client: Test Valley Borough Council
architect: Test Valley Borough Council, Technical Services
project: The installation of a passenger and goods lift within the Grade II Listed Andover Guildhall, requiring major structural alterations.

Located at the heart of the market town of Andover, the Guildhall is a Grade II Listed building of historic significance that serves as a prestigious meeting place and the location of the locally renowned ‘Mayor’s Parlour’. However, despite its importance to the town’s cultural heritage it no longer met the necessary access requirements and the local authority was faced with the problem of installing a passenger and goods lift within the building.

Installing a lift shaft through the centre of a Grade II Listed building inevitably required major structural alterations. The essential changes were finished in sympathy with the existing period features and despite keeping the Guildhall open the project was still completed within 12 weeks.