‘Striking’ plans for Cavendish House unveiled
A £100m scheme to reinvent Cheltenham town centre's empty Cavendish House, transforming it into a vibrant town centre destination, have been unveiled. But will it happen?
“Striking” plans to transform Cheltenham’s long-empty Cavendish House site into a vibrant town centre destination, complete with a grand public square, elegant shopping arcades, cafés, restaurants, homes and striking public spaces, have been unveiled.
The visionary scheme for the Promenade landmark known as “Cavendish Exchange” has been developed by Cynthia Hartmann, founder and creative director of Interior Design CH.
It is part of her graduate studies at the University of Gloucestershire, and has since been supported by Cheltenham Civic Society (CCS), which has helped test its commercial and financial viability.
No formal planning application is expected to be submitted for this scheme but the ambitious £100 million proposal reimagines one of the spa town’s most prominent and problematic vacant buildings as a lively mixed-use quarter, reconnecting the Promenade with Regent Street and the Everyman Theatre.
The Civic Society says the plans represent a bold and detailed iteration of the in…
