Meachen Court
Palmer School Road, Wokingham
Sheltered housing for older people for Wokingham District Council
Meachen Court provides
sheltered accommodation
Category 2) for fifty older
people on a superb site close
to the centre of Wokingham
The aim was to provide
self-contained one bedroom
flats in a non-institutional
atmosphere which would
allow the inhabitants
to meet the challenge of
living independently.
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The flats themselves are
designed to make life
easier for the older
person with easy to use
ironmongery, wide doors,
level thresholds, lever
taps and so on.
Communal areas adjoin
and overlook the main
entrance, which
encourages their use.
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The building is two storey,
well articulated and planned
to retain existing trees so
that it fits its context.
Internally, the services are
routed so as to avoid the
need for demountable
ceilings in corridors.
Flat entrances are set
back from the corridors
to give identity to the
spaces and create a more
homely feel.
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