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Architect’s Choice

November 2006

Concern for the state of the environment is key to the design of Living Village houses. All the houses are built to UK Building Research Establishmen...
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The Green building bible

October 2006

“At Living Villages, we believe building energy-efficient new housing and encouraging an eco-friendly lifestyle is vital for the future of the planet...
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Resource Magazine

October 2006

Clusters of 12 houses are arranged higgledy-piggledy around a central village green to promote conviviality, neighbourliness and a feeling of belongi...
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Sunday Telegraph

September 2006

“These ‘old-style‘eco-homes are by specialist developer Living Villages. They look un-like ordinary properties and feature state-of-the-art energy sa...
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Housebuilder Magazine

September 2006

“In the early days, the energy savings were not a major driver for buyers at the site, but this has changed during the summer as energy prices have s...
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Country Homes and Interiors Magazine

July 2006

This beautiful timber-framed house has five bedrooms and is green down to the last detail, with organic paint, natural materials, super insulation an...
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Location, Location, Location

June 2006

All the properties in the Wintles use materials that are non-polluting, renewable, local or reclaimed. The Tower House has solar panels, double glazi...
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The Independent

May 2006

One example that has been extensively praised by the environment lobby is The Wintles, 40 home eco-village in Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire where each ...
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Manchester Evening News

April 2006

It was while visiting a music festival in Shropshire that Mark stumbled across Living Villages by accident and he had to find out more. At that time ...
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Show House Magazine:

January 2006

“Living Villages is another company set up to promote and develop the design construction and improvement of building in accordance with environmenta...
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The Sticks

October 2005

After years of struggle with ‘conservative minded officials and builders’, Bob got his idea off the ground and his first group of houses on the 15 ac...
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Atmos-sphere

October 2005

This unique ‘eco-village’ development has attracted many awards and national publicity, such that The Wintles is proving to be a financial as well as...
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Sustainability in House Building Magazine

September 2005

The Wintles, Bishops Castle, Shropshire by Living Villages
Notable for an excellent example of a desirable, sustainable commercial development in a r...
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The Timber Industry Magazine

August 2005

Despite the site’s remote location, 10,000 people visited in the first year, drawn by the development’s eco-friendly credentials. Each of the houses ...
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Shropshire Star

July 2005

Eco-homes win accolade
A development of eco-homes being built in south Shropshire has been commended at a national planning award ceremony. The Wint...
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Shropshire Home Buyer

July 2005

Living the green dream in Bishop’s Castle
No two dwellings are alike, and the overall impression is one of a scene from an illustrated fairytale.

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The Shropshire Magazine

May 2005

A Clun Valley concept
This is a 'concept village', so called because each home is unique - the space is tailored to the wishes of each buyer.

The ...
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The Guardian

March 2005

It’s a cosy little development of eco-loving homes, each one different but all vigorously green. ‘Congenial environment’ is the phrase the developer ...
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The Sunday Telegraph

February 2005

Prefabulous
Timber-framed houses that are clad in wood, such as The Wintles, a ‘living village’ of 40 ‘eco-houses’ at Bishop’s Castle in Shropshire,...
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BBC Newsnight

February 2005

Britain's new, greener neighbourhoods.
A developer in Shropshire is building one of the greenest and most neighbourly housing schemes in the country...
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The Daily Telegraph

October 2004

Bob has always been interested in building and planning, and he spent some years working in an architect’s office before he ran away to sea.

However...
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Showhouse Magazine

October 2004

What does Bob Tomlinson mean by ‘eco-house’?

‘It minimises damage to the environment. Buildings use up enormous amounts of energy, mostly on lighti...
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