boathouse on the western shore of the lake and a pavilion bar in the gardens.
At ground level, boardwalks will lead out over the lake, and to a terrace area and garden, from the central core of the hotel.
Building heights will be kept to a minimum to allow the hotel to blend sympathetically with its rural setting.
Quality traditional materials will harmonise with the lakeside and parkland setting, while others will add a sharp contemporary quality.
The new hotel is expected to create between 60 and 80 jobs locally and the developer is keen to use local suppliers and operators for its construction and management, so reducing emissions from transport and contributing to the local economy and employment levels.
Local pupils and students will also be encouraged to design some of the sculptures and fountains planned for the parkland-style grounds.
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