An outpatients centre in Lindley which was nominated for an award just a week after it opened has won it.
Acre Mills Outpatients, designed by Jefferson Sheard Architects, has won the Building Conservation Award at this year’s RICS Pro-Yorkshire Awards.
This is Jefferson Sheard’s fourth win in the RICS Awards.
A landmark project such as Manchester Transport Interchange is a past winner.
The Acre Mills project involved the £14m conservation and transformation of a Grade II listed former wire mill into a state-of-the-art outpatient facility in Lindley.
The building, once a prominent and bustling place of employment for workers, has been returned to good use after years of being derelict.
Acre Mills, which opened to the public in February, is the first UK health sector project to be built between NHS Calderdale and Huddersfield Trust and Henry Boot Developments.
Judges Neil Redfern of English Heritage and Richard Schofield of Rider Hunt Management Services said: “This year we were privileged to view eight projects of outstanding quality.
“All demonstrated a constructive and creative approach to conservation and the reuse of historic buildings.
“Acre Mills was our stand out choice as it uniquely integrated a state-of-the-art outpatient facility into a former mill building”.
As the winner of the Building Conservation Category, Acre Mills will now be entered into the national RICS Awards Grand Final, to be held at The Dorchester in October.
