"Now that we are getting closer to opening up our Tetbury site designed by Proctor & Matthews Architects, I am very excited about that project. Wellbeing and sociability have been cleverly woven through the entire development and it will be a very special site when it opens."

PegaususLifes' Chief Exectuive Howard Philips has described the Steepleton Retirement Community as the scheme the developers are 'most proud of' in a recent interview with the Architets Journal. The project which is due to complete on site in May is inspired by local historic Cotswold farmsteads and almshouses.

The residential buildings are clustered at a comfortable domestic scale around a series of open courtyards. This courtyard model seeks to provide elderly residents with a sense of identity and security and encourage the establishment of small community groupings within the wider framework of the Later Living village.

The development has been designed with all aspects of care in mind - a ‘village hall’ at the heart of the site contains communal facilities including a large dining area and resident’s lounge, care and therapy provision, IT facilities and an exercise room. This building frames a central communal court and open-air bathing pond providing a focus for neighbourhood activities.