Project Team
Nansledan’s development is overseen by a highly experienced and dedicated team of development specialists, all working in partnership with architects, engineers, suppliers and a consortium of south west housebuilders.
Ben Murphy
Project Leader
Estates Director, Duchy of Cornwall
Peter James
Project Manager
Duchy of Cornwall
Nick Pollock
Head of Planning
Duchy of Cornwall
Hugh Petter
Master-planner, Co-ordinating Architect
Adam Architecture
Sam Kirkness
Development Manager
Duchy of Cornwall
Carly Nunn
Executive Assistant to the Estates Director
Duchy of Cornwall
Phillip Fry
Managing Director
CG Fry & Son
Eugene Rapson
Joint Managing Director
Morrish Homes
Steve Goldsworthy
Acting Managing Director – South West
Wain Homes
Elizabeth Bulford
Team Administrator
Duchy of Cornwall
Helen Pearce
Team Administrator
Duchy of Cornwall
Architects
Hugh Petter, Robert Adam, Nigel Anderson, George Saumarez Smith, Robbie Kerr – ADAM Architecture;
Peter Hume – Purl Design;
Francis & Dominic Roberts – Francis Roberts Architects;
Tricia Langdon – Alan Leather Associates;
Ross Sharpe – Yiangou Architects
Strategic master-planners
Ben Bolgar – The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
Strategic transport & movement consultants
Awcock Ward Partnership (AWP)
Traffic & infrastructure engineers
Awcock Ward Partnership (AWP)
Landscape Architects
Fabrik
Our construction partners
Nansledan is a complex project that relies on a dedicated project team to keep everything on track and maintain quality and safety at all times.
Nansledan is being built by three south west building companies, CG Fry & Son, Morrish Homes and Wain Homes, in partnership with the Duchy of Cornwall, which owns the land. The masterplanners and co-ordinating architects are ADAM Architecture. The team has decades of experience working together on high quality, award-winning developments.
CG Fry & Son and Morrish Homes have worked with the Duchy of Cornwall on its award-winning Poundbury development at Dorchester for more than 20 years, and have built the Duchy’s Tregunnel Hill development on the edge of Newquay town centre.
Wain Homes also has a long-standing relationship with the Duchy having built the award-winning Headland Crescent development at Pentire in Newquay.
Working with a consortium for the duration of the build ensures consistency of quality and helps establish longevity with local supply chains, creating opportunities for apprentices, development of skills and the employment of local trades.
Apprentices at Nansledan
Nansledan is leading a revival in the use of Cornish materials by employing local craftsmen passing down skills to the next generation through apprenticeships. This is made possible by working with the same group of South West housebuilders for the lifetime of the project, and forging long-term relationships with local suppliers and craftsmen.
The teams working on Nansledan train people in the use of local materials and traditional crafts and offer apprenticeships to learn new skills. CG Fry & Son, Morrish Builders, and Wain Homes all provide apprenticeships on-site.
Design and materials
Sourcing locally also supports the Cornish economy, keeps traditional trades alive and reflects local identity.
The Duchy of Cornwall’s Design Manual for Nansledan governs which materials can be used. It also sets out the sequence of choice to make sure that where possible materials come first from Cornwall and if not then the South West of England, UK or Europe – in that order.
Where possible, roofing slate comes from Trevillett Slate near Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast, and from Penrhyn Quarry in Wales and Burlington Stone in Cumbria. Granite for kerb stones and cobbles is from De Lank Quarry on Bodmin Moor, rustic stone for housing and Cornish hedges is from Callywith Quarry at Bodmin, and cut slate for street signage and sills comes from Delabole Slate Quarry, also in North Cornwall. All windows are wooden or metal, not uPVC.
Careers with the Duchy
Careers with Duchy of Cornwall: If you are interested in joining the Project Team please click here for current vacancies.