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explains Samuels. As a general rule on grant funded schemes, VIVID aims to split the funding by putting two thirds towards social rent and one third to shared ownership, while then also incorporating a mix of private tenures to create “mixed and balanced communities.”


A COMPLEX SITE


As well as the prison building and walls, the former engineers’ workshop and entrance complex – comprising a gate tower, detached gate piers and the Chief Warder’s and Governor’s houses – are also rade  listed, and justifiably so “It’s a special building,” says Samuels. However, this coupled with its use as a


maximum security prison meant they didn’t know what they might find, both within the building and the grounds. “Everyone was on tenterhooks for most of that,” Samuels admits. The site itself, in particular the constraints of working within the prison walls, was one of the project’s biggest challenges. “It’s a very restrictive space, so trying to work in a very tight environment, with all the site compounds and everything, proved to be quite tricky from a logistics perspective,” explains Samuels. The listed walls meant entrances to the site couldn’t be widened so getting HGVs on and offsite required a one-way system.


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