by
Helen Johnston of Doncaster
Today (doncastertoday.co.uk)
A LISTED building dating back more than 100 years
which has been used as a butcher’s shop and
a filling station is to be converted into
a three-bedroom home. Many of the features of the
unique building in Old
Rossington will be retained in the renovation by
family run Doncaster property developers Swan Homes.
Their plans are to create a stunning central living
area opening up to the full height of the building
and featuring solid beams in the ceiling. Old photos
dating back to 1896 show the building on Station
Road as a butcher’s shop, when it was part
of the Ivy House Farm estate. Swan
Homes construction manager David Wren has lived
in Rossington for 26 years, close to the building,
which was a garage when he moved to the
village.
He said: “It has been empty for about five
years and local people are very pleased that we
have bought it and will be renovating it. Structurally
the building is sound, the foundations are nearly
as deep as the house, and we will be keeping many
of the features like the arch-shaped windows with
the metal lattice work.”
Work will start on the project in the new year.
The downstairs will feature the lounge and dining
area with the ceiling going up to the full height
of the house, the kitchen, a shower and cloakroom
and one bedroom.
Upstairs will have two more bedrooms and a bathroom.
There will be two parking spaces outside and it
is expected to go on the market for approximately
£220,000.
The home should be ready by next June but this is
dependent on how well the renovation work progresses
and any snags which may be uncovered during the
project. Skilled joiners, bricklayers and plasterers
will be used to keep the building authentic. Swan
Homes acquisitions director Tariq Shah is passionate
about any project which can breathe new life into
disused properties and improve the area around them.
He said: “By bringing old buildings like this
back into use we believe we are making a positive
difference to the area and showing that we have
confidence in the local market. There is no better
place to live than Doncaster and because we are
a communitycentred business we will look at local
projects in a different way to others.”
The Station Road property will make a unique home
for somebody when it is finished and Swan Homes
has its own interior designer Jeanette Holmes, of
Hatfield, who will be styling the fixtures and fittings
to make the most of the house’s original features.
She has styled apartments in London for Swan Homes
and her services are available to all their customers.
Swan Homes’ sales manager
Eileen Myles said: “We have lots of calls
from people already asking
us what we are going to do with the building and
they are so pleased that it is going to be restored.
We’ve got excellent local craftsmen to work
on it and we’re lucky to have David as our
construction manager because
he lives close by and has the local knowledge.”
The old property will form the centrepiece of a
site which Swan Homes has named The Retreat and
which will also feature six new houses. There will
be four three-bed town houses and two three-bed
three-storey semidetached houses.
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