A
sustainably-built and managed Cotswold building
is in the running for a Building Excellence award just six months after it was
opened.
Maudslay
Court, on the 320-acre Farncombe Estate between Cheltenham and
Stratford-upon-Avon, was opened in November 2011 and is now in the running for
the Best Commercial Building accolade in the West of England LABC Awards.
The
32-bedroom courtyard is part of the award-winning Cotswold Conference Centre.
It increases capacity for business delegates who meet for conferences, training
and teambuilding – and for customers on leisure courses at weekends.
Featuring
a tower built from Cotswold stone, Maudslay Court looks over the panoramic
landscape of the Vale of Evesham. It cost £3.5m to build and was designed with
a host of renewable energy features and a monitoring system to track
eco-efficiency. Eight bedrooms are certified allergy-free – a unique provision for any conference centre in Europe.
The
Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Awards recognise the very best in
building design and construction and Maudslay Court is one of eight venues
short-listed in the category. Others in the running include The Roman Baths in Bath, Warminster Civic Centre, Batswood
Arboretum Visitor Centre near Moreton-in-Marsh and the Holburne Museum of Art
in Bath.
Richard
Howdle, Operations Manager of Cotswold Conference Centre, said: “The building
was named in honour of Dam Busters hero Henry Maudslay, whose family lived on
Farncombe Estate during World War II.
“Maudslay Court was officially
opened at the end of 2011 by Victoria Trevelyan, the niece of Henry Maudslay,
and we are proud both of the historical link and the quality of the unique venue.
“To
be short-listed in a category as competitive as the Best Commercial Building is
fantastic.”
The
awards ceremony is being held on Thursday 21 June at the Bristol Marriott Hotel.
Cotswold
Conference Centre is a modern, award-winning venue based on the 320-acre
Farncombe Estate, five minutes from the picturesque town of Broadway and just
half-an-hour from Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon.
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