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Waterstone Park

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Waterstone Park masterplan showing the existing development on the north edge of the site adjacent to London Road and Phase 1 adjacent to Stone Castle in the south

Phase 1 site plan: Stone Castle is at the south east corner

Phase 1 site plan: Stone Castle is at the south east corner

Apartment block on Park Lane showing the extensive balconies

Three storey five bedroom house adjoining the apartment block (on right) with the recessed garage entrance between

The roofscape of Bluewater Shopping Centre seen from the southern edge of Waterstone Park

Terraced houses facing onto one of the two courtyard mews: the recessed garage entrances reduce their impact on the street scene

Three storey five bedroom house with recessed garage and first and second floors balconies

The rear garden of a three storey five bed room house

Apartment block adjacent to Stone Castle showing full length balconies

Three storey block of affordable apartments with generous south facing balconies

Open plan living and dining space on the ground floor of a five bedroom house

Three storey houses on Park Lane overlook the linear green space alongside Waterstone Way

Three storey houses; the relatively wide frontage allows the link garages with rooms above to be recessed

Dartford Bridge can be seen from the upper floors of the new development; Phase Two construction can be seen on the right

Playground on the crest of the hill near earlier housing with views across the Thames to Dartford Bridge

Terraced houses along the rise, with small private spaces between house fronts and the street; the relatively wide frontage allows the garages to be recessed

The shared surface of the courtyard mews has a limited number of on street parking spaces

Two storey and three storey houses on Park Lane are linked by a garage with a room above and a shared surface access lane

Part of the earlier neo vernacular development at the north end of Waterstone Park; the colour of the facing bricks used here has been repeated in Phase 1

Ground floor layout of 4-bed house on Wolsey Crescent

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Location

Greenhithe, Kent

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