Two rows of modern brick townhouses with sloped roofs, facing a central landscaped area with wildflowers and a narrow path, under a clear blue sky.

St. Chad’s
Tilbury, Essex

KEY FACTS

  • Client: Thurrock Council

  • Project cost: Undisclosed

  • Status: Completed 2017

  • Categories: Residential, Masterplan

AWARDS

  • Civic Trust 2019 | Winner

  • RIBA East Region 2018 | Winner

  • Inside Housing Development 2018 | Winner

  • Brick 2018 | Shortlisted

  • Housing Design 2018 | Shortlisted

  • Housing Design 2015 | Winner

“They could show the housebuilders a thing or two about placemaking, even in areas of low house values and little investment. These are houses that would be prized and pampered in more privileged parts of the UK.”

— RIBA judging panel citation

Row of modern brick houses with gabled roofs behind a brick wall under a blue sky.
Two modern townhouses with different colored brick facades, one in gray and the other in red, featuring pitched roofs and rectangular windows, set under a partly cloudy sky with a small tree and a brick wall in the foreground.

St. Chad’s was the first project to be procured through Thurrock Council’s new wholly owned company, Thurrock Regeneration, to revitalise the local area. The scheme comprises 128 new homes, a mix of two, three and four bed houses giving new life to a redundant and underused plot.

Within this layout three different street typologies have been developed; avenue, street and mews, each of which has its own character, dimension and housing typology in order to define a clear sense of place throughout the development. One of the two avenues is a linear green park that provides important amenity spaces as well as sustainable drainage system for the site in this low-lying area of the Thames estuary. The linear park is aligned on distant views of the cranes of Tilbury docks, a reminder of the town’s heritage.

Modern duplex with red brick facade and two dark doors
Row of brick buildings with gabled roofs against a clear blue sky.
Modern brick houses with pitched roofs, street lamps, and people on horseback in a neighborhood setting.
A row of modern brick houses with sloped roofs on either side of a residential street. A sign reading 'Tilbury Gardens' is visible, and the area is landscaped with grass and small plants.
Modern brick houses with pitched roofs under a blue sky with scattered clouds.
Row of modern brick houses with pitched roofs on a street, clear sky above.

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