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Royal Navy's Gibraltar Boat Squadron & GDP's Marine Unit Opens

The new home of the Royal Navy's Gibraltar Boat Squadron and the GDP's Marine Unit was formally opened by Lady Johns on the 15th July 2011, accompanied by the Governor. According to the Gibraltar Chronicle "In a welcome address, Lt Adam Stevenson thanked the Government of Gibraltar for providing the Squadron with 'a fantastic new base from which to mount its patrols of territorial waters and its force protection of visiting RN ships,' and he thanked Lady Johns for her sponsorship of a 'new base which represents the future of the Squadron.'"

Hilary Tatton Retires

May 2011 Mrs Hilary Tatton has retired from the practice after 23 years' sterling service and generally keeping everyone on their toes. We wish Hilary the very best in her retirement and endless days of skiing

Local Architects Scoop Three Awards

At a recent Award Ceremony at Chester Town Hall, Lovelock Mitchell Architects received three prestigious awards in the 2010 Civic Awards for Design and Conservation.

Andrew Banks, Director of Lovelock Mitchell is seen in the picture collecting an Award He said, "we are very proud to have received these awards amongst stiff competition. Our company is a long-established Architect’s practice, based in Chester since 1862, and now has four Directors, and employs 20 staff. We pride ourselves with providing the best possible architecture to the highest standards, both here in the UK and abroad.".

The Awards were for:

All Saints Church of England Primary School in Saughall

Civic Award for Community New Build

The Orangery at Lyndhurst, Childer Thornton

Highly Commended Award in the Residential New Build and Alterations category

Trafford House, Victoria Crescent, Chester

Commended Award for Residential New Build and Alterations