Andrew Louis Estate Agents’ Prescot based is currently being restored as part of a £3.2 million Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) project.

Number 19 Ecclestone Street, occupied by the agency, is undergoing repairs to restore its Victorian façade via the Heritage Lottery Fund, with work scheduled to be completed in January 2016.

Louis Anastasiou, managing director of Andrew Louis Estate Agents, says: “We are a local firm who have been based in Prescot for many years. We are excited to see our building, which has a long history behind it, restored to its former glory.”

The work will be completed by Manchester-based architecture firm, Atelier MB, with Quadriga Contracts carrying out the work.

Heloise Wood, of Atelier MB Architects, adds: “We found a small surviving section of the Victorian shop front that had been boarded over. We have used this as a guide to restoring the rest of the shop front in a traditional way.”

Richard Granton, of Quadriga, says: “We are really pleased to be working on our first Prescot THI building. The restoration work here and on other buildings should give the town centre a real lift.”

Councillor Mike Murphy, Knowsley’s Cabinet Member for regeneration and economic development, says: “The Prescot THI is regenerating the town centre building by building. Each project is a stepping stone to our goal of making the town centre more attractive to shoppers, businesses and investors.”

The work will be immediately followed by repair and restoration schemes at Help the Aged and Max Speilman on Ecclestone St in the New Year with further plans scheduled for buildings on Leyland Street.

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