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Topic ID 1636

22/06/2006 by Ewoowar

Flats at the old Antiques Centre.

It looks like the old Hertford Antiques on St Andrews Street is possibly going to be converted to flats. A shame but I cannot see how another retail outlet could use the premises.


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Reply ID 20138

23/06/2006 by sloopjohnb

Difficult for non-domestic as it is a listed building and it may look pretty solid on the outside but its plaster and lathe inside and the structure can wobble. One reason why i couldn't hang cross street xmas lights there.


Reply ID 20219

25/06/2006 by jayzee

where are all the antiques going there some nice things in there


Reply ID 20221

26/06/2006 by Steve

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Originally posted by jayzee
where are all the antiques going there some nice things in there
I think you may be thinking of the wrong building. Hertford Antiques and their stock left ages ago.


Reply ID 20225

26/06/2006 by sloopjohnb

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where are all the antiques going there some nice things in there
Beckwiths offered space in their premises - so not all lost.


Reply ID 28287

15/10/2006 by andleicester

The shop is not going to be flats. The offices behind are.


Reply ID 28289

15/10/2006 by Ewoowar

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Originally posted by andleicester
The shop is not going to be flats. The offices behind are.
Interesting. Do you know what will come of the retail premises?


Reply ID 28561

19/10/2006 by andleicester

I heard a rumour it was going to be a fish restaurant.


Reply ID 28563

19/10/2006 by Ewoowar

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Originally posted by andleicester
I heard a rumour it was going to be a fish restaurant.
Interesting. How reliable is the rumour?


Reply ID 28609

20/10/2006 by andleicester

The planning application hasn't gone in yet.


Reply ID 28611

20/10/2006 by Jackieg

The offices behind Hertford Antiques are going to be turned into 8 flats - 3 ground floor, 3 1st floor and 2 top floor. They will be allocated 10 car parking spaces. Work has begun slowly. I have seen workmen in doing something with wiring. Presumably removing the wiring necessary for an office environment. I've noticed that cars parking there for the town often get notes put on their cars now asking them not to park there.


Reply ID 28614

20/10/2006 by mangrovian

Even more housing then! Every time I go out, there seems to be some new accommodation being built. If everyone who moves in has at least one car, I do wonder how on earth the town's roads are going to cope? Turning back to the Antiques centre, what about this fish restaurant then? I thought Claydons' old shop was going to become a lobster bar or has that idea gone down the swanny?


Reply ID 28616

20/10/2006 by Jackieg

We live in the houses behind this development and we heard a rumour about the front possibly being a fish restaurant. As no permission has been applied for yet I wonder whether it was merely a rumour. I don't know how easily you could turn a listed building into a restaurant with all the health and safety requirements etc.


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