Fountain Fold Wins Residential Property of the Year at the Insider Property Industry Awards Yorkshire 

Fountain Fold, the new scheme from award-winning Yorkshire property developer Conroy Brook, has been named Residential Property of the Year at the Insider Property Industry Awards Yorkshire.

The development in the village of Ingbirchworth near Penistone is made up of just nine detached four and five bedroom homes and was completely sold out months before building finished.

The project won the award for developments of fewer than 100 homes in the Insider ceremony at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Key to the success of Fountain Fold has been the partnership with Barnsley’s Brook Leisure Group, which saw the refurbishment and relaunch of Ingirchworth’s once popular Fountain Inn, restoring the pub and restaurant to its place at the heart of the village as an integral part of the Fountain Fold development.

The judges, who described the development as a fabulous scheme, were particularly impressed with the way that the Conroy Brook team had worked closely with Ingbirchworth Parish Council to both save and revive a valuable community asset and create new homes.

They also felt the designs had been created to best suit the available land and praised both the exceptionally high specification of the build and the provision of generous garden space.

“Following the huge success of Summerford, our previous Ingbirchworth development, we knew there was an appetite for more high quality property in the village and this award absolutely vindicates our decision to take on this unusual project that included not just the homes but also the rebirth of the famous Fountain Inn,” said Conroy Brook Chief Executive Richard Conroy.

“As a family business we are proud of our reputation for developing award-winning homes for our customers throughout Yorkshire.

“This great win is proof of our continued faith in the values that have always been central to our business success - quality and attention to detail at every stage of the housebuilding process.”

Recent Conroy Brook awards include:

• Winner of the LABC Building Excellence Award 2018 - Best Small New Housing Development, 11-20 homes, for the Summerford development in Ingbirchworth
• Winner of the 2018 Yorkshire Property Industry Residential Development of the Year Award for Pennine Gardens in Upperthong
• Finalist in the Residential Development of the Year (fewer than 50 homes) category at the Insider Yorkshire Property Industry Awards 2021

 In 2023 the team is continuing its strong tradition of building residential properties of the highest design and build quality. Recent and current projects include:

• Stocksmead: a development of just eight detached homes and two townhouses in the village of Stocksmoor
• The Chase in Harrogate, a development of nine high-end townhouses in the Harlow Hill area of Harrogate
• Wood Nook in Denby Dale, a development of 29 three and four bedroom homes in the village of Denby Dale
• HighFields in Clowne, 41 family homes and the first development under the Ben Bailey brand
• The Halt at Warmsworth - a development of 19 new homes under the Ben Bailey Homes banner for Doncaster
• Fountain Fold, a development of just nine detached four and five bedroom properties in the village of Ingbirchworth
• Helme Fold, a development of 30 family homes under the Ben Bailey banner in the West Yorkshire town of Meltham
• Harrop Mews, a development of 49 new homes, community buildings and public gardens in the South Yorkshire town of Swinton, scheduled for completion in 2025

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