The estate managers of the Queen’s Duchy of Lancaster property have completed converting the farm buildings on the property into offices.
There are now 7,000 sq ft of office space in six units on the Whitewell Estate at Dunsop Bridge at the Root Hill Estate Yard. The area is found in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty making it literally the picture perfect area for office space. At the moment the rents are set at £10 per sq ft.
The restoration of the barns and stables into shared offices was overseen by Fylde Interiors of Lytham and the architects were Duncan Isherwood in Clitheroe.
The first letting is to the ANOB, which is a part of the Lancashire County Council, who have taken up 1,500 sq ft of the available office space. The ANOB is moving from its previous location of the Preston city centre.
In order to maintain the original integrity of the building, features such as roof trusses and panelled walls have been kept, and many natural and sustainable building materials were used throughout the conversion.
Special additives such as British sheep wool were used instead of conventional glass fibre insulation as a green alternative with heating provided through a wood burning stove and a heat pump system.
Managing agent, Mark Fogden, of Duchy Smiths Gore said that the newly converted Root Hill Estate Yard is able to offer office space that is unseen or matched anywhere in the UK due to how unique it is.
