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Artist's impression of Vulcan Works, NorthamptonImage source, Northampton Borough Council
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Work on the £10.8m Vulcan Works cultural centre is expected to take 18 months to complete

Work to convert a disused iron works and several run-down buildings into a cultural hub will start in the spring.

The £10.8m Vulcan Works project is at the heart of plans to create a Cultural Quarter in Northampton.

The buildings between Guildhall Street, Fetter Street and Angel Street were central to the town's shoe trade.

Northampton Borough Council says a managed workspace will be created for up to 100 businesses, sustaining 400 jobs over 10 years.

The Vulcan Works was built in 1875 for engineering company Mobbs & Co and was later turned into a leather warehouse.

The building has been largely empty since the late 1970s.

It is "considered one of the best surviving engineering works for the production of boot and shoe industry machinery", according to its Grade II listing.

Fetter Street, NorthamptonImage source, Google
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The Cultural Quarter covers an area previously home to the shoe trade in the 19th Century

The project will take about 18 months to complete.

A total of £3.3m worth of land, buildings and other assets are already owned by the council, while the bulk of the remaining cost has been funded by money from the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership's Local Growth Deal Fund.

This money will be available from 2016/17.

Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership will loan the money to the borough council to allow work to start.

Artist's impression of Northampton's community arts centreImage source, Northampton Borough Council
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The Vulcan Works was built in 1875 for engineering company Mobbs & Co

The authority will also contribute £650,000 towards the project.

In January 2013, the council agreed to designate Guildhall Road and Derngate as the town's Cultural Quarter.

The latest plans will be considered at a meeting on 4 March, along with proposals to double the gallery space at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery and to move the Museum of Leathercraft into the Cultural Quarter area.

David Mackintosh, leader of the Conservative-run council, said he was "proud" to be taking the Cultural Quarter "forward to the next level".

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