Grade II Listed Wyndham
Lodge and The Stables
By James Botterill, HSSP Director, Award-
winning RIBA Chartered Architect
For over three years, the Grade II Listed
Wyndham Lodge and The Stables, situated
in Leicestershire, was a labour of love. As a
former War Memorial Hospital, the project
held a special place in the heart of the local
community too but had suffered extensive
rot and had fallen victim to dereliction.
From day one, we worked tirelessly with
the client, Wyndham Lodge Developments,
and the contractors, M Snutch Builders
& Contractors, to sympathetically restore
the buildings and convert them into luxury
apartments and dwellings.
Wyndham Lodge has a rich and varied
history: it was originally constructed as a
hunting lodge in 1874, of stone quarried from
the nearby village of Wartnaby. The building
and its parkland were gifted to the people of
Melton in the 1920s.
After standing empty since 2002, sadly very
few of the original features could be restored
due to invasive rot, therefore, stripping it
back to its shell was necessary.
Fortunately, not all was lost.
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