This milestone marks a major step forward in revitalising the area, creating vibrant, sustainable spaces that celebrate the town’s proud brewing heritage while shaping its future, in an area that will now be known as ‘The Old Brewery Quarter’.
Our design approach celebrates Burton’s distinctive character, retaining important heritage assets while introducing modern, sustainable architecture that reflects the town’s ambitions for growth and renewal.
Delivered in phases, The Old Brewery Quarter brings together multiple projects that celebrate Burton’s proud brewing legacy while creating new education and leisure opportunities for residents, visitors and businesses. The scheme brings together distinct elements that form a coherent development with complementary uses all centred around a new public plaza.
Adjacent Bass House, Town House will be sympathetically restored, preserving its architectural heritage while adapting it for contemporary uses that complement and enhance the overall regeneration vision.
The Water Tower will be reimagined as a landmark visitor attraction, featuring a rooftop viewing platform with panoramic vistas across the Washlands and beyond. To the North of the site, the existing Carling House office building will be re-purposed as a hotel, delivering much needed rooms and footfall to the town.
Adjacent the plaza, a new Washlands Visitor Centre, developed in partnership with the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, will provide educational and exhibition spaces, interactive classrooms, a café and a riverside terrace overlooking the Washlands. The visitor centre will create a direct link between the site and the washlands beyond.
