A former church with a rich history could soon be demolished to create new apartments. The Wishing Well nursery building, between Oakfields Road and Rutland Road in Lady Bay, was where Ibuprofen was first worked on, with the building's owner claiming mustard gas was also tested at the site during the First World War.
Following the closure of the nursery, there are now plans to convert the building, which was originally built as a Methodist church, into nine apartments. A existing large commercial property, which at one point had also been used as a windows factory, would be demolished to make way for the new flats.
The Wishing Well nursery had been running for more than 20 years and closed in December 2021. The owner of the building, Mark Buckingham, explained his and his partner's part in the former church's history.
