Work begins on luxury boutique spa with shop, pools and a restaurant
WORK to build a new luxury spa at a health club on the Derbyshire and Leicestershire border is under way.
The new facility at Breedon Priory Health Club will have treatment rooms, relaxation areas, pools, saunas, and steam rooms, along with a restaurant and a shop.
The “high-end spa” is being built in the existing footprint of a golf club building, located on the edge of the village of Wilson – between Melbourne and Breedon on the Hill.
Work is currently under way and is set to be completed by this summer. It includes the demolition of the old clubhouse and another building to make way for the new boutique spa facility.
It will be followed by the replacement of another property with six holiday lodges, which will be constructed from wood and located on the fairway to the former 18th green.
Derby-based project managers and construction cost consultant Armsons and YMD Boon Architects are heading up a team behind the plans.
The team includes fellow Derby business structural engineers Jackson Purdue Lever, Birmingham mechanical and electrical engineers HBA and Ashby landscape architects Lush Garden Design who have created the design for the outdoors areas.
The health club was purchased in 2013 by Sigourney Gates and her family and has more than 1,000 members. It has undergone a number of improvements over the past couple of years, including better fitness facilities, a 14-metre swimming pool and outdoor exercise rig.
Ms Gates said: “The addition of a new luxury spa to our already successful health and fitness club was always part of our long-term plans and will give our customers an exclusive facility, which will be unrivalled anywhere in the region.
“Our new spa will benefit both local businesses and communities through job creation and the increase in visitors to the local area.
“We look forward to working with Armsons, YMD Boon Architects and the rest of the project team on the scheme and can’t wait to see our old golf club house site transformed into something fantastic.”