Respite Service to Open in Worksop

Rayner Davies Architects have completed the refurbishment of Whitegates in Worksop on behalf of Autism East Midlands.

The £1million development on Sparken Hill has been created by the charity specifically to provide short-term accommodation. The service will run year-round to provide autistic individuals with specialist support, whilst providing their families and carers with a break.

The building has been carefully transformed to create six self-contained apartments, each with its own lounge area, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom. While staying there, individuals will also have access to a shared outdoor gym and to the extensive grounds that surround the house.

Originally built in 1898, Whitegates was a large villa designed by Flockton, Gibbs & Flockton of Sheffield for Arthur Staniforth Esq, a local stockbroker. The building has been thoroughly modernised with many of the original features retained and restored.

Vaughandale Construction of Mansfield undertook the work.

Image © Rayner Davies Architects. Carole Botham of Autism East Midlands receiving the keys for the finished facility from Alan Connor of Vaughandale Construction