Restored … with intensive care

Wed, Nov 22nd 2006, 11:00

Redrow, the house builders who saved the former Horton Hospital in Gloucester from ruins, is inviting everyone to join them to celebrate the ventures new ‘award-winning’ status at a celebratory open day this Thursday (November 30).

The Crescent building at Redrow’s Collingwood Place development scooped the award for ‘Best Major Restoration’ at the Gloucester City Council Civic awards, having beaten off stiff competition in its category from the city museum and Gloucester Cathedral. 

Redrow has restored and revitalised the former hospital into a unique setting for one, two and three-bedroom apartments, known as Collingwood Crescent, which sits within the larger Collingwood Place development, also featuring newly built homes. 

Lorraine Kendrick, sales director for Redrow Homes (South West) says: “Collingwood Crescent is a very special development and we are incredibly proud and honoured to win this award especially as we were in a category with other terrific buildings.

“On Thursday we are inviting home-buyers to our celebratory event and for those who reserve on the day, we’ll give them an all expenses paid trip to Ston Eastern Park Hotel.”

The Collingwood Place development in Gloucester is a perfect example of Redrow’s diverse property range. It not only features the refurbishment of the 19th century Horton Hospital into 79 one, two and three-bedroom apartments, but is also surrounded by new homes carefully created to complement the stunning centre piece.       
“We are, however, coming to the end of this great development and few homes remain. The apartments, which are in the Crescent building, are ready to move into now and judging on past experience, home buyers shouldn’t delay a visit to the show apartment,” continues Lorraine.

Redrow’s refurbishment has retained as many original features of the old building as possible, including sliding sash windows, barrel vaulted ceilings in some apartments, a fabulous cantilevered stone staircase, feature coving and the former hospital’s very rare cast iron roof tiles.

Where features were beyond repair exact copies of the original woodwork, such as six-inch deep, solid wood skirting boards and architraves have been fitted, while Redrow designed new fire doors to match the Crescent’s historic doors.

“The great thing about Collingwood Crescent is that it has all the appeal of a period style home steeped in history and character, but none of the pitfalls that sometimes come with a centuries-old property such as constant repairs and updating. Instead there are modern fixtures and fittings and all the practical benefits and easy maintenance of a brand new home,” adds Lorraine.

Prices of refurbished properties within Collingwood Crescent start from £159,995.

Collingwood Crescent is ideally situated within one mile of Gloucester city centre, which offers the bustling shopping streets of Northgate, Eastgate, Southgate and Westgate. The development also benefits from easy access to the M5 motorway.

For your final chance to live at this stunning, award-winning development, join Redrow at the celebration on Thursday 30th November from 3pm – 8pm, when wine and nibbles will be served, or call 01452 332904 to speak to a member of Redrow’s dedicated sales team.