Lincolnshire Co-Op store in Tattershall to reopen following major £1.5m refurb

Lincolnshire Co-op’s £1.5m scheme to revitalise the store, in Market Place, saw part of the structure rebuilt to create a traditional-style wooden shopfront, reintroducing windows that had been bricked up.

The roof has been retiled with the original slate and the chimney stack has been restored.

Work has also included a revamp of the neighbouring unit, which has had a bay window installed to replicate how the building would have appeared in the 1920s.

Inside, the store has a fresh, modern look and an improved layout for shoppers.

Tattershall Food Store closed down in January and the team of colleagues were redeployed into other neighbouring outlets while the work took place.

Store Manager Sarah Hutt said: “We’ve been getting lots of compliments on how it’s looking outside. We can’t wait to show off the inside too!”

Planning for this major project started in 2014 and Lincolnshire Co-op has worked closely with the heritage experts at East Lindsey District Council.

Store Development Manager, Matt Wilkinson, added: “It’s been a complex scheme and one it was worth taking our time over.”

• The store opens at 7am on June 25 and will be open Monday to Saturday from 7am to 10pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

There will be social distancing measures in place including a limit of 20 customers at a time, markings on the floor showing two metre distances, till screens and a sanitising station.

• Read more in this week’s Horncastle News.