Waterside Lincoln - High Street
Restoration and modernisation of a prominent high street Victorian building within Lincoln’s historic Waterside Centre.
Client
Wykeland Group
Lincolnshire Cooperative
(Joint Venture)
Value
£750k
Service
Feasibility study
Concept design
Planning
Building Regulations
Principal Designer
Tender Information and Analysis
Construction Consultation
Delivery
Awards
Greater Lincolnshire Construction & Property Awards 2026
Winner: Development Project of the Year (Under £5 Million)
The refurbishment of 302B High Street forms part of a wider £3 million regeneration of Lincoln’s Waterside Centre. As architect and principal designer, LK2 led the design and delivery of the project, continuing a long-standing relationship with the Waterside Centre that dates back to its original development in the late 1980s. The scheme sensitively restores and modernises a prominent late Victorian building on Lincoln’s historic High Street, close to the High Bridge Scheduled Ancient Monument. Working alongside the contractor and engineering team, the project developed a design approach rooted in heritage conservation and placemaking.
A new timber shopfront replaces unsympathetic alterations, reinstating traditional proportions and detailing, while creating a contemporary retail environment for new beauty and lifestyle brand Rituals and strengthening the building’s presence within the conservation area.
LK2 also led the internal reconfiguration of the building to create an efficient open-plan retail space, improved staff facilities and storage areas, and structural and fire-safety strategies that prepare the upper floors for future residential conversion. The practice coordinated a fabric-first restoration strategy, including stonework repair, refurbishment of original Crittall windows, breathable wood-fibre insulation and secondary glazing to enhance energy performance while protecting the historic fabric.
Delivered within a live city-centre environment through close collaboration with the wider consultant and contractor team, the project demonstrates LK2’s expertise in conservation-led regeneration – revitalising an important High Street building while supporting Lincoln’s wider economic and urban renewal.