This conservation project involved the conversion of a quaint Gothic Revival property on Wimborne's West Borough – described by Pevsner as the town's finest street. Having been a failing retail unit for many years, we were appointed to convert this listed building into a high quality restaurant, with a self contained flat above. The scheme also included the replacement of the decrepit garaging buildings with a detached cottage, in the style of an original coach-house. The scheme, completed in 2011, seemed to provide the catalyst for the regeneration of many historic properties on West Borough, which now thrives with numerous individual bars and 'eateries'.

• "This project has mended the gap in the streetscene!"

  Conservation Officer