ABSTRACT
Co-housing and freehold scheme of 41 houses on the banks of the River Lune. Forge Bank is the co-housing section, comprising 35 houses. Heron Bank (on the other side of the local mill) works differently, in that its properties are freehold and can be sold to someone who doesn’t want to be part of the co-housing group. Lancaster Cohousing Ltd owns the land and the mill. The mill is run by a co-operative set up by Lancaster Cohousing; a condition of having the site was to keep it as a workspace of some sort. Eco Arc specialise in eco buildings and working with community groups, so Lancaster was their ideal brief. Aesthetically, Eco Arc aimed to create a contemporary village vernacular, drawing on the historical engineering use of the site with galvanised railings, balconies and sheltered porches.
