Calder & Hebble Navigation Warehouse, Wakefield:

This Grade II Listed former grain storage warehouse is being substantially restored and refurbished to provide office and leisure/retail facilities in one of Wakefield’s development areas. The project provides a challenge for all involved as one elevation of the building fronts immediately on to the River Calder and will require cantilevered scaffolding to gain access.

Initial stages involve the stabilisation and underpinning of the building to include substantial piling works. The building contains a large number of original oak beams, which will be repaired and where necessary, replaced. Existing masonry will be repaired to include re-pointing or where appropriate replaced with new pieces to match the existing stone. All windows will receive new frames and glazing. The roof will benefit from replacement stone slates and the atrium will be fitted with a new roof light to provide a centralised point of natural illumination through the core of the building.

The building itself will be fitted out and furnished in a contemporary style to provide office space on the upper floors and café/retail facilities on the ground floor.