Major step forward for Caistor’s ‘old Co-op’ renovation project

The next phase of a project to regenerate a key building complex at the heart of Caistor has taken a major step forward.
The design team taking the Caistor building project forward (photo supplied)The design team taking the Caistor building project forward (photo supplied)
The design team taking the Caistor building project forward (photo supplied)

A team of specialist consultants has been appointed to develop designs for the restoration, rejuvenation and reimagining of 2-4 Market Place in the heart of the town.

The design team will be led by conservation accredited specialists Player Roberts Bell Architects, alongside GCA Consulting Structural Engineers, Couch Perry Wilkes M&E Consultants, JDA Safety, and with support from quantity surveyor Ian Wilson of ISWA.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

As previously reported, the project is a partnership between Lincolnshire Co-op and the Caistor & District Community Trust (CDCT), which was set up specifically to promote and protect local heritage and hold land in trust for its community

The all-important project management will be overseen by Greenwood Projects, bringing everyone together and steering the project and design teams through the Heritage Enterprise Grant process.

Nicola Dyer was appointed as project manager for 2-4 Market Place just before lockdown to steer the partnership through the development phase of bringing the buildings back to life.

She said: “We completed all procurement and interviews successfully and remotely, whilst maintaining the project programme.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

“We have met in person for the first time and we can safely say that everyone enjoyed the unique, socially distanced start-up meeting in a nearby farm building, before setting about a tour of the buildings.

“The whole team is delighted to have made a big and positive leap together into the development phase, taking the return of the sunshine as a good omen of things to come!”

In the coming days and weeks, the team will be joined by many others, including heritage and archaeological surveyors, kick-starting a substantial programme of research, evidence gathering and assessment of this curious listed complex.

Funding for the project has been secured from key stakeholders at the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Architectural Heritage Fund.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

The buildings were formerly the town’s Co-op and have been empty since the business moved to a purpose built site in 2010.

For more information on Caistor Community Trust and to see how you can support its aims, visit www.caistor
communitytrust.org

Any business who may be interested in renting space in the finished project can find an ‘expression of interest’ form on the website too.