Island Green Residences
Client: Carlton Management Ltd
Project: Conversion of Redundant Listed Brewery
Value: £2m
Date: 1997-8
Built in the late 18th Century, but much modified in the 19th Century the brewery at Island Green had been derelict for over 20 years before Lawray in conjunction with their Developer Client started work on creating town centre apartments on the site.
Lawray have an extensive track record of restoration design and working alongside conservation specialists on the refurbishment and adaption of listed buildings.
All architectural key features such as the Oast Houses and Stables for the dray horses were preserved and have been sensitively adapted to provide a mix of one and two bedroom flats and houses. Other buildings were more extensively remodelled and in addition a row of new terraced housing was incorporated to replace earlier unstable extensions.
In total 34 new residences were created with secure courtyard parking, landscaped private gardens and general amenity spaces.
Whilst internally the buildings are all fully converted to modern living standards, the external appearance still retains the character of the original brewery buildings. This together with new sensitive adaptions has re-vitalised this historic part of Wrexham Town Centre.