Upper Tean Mills, Staffordshire

18th / 19th Century Mill Buildings converted into over 70 residential units and c. 60 new build units

• Upper Tean is a small rural village within Staffordshire, located approx. 7.5 miles NW of Uttoxeter
• The Old Hall House and adjacent land was bought in the 1700s and was slowly developed into a large operating Mill, which closed in the 1980s. 
• CB Collier began the redevelopment of the site in 2006. 
• The subject site comprised of Grade 2 Listed Buildings which were converted to provide a gated community of 71 apartments, 1 house and 1 retail unit; housing a mixture of private apartments and social housing
• The Redevelopment took 33 months and completed in November 2008
• The converted Old Hall apartments have preserved many of its early 17th century original features, such as fireplaces, staircases and oak panelling.
• The Cross Mill building hosts most of the units, and have all been converted with fitted carpets, appliances and private parking
• The proposals required careful consideration of all aspects of the viable conversion of the historic buildings, including a careful study of all structural and mechanical aspects. Lengthy negotiations were carried out with all statutory bodies including English Heritage, SPAB, the Georgian Group and the Victorian Society. The project is now complete and includes extensive landscaping; conservation of 18th & 19th Century machinery and interiors and the provision of community facilities.
• CBC achieved planning for an additional c. 60 new build residential units on the remainder of the heavily contaminated land at the back of the mills and were sold off as high quality homes to Taylor Wimpey.