NEXT, Westgate Street Ipswich

The proposals included the complete re-modelling of the main street elevations, the re-building of two of the Victorian buildings, demolition of buildings to the rear of the site and the insertion of a steel frame structure to create an additional 13,000 sq. ft of retail space on two floors. The reconstructed stone columns to the shopfronts were re-cast and steelwork inserted into the building frontages to allow larger shop windows.

The completed frontages fit seamlessly into the shopping street and what was once a run-down series of small low-grade retail outlets is now a retail attraction operated by two well-known High Street names.