White Lodge is a new timber-framed family eco-home taking shape in Pershore. It marks Greenheart’s first collaboration with Grain Architecture, with structural engineering by Jengo Design, specialists in low-energy buildings.
The project is now progressing under a negotiated contract.
Instead of conventional concrete foundations, the house is supported entirely on screw piles, with timber construction from ground level upwards. This reduces the project’s reliance on concrete and reflects Greenheart’s commitment to making careful, project-specific material choices.
We regularly share construction photographs and videos through Greenheart’s Instagram. Recent updates capture the screw-pile installation and the first timber structure rising above it.
Grain developed the architectural design through to RIBA Stage 4. Before construction began, the architect, client and Greenheart worked together to refine and coordinate the design. Greenheart is now taking that design forward on site, working with the architect and client to resolve details and realise the original architectural vision through construction.
Greenheart developed the frame design in-house and sourced the engineered structural timber from Crendon Timber Engineering. Crendon has been very helpful on White Lodge, and we hope this will be the beginning of a strong working relationship.
For clients, Greenheart brings hands-on construction knowledge into technical design, material selection and specialist-supplier coordination. This helps improve buildability, reduce uncertainty on site and keep the project’s environmental ambitions grounded in practical delivery.
As an example of this, to enable the construction of the frame, we have coordinated the site, structural and architectural info into a set of framing drawings for the site team to build from:
White Lodge demonstrates the flexible, collaborative and design-led approach at the heart of how Greenheart works: combining our construction expertise with the skills of an external architect and trusted specialist suppliers.
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