L A Moore Ltd has started demolition work at Blackberry Hill, a former psychiatric hospital in Bristol.

We are working in conjunction with Galliford Try plc and once demolition is complete 346 homes will be built on the site, 100 of which will be affordable. Retail and start-up business units, community buildings and green spaces are also planned for the site.

The site was originally developed in 1779 as a prison, housing Dutch and Spanish prisoners from the American Revolutionary War. The original buildings remaining from this time are grade II listed and will be retained for regeneration.

The site was used in various ways before becoming a dedicated mental health facility for the NHS in 1946. In 2007 the hospital was declared surplus to requirements by North Bristol NHS Trust and it was sold to Homes England (formerly the Homes and Community Agency) for redevelopment.

We expect to complete demolition works in spring 2019.

Easter at L A Moore Ltd

Easter eggs all round for the staff at L A Moore Ltd this year.  In the photo the demolition team at Riverside, Keynsham take a well deserved break from work to tuck into their eggs.  This phase of the Riverside demolition started in September 2017 and is due to complete in mid-May 2018.

Bespoke table created for the Children’s Hospice South West

During strong winds in 2017 a large oak tree on our land blew over and we decided to make a section of it into a table. Martin Bradley of Right Roots Ground Care created the table for us and Rolf Weber of Pro Carve Ltd engraved it. R H Windows kindly adapted the table to include a money box to collect donations. We were pleased to donate the table to the Children’s Hospice South West as it was Charlton Farm’s Anniversary year.

We were delighted with the end result which is now a permanent feature in the Reception area of the hospice’s  fundraising office. You can see a picture of the table in place in their Facebook post