Planning Consent Applied For
£18,000,000
The historic home of Stuart Crystal and one of the country's earliest glass making locations is set to become a canalside development featuring offices, loft apartments, flats and houses.
The historic Stuart Crystal factory in Wordsley contains several Listed Buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument, where fine glassware had been produced since the 1780’s, including the glassware for the Titanic.
The existing listed buildings front the edge of the canal and were originally built as a mill. Situated opposite the Red House Glass Cone (one of only four remaining in the UK) and now a museum, the buildings contain the remains of its twin, the White House Cone. The development includes an artwork that outlines the shape of the former cone in steel forming a gateway feature.
The historic buildings will be converted into 29 loft apartments and 9 office units. In addition on cleared land fronting the canal 31 new houses and 76 flats will be constructed in a modern style.
The project has a total cost of approximately £18m and is due to commence in Spring 2007.
