Wellingborough Drill Hall award from Civic Society -2023

St Helier's winners of Wellingborough Civic Society annual award for the preservation of the 'Drill Hall' in High Street, Wellingborough.

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00:00 Well we feel that this building in Ironstone complements the Roundchurch and the buildings

00:12 next door and they were going to put a big block of flats up, which would not have gone

00:18 at all with the surrounding buildings. So we're really pleased when you stepped in.

00:27 Well I think the council essentially wanted it to be flattened.

00:30 They did. They couldn't wait to get rid of it actually.

00:34 I love it. I love it. Yes, yes. And it's got a wonderful place for what it's doing.

00:42 Conserves the community. Yeah, absolutely. Marvellous.

00:46 This award is a fantastic honour I think for St Elias and the Vantage Homes Group. They've

00:51 done exceedingly well in bringing part of Welwyn Burroughs history back to the community

00:55 by providing this home for assisted living. I'm really pleased. I think the fact that

01:00 where it stands in the centre of Wellingborough, opposite the United Reformed Church, right

01:06 on the heart of the High Street, it's a feature that I think anybody can be proud of that

01:14 somebody has taken the foresight to preserve it for future generations.