The spa is part of a wider restoration of the Grade II*-listed, 18th century country home in the village of Hotham.Hotham Hall was built in 1720 and sits within 47.3ha of land. Its restoration, led by entrepreneur owners David and Linda Kilburn, who bought the estate in 2020, will ready it to open up to the public for the first time in 300 years.In addition to the spa, brown + company has also designed a new new members club, events venue, and lodging within the Grade II*-listed stable block of the Georgian and Victorian estate.AdvertisementThe practice submitted a planning application for its heritage-led scheme in December 2023, in collaboration with Purcell, Gallagher Planning, Alan Wood and Partners and SBA design. It was commissioned with the imaginative repurposing of the estates historical structures and grounds.The proposal was approved by East Riding of Yorkshire Council in November, including detailed planning and listed building consent.Planning officers had recommended the scheme for approval, concluding that any harm to the estates listed buildings was clearly and convincingly justified and sufficiently outweighed by the tangible social, economic and environmental public benefits of the wider scheme of works to convert the Hall and Stable Block to event space with ancillary uses, thereby securing the buildings optimum viable use. Source:Brown + CompanyBrown + Company's Hotham Spa Public Yard - CGIBrown + company says the project primarily centres on bringing new use to the stable block, which was constructed in 1770, and demands meticulous attention in its refurbishment.The practices design repurposes the existing spaces within the stable block as characterful hospitality and retail areas.AdvertisementThe stable design was amended earlier this year following an objection from Historic England. The public body said the revised design [responded] more sympathetically to the historic layout of the building, and retained more of its historic fabric, and would cause less than substantial harm to the Grade II*-listed building.Meanwhile, a light-touch approach to the new-build spa is designed to avoid harming the mature trees which surround it and to allow its potential relocation or removal in the future.The building, which will sit south of the stable block, draws inspiration from traditional Japanese homes, which are made with natural materials and have a temporary nature, often being rebuilt every 20 years, according to brown + companyThe proposals also include new landscaping in the Hotham Hall grounds, designed in collabration with landscape designers SBA design including to the inner and outer courtyards to the stable block. Source:Brown + CompanyBrown + company's Hotham Spa Events Space - CGI