Grantham gone

Building sold

Posted - May 14, 2011

The Council has agreed to sell Grantham House, for a sum assumed to be well above £3 million, to a private developer who will refurbish the interior to bring it up to current standards. While this will not create any social housing on the site it will generate funds that can be used to support social housing elsewhere in Jericho, possibly on the canalside site.

Other planning items

Jericho census profile
New community centre timeline
Another makeover for Cranham Street
For a community vision
Multicolour makeover for ‘iconic’ Grantham
Cooperative proliferation
Developing our doorstep
Welcome to Jericho
New health centre on the horizon
Here comes the crowd
JCA gets outline planning permission
Objections to Chiltern railway plans
Mount Place makeover options
Waiting for the water
The Spring Residential phase
The Bellway Homes phase
Jericho by numbers
The first community-led bids -1998-2000

Did you know?

Cranham Street used to be a blot on the city

Before Grantham House was built, the site became notoriously derelict, making Cranham Street according to the local press a ‘blot on the city’ – wrecked by local children, and a refuge for rats and for ‘layabouts sleeping off the drink’ who were repeatedly evicted by the police.

Where we work?

According to the 2001 Census, in Jericho 28% of those working were self-employed, while 18% worked part time. Around 20% were in higher professional occupations compared with 14% for Oxford. We also tend to work nearby: 72% of people worked within five kilometres of their home; 18% went to work on foot, 13% by car and 6% by bike