West End Morecambe

The decline of the British holiday has seen demand for the guest house reduce with a subsequent decline in a number of Morecambe’s neighbourhoods.

In Morecombe’s West End a predominance of bedsits in former grand Edwardian Town Houses became interspersed with family living has resulted in a decline with mounting social problems.Having attempted to tackle the problem through the Housing Market Renewal Initiative the withdrawal of funding left the council with which clusters of empty properties and a neighbourhood in a spiral of decline.MACU converted 29 empty guesthouses into 51 homes, and 23 guesthouses into 45 homes including a mix of 2, 3 and 4 bedroom apartments and 5 bedroom houses in the first 2 phases.By retaining the quality of these heritage assets, a sustainable new neighbourhood has emerged and families returned to the areaAn energy efficiency strategy reduces running costs by approximately 50% over that of a typical Victorian house or apartment conversion.The rear yards and outrigger extensions have been demolished to create an attractive central communal courtyard overlooked by private gardens.