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Sole to Soul,
Grasmere Drive,
Bentham,
Lancaster
LA2 7JP
Email marie@sole-to-soul.net

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Call 015242 63067

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Sole to Soul Therapy Centre

Our comfortable, well equipped therapy centre is purpose built to give you the highest standard of care and practical therapies. Our five consulting rooms include power operated couches and chairs, music, controlled lighting and directly linked instrument sterilisation rooms.

Building our New Premises

On 18th February 2008, I became the proud owner of a dilapidated wooden building known as "The Legion Hut".

I had grand designs for this building and you will see the progress in the photos below.

On 24th November 2008 work started on the site. The builder John Armstrong from Bentham secured the site by putting fencing all the way around it.

On a sunny Tuesday morning, 25th November, the demolition started and the old building was down by the Wednesday evening.

Digging out for the foundations

Foundations showing the room layout

Foundations ready to build on

Beams for the beam and block flooring with one of the two windposts in the foreground

The blocks in place for the flooring

Breeze block walls starting to grow

Jack choosing the next stone for the facing

Front window and door openings

Scaffolding going up

Scaffolding in place

Scaffolding covered so that the weather won't interfere with the building work

Working under cover

Roof timbers being added

Roof completed

Upstairs landing looking towards my office

Stairwell on a sunny day

Preparing the outer walls for insulation

Sheep's wool insulation in place

The light and airy upstairs room for classes and courses and workshops

Beautiful Cedar cladding at the front of the building

The wraps coming off

The completed building

On 15th June 2009 the building was opened with the ribbon being cut by Mary Bowker, Marie's oldest patient. The dedication of the building was done by Pauline Turner, founder of International School of Awareness.

By the end of the week the site was levelled and marked out ready for work to begin on the foundations for the new building.

Downstairs Reception and Waiting Area with the walls plastered

Downstairs Reception and Waiting Area looking towards my treatment rooms

I am most grateful to the builder John L Armstrong and his team for working so hard to produce this wonderful building in six short months.

The joinery was done by Chris Brownsord of Bentham, the electrics by Neil Smith of Clitheroe, the plumbing by Martin Cowgill of Bentham, the plastering by M J Walker Plastering Ltd, the digging out by Lawsons Hazelwood Ltd, the floor screed by T B Construction Ltd from Skipton, the roofing contractor was Andrew Broster from Hest Bank and the scaffolding was supplied by On Target Scaffolding.

Barbara Rothwell and Arthur of Bentham did the internal and external decorating.

Floor coverings were supplied by Malcolm Preece of Hash Browns in Bentham.

The signs have been made By vision Signs of Clapham.

The Construction Design and Management Coordinator was Dave Collins of Newmac Ltd of Killington.

The beautiful building design was done by Stephen Craven Building Design of Giggleswick.

I wanted to produce the most environmentally friendly building practically possible.

The blocks for the wall are Enviroblocks, the stone was reclaimed from a mill in Bradford and the slates are reclaimed Burlington from Scotland and had only been in use for 20 years. The insulation is made from sheep's wool.

An airsource heatpump supplied by Ecohometec of Doncaster supplies the underfloor heating both upstairs and downstairs and a heat recovery ventilation system provided by Villavent of Witney ensures a minimal loss of heat from the building by recovering heat from expelled air and sending filtered, warmed air back into the building. The building has gained a B rating energy performance certificate.

My grateful thanks also to my family and friends who have supported and believed in my vision of a holistic centre of excellence for health and wellbeing and also to the HSBC bank for funding the project.

If you would like to find out more, or make an appointment, please contact us at Sole to Soul.

On the ground floor there are two Therapy Rooms (which are available to rent by the day or half day), Marie's Chiropody/Podiatry Suite linked to her Therapy Room, a light, comfortable Reception Area and Waiting Room, Toilet with disabled access and a Staff Room - all with level access and doors wide enough to allow a wheel chair to pass through. The first floor is reached by a low rise staircase. Here there is another Therapy Room as well as a large room for classes, courses and workshops, with kitchen and toilet facilities. Marie's Office is also on the first floor.

If you are a Therapist interested in renting a room at Sole to Soul and you offer a Therapy not already available in the Bentham area, please contact us for further details. Read about our new building.

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