Leicestershire eyesore to make way for 20 homes

Demolition of the arson-hit Hornsey Rise Memorial home near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, will begin next week, clearing the way for 20 new homes.

Warwickshire-based developer Springbourne Homes is clearing the 10-acre site in Bosworth Road, Wellsborough, in preparation for the construction of three, four and five bedroom homes.

The old care home, built in 1921, was closed down in 2012 and has since become a target for arsonists, vandals and fly-tippers, making it a local eyesore.

Springbourne Homes managing director Adrian Burr said: “There’s a lot of hard work to be done preparing the site which has become a real blot on the landscape and a centre for anti-social behaviour in recent times.

“The good news is that it’s all about to be transformed. The burnt-out buildings are coming down, the whole site cleared and levelled and by the New Year we should be well advanced with our plans to deliver something truly special.”

A new wider entrance and a private access road will be constructed once the now dilapidated buildings and overgrown land have been cleared, allowing building work on the new homes to start in the New Year.

Hinckley-based Haywards Architects is currently finalising the lay-out of the site and the designs for the homes which will go on sale next year. The first new homes will become available next year and the site will be completed in 2020.