Pen to Paper

Pen to Paper is a long-established card and gifts shop on Elliott Street and is well loved by local residents. The owner submitted an expression of interest form and applied for grant funding in order to undertake traditional shopfront reinstatement works. The existing shopfront comprised of metal arched window frames, two existing pilasters which were not symmetrical and an engineering brick stall riser. It also incorporated modern signage and an external Dutch canopy, both of which were unsympathetic to the Conservation Area.

The proposals included removal of an insensitive external roller shutter and construction of a traditional timber shopfront with hand-painted signage, awning, glazed brick slips to the stall riser and an internal security screen in keeping with Conservation Area requirements. During the removal of the existing shopfront, a concealed awning and awning mechanism were discovered. The mechanism was therefore refurbished and a new fabric awning installed as part the scheme. The reinstated traditional shopfront and use of the Tyldesley Town Design Guide colour pallet has had a major visual impact on the high street - what a transformation!