An opportunity to lease space in Worcester’s stunning library and museum has become available through sole agents Harris Lamb.
The beautiful building, purpose built in 1896 in ‘free renaissance’ style to house the museum and library, is a prominent local landmark located on Foregate Street at the edge of the city, and as a result of the library’s recent relocation to The Hive, the ground floor of the building is now available for lease.
Approached through an imposing foyer complete with marble floors and columns leading to a galleried landing at the first floor, the building is predominantly open plan, where it housed the reference and lending libraries, with windows overlooking the surrounding streets and a separate service entrance off Taylors Lane.
With a total floor space of 7,275 sq ft (675sq m), the accommodation is extensive, and the council is working with Harris Lamb to find suitable occupiers. Not only is the council prepared to consider sub dividing the space to provide a number of smaller units, but particular consideration will be given to those applications that complement the museum and art gallery that continue to operate on the first floor.
Jacqui Bayliss of Harris Lamb’s Worcester office said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for a business to locate itself in one of the city’s best-known and well-loved buildings. The museum and art gallery continues to operate on the first floor, generating a large number of visitors, so there is a real fit for any businesses that might be complimentary to those facilities, subject to planning consent being granted.
“At present, the property has an existing D1 non-residential institution use, but subject to planning applications being given the green light, there are countless opportunities to transform the spacious ground floor into something very special and in-keeping with the existing use, such as retail, education, events and conferencing, restaurants or coffee shops and even offices, which will attract the visitors to the art gallery and museum and encourage them to linger.”