The £9m scheme will transform the building into community and work spaces, a café and bar, performance area and a roof terrace
The long-awaited final proposals and images of the regeneration of one of Blackburn’s most iconic town centre buildings have been revealed.
Supporting documents submitted with the application to Blackburn with Darwen Council by Caer Butler Director of Operations for The Exchange and Re-source the charity behind the project say: “The Exchange is a landmark historic building within Blackburn, and the people of the town retain strong connections with it, both from its historic uses and also more recent events and exhibitions, which have provided an exciting glimpse of the building’s potential.
“This will result in a visual richness and variety. The existing café will be reconfigured and relocated into a more central and prominent setting within the Lower Ground Floor. “A key aspect of the brief is to retain the flexibility of the space to accommodate a variety of functions, including performances, assembly and exhibitions. The vaulted ceiling, Victorian Gothic windows/tracery and rose window render the space almost cathedral-like, and provide a unique ‘wow’ factor.
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