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Sept
Landmark building in the heart of Harrogate gets new owners
Newtons Solicitors is to move into the former Royal Bank of Scotland premises on Cambridge Crescent in Harrogate.
RBS closed its five-storey branch in Harrogate in 2018 as part of a country-wide programme affecting 162 sites.
Property consultants GSC Grays announced today (September 23) it had finalised a deal that will see law firm Newtons, which is currently based in Princes Square, make Cambridge Crescent its Harrogate office after a period of refurbishment.
Christopher Newton, managing director of Newtons, said the building was currently derelict, adding:
We are in the process of appointing an architect to help us with the refurbishment together with liaising with the heritage team at the council and look forward to restoring it to a beautiful period property.
I expect that this process will take 18 months at which point we expect to relocate from our current rented offices on Princes Square.
We decided to purchase as it is a beautiful building with more space and look forward to having it as a prestigious flagship office for Newtons in the heart of Harrogate with space to grow our team.
I prefer to own our buildings rather than rent. We currently own seven of our 10 offices.
Boroughbridge-based GSC Grays, which operates across Yorkshire and the North East, said the deal was completed for an undisclosed sum on behalf of the West Yorkshire development group Prospect Estates.
The prominent grade two listed building forms part of a crescent in the centre of Harrogate.
Tim Waring, property agent for GSC Grays, said:
It's wonderful news for the town centre to have new owners for such an elegant building, which is close to the world-famous Bettys Tea Rooms and the Cenotaph, especially since it has been empty for several years.
Cambridge Crescent was built in 1867-8 by George Dawson to a design of J H Hirst of Bristol featuring an enriched Flemish Renaissance frontage.
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