DWA Architects provided a full design service on this 55 bed new build residential and nursing home in Cramlington, Northumberland for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.

The building occupies a prominent position at the east end of the site, adjacent to other large civic and amenity buildings. The new home will provide 19 nursing beds and 36 residential beds, all in spacious single rooms with en-suite showers and toilets. Hoist tracking will be provided in all nursing rooms to give residents with restricted mobility maximum independence.

The building is the first care home in Britain to be designed with the objective of achieving a zero carbon rating. The care home will be primary heated from a ground source heat pump. The building also includes ventilation heat recovery of 90%, and the building fabric has been

designed with exceptionally low thermal transmittance.