Peak stone

摘要

Matlock Spa is a regeneration project transforming a disused quarry with views to the Derbyshire Dales into a new community. The brief is to deliver 494 homes in a 6.5ha development, using high-quality materials sourced locally wherever possible. The scheme comprises five spa villages between the Peak District National Park and the town of Matlock. The completed first phase includes a commercial unit plus a mix of one and two-bed apartments and three and four-bed houses, providing58 new homes.Once dubbed 'a seaside resort in the middle of rollingcountryside' by The Guardian, Matlock is in fact one of the furthest towns from the UK's coast, despite its abundance of fish and chip shops. Matlock itself is perhaps less well-known than nearby Matlock Bath, a health and tourist resort since the early 19th century. 'It's having a resurgence though,' says David Morley, partner at London-based David Morley Architects (DMA).Coming out of Matlock train station -the end of the line from Derby-one can eithercross a bridge overthe River Derwent into the town's centre, which lines a steep hillside, orturn left down Derwent Way,past a large Sainsbury's nestling beneath a cliff, and take Matlock Spa Road up into the beginnings of Morley's 494-dwelling Matlock Spa development - a series of 'spa' villages bringing new life to Cawdor Quarry, which was abandoned in the 1950s and sits just 300m from the Peak District National Park.