Bolton Abbey's new wedding venue – The Great Barn – named as the UK's best commercial property project

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Bolton Abbey's new wedding venue – The Great Barn – named as the UK's best commercial property project

14 Oct 2019
Lichfields is delighted that the restored Great Barn at Bolton Abbey has been named as the UK's best commercial property project at the national RICS awards held last week in London. The annual contest – hosted by Samira Ahmed, journalist and BBC broadcaster, and held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel – celebrates the UK’s most inspirational built projects that are having a significant positive impact on the communities they serve.
Lichfields obtained planning permission and scheduled monument consent in 2017 to facilitate the transformation of this magnificent sixteenth century Grade II* listed building, located within the Bolton Priory Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, from a cluttered agricultural store into a magical wedding venue. 

The project has already won a prestigious award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and was successful at the regional RICS awards, and Lichfields is delighted that the commercial success of the project has been recognised by the RICS on a national basis, beating some stiff competition. 
We are thrilled to win this award.  It took five years to undertake all the necessary research and planning work and we are endebted to Lichfields and the rest of the project team for their help and hard work.

Will Kemp, Planning Manager at the Bolton Abbey Estate

We are very proud to see this project recognised by RICS.  The project has been a genuine collaboration of a team of remarkable specialists, and has provided a compatible use for the Great Barn which better reveals its historic significance and opens up the building’s interior for the public to enjoy.

Suzanne Yates, Associate Director, Lichfields Leeds office

Further details can be found on the Bolton Abbey website: The Tithe Barn

Image credit: Pearce Bottomley Architects