CHILDREN will soon be learning from the treetops when an unusual Hampshire study centre is complete.
Judges have chosen the winning design of a treehouse that will become the study centre for Beaulieu's Countryside Education Trust (CET).
University student Samantha Sherwood's innovative treehouse will be built later this year, replacing the dilapidated huts that are currently used by the CET as classrooms where children and adults learn about the countryside.
The architecture student's design features a grass roof, solar panels, large windows, underfloor heating fuelled by wood pellets and a light and wind tower - all several feet off the ground among the trees.
Samantha, 22, beat competition from architecture students across the south east to produce the winning treehouse design and was presented with her award by Lord Montagu's eldest son the Hon Ralph Montagu at an event at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu.
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