Up on the hill

The old stone hunting box at Thompson Wood on Route 82 near Dupont Road is going to be moved again.
At their Jan. 6 meeting, the West Marlborough Township planning commission saw plans showing that the small building would be relocated slightly downhill and the long, steep driveway will be reconfigured. (The hunting box was originally close to Route 82 and was moved up to the top of the hill.) The 50-acre farm's owners, Robert Johnson and Susan Orsini, plan to construct a separate home for themselves and will leave the hunting box as a rustic cabin.
Mr. Johnson and Ms. Orsini have already applied for a building permit and a grading permit from the township, but they will not need additional approvals from the township because zoning regulations permit them to build a new house on the property, with the hunting box considered an accessory use because it does not have a kitchen or running water (although it does have electricity).
The owners' architect is their next-door neighbor, Richard Buchanan of Archer & Buchanan in West Chester. He said the new house is still in the design stages.