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News Release from: Linford Group | Subject: Steam Mill contract
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 August 2005
Linford Group secures Steam Mill
contract
Specialist building contractor Linford Group has been awarded the GBP6.5m contract to develop luxury canal side apartments on the Steam Mill site in Chester.
Specialist building contractor Linford Group has been awarded the GBP6.5m contract to develop luxury canal side apartments on the Steam Mill site in Chester The Grade II listed former warehouse, known as Brown's Depository, is to be extensively restored and redeveloped with a range of sympathetically designed new build additions
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The design of the new elements is complimentary to the former depository.
The entrance area to the depository, comprising a new glazed entrance, staircase and lift core, creates a modern contrast.
The design retains elements of the former depository throughout, with a new glazed entrance, staircase and lift core being added to the mill.
As well as being home to the Grade II listed 18th Century warehouse building, the site is also the location of a former grain mill powered by an early James Watt steam engine, the foundation of which was unearthed during exploratory excavations.
The initial designs were amended in order to preserve these important archaeological relics.
Steam Mill Wharf is the latest in a series of luxury apartment contracts awarded to Linford Group.
Managing director Robert Pearson said: "This prestigious new development in a popular part of Chester is an exciting contract for us to secure".
""Both residential work and the North West region as a whole are of growing importance to Linford Group, and the contract is a reflection of our recent success in both these areas.
"It also highlights our unique ability to blend the restoration/redevelopment elements of the design with contemporary but sympathetic new build elements".
Steam Mill Wharf is being developed by a joint venture company involving Maro Developments and Manchester Property Development .
Work starts in August 2005 and is due to be completed by autumn 2006.
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