First public viewing for the new riverside apartments at Peterborough’s historic Whitworth Mill
The first public viewing is to be held for the new riverside apartments at Peterborough’s historic Whitworth Mill development.
The event will focus on the Cathedral House development, which is the largest and tallest of the four buildings at The Mill Yard at Fletton Quays.
The open day is being hosted by developers MJS Construction and will take place on November 2 between 4pm and 7pm.
The Mill Yard is a development of 80 apartments on the south bank of the River Nene.
The site is home to the locally listed former Whitworth Mill, built in 1848, which has been converted into 23 apartments with commercial space on the ground floor.
Cathedral House has 23 apartments spread across six floors and has views towards the Cathedral.
The other two buildings are Engine House, which has 15 apartments, and River House, which has 19 apartments and overlooks the River Nene.
The development features one, two and three bedroom apartments, including duplex apartments with spiral staircases, garden apartments, ground-floor apartments with their own private entrances, and penthouses.
A spokesperson for MJS Construction said that the first tenants are due to move in from December this year.
The buildings contain lifts to every floor in all four buildings. There is also allocated parking with EV charging, secure cycle stores, CCTV and secure entry.
There are also landscaped communal areas and residents will soon be able to benefit from the new Cygnet Bridge over the River Nene, which is currently under construction.
The development has been carried out by the MJS Group, which is the construction company behind Guild House in Peterborough, Ascot House in Lynchwood and Churchgate on New Road.
Lettings at the development are being carried out by Peterborough-based Symonds & Greenaway.
MJS was the third company to be involved in the development of the site, which is a key part of Peterborough’s £120 million Fletton Quays regeneration flagship site.
The original buyer had planned for the transformation of the Mill into a boutique hotel but pulled out of the sale during the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was bought by developers Lioncross Properties, which had bought the site from Peterborough City Council in 2021 with plans drawn up two years later but work was held up by an array of planning issues.