Millpond House
Opened in February 2025, Millpond House is a facility in Kidderminster providing short-term accommodation for people whilst they find permanent homes.
We built Millpond House on the corner of Castle Road and New Road in Kidderminster town centre, working with project managers MAKE Developments, Hive Projects, WT Partnerships and construction company Stepnell to deliver the 20 accommodation units.
The imposing three-storey building has a shared kitchen diner and lounge areas on all floors and an outside space for residents. There is also office space, parking and attractive landscaping to the site.
Local organisations, enterprises, and community interest groups have been involved with Millpond House since building work started. In August 2024, local young artists unveiled their artwork which was displayed on the external hoardings surrounding the construction site on Castle Road.
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Take a look inside Millpond House via the carousel of images below.
Millpond House opening: 26 February 2025
The video shows Councillor Marcus Hart, Leader of Wyre Forest District Council; Mark Baker, Project Manager at Stepnell; Peter Williams, Contracts Manager at Stepnell and Emma Cornock, Temporary Accommodation and Support Manager at Wyre Forest District Council discussing the project at Millpond House's opening event on Wednesday 26 February 2025.
Commentary by Councillor Marcus Hart, Leader of Wyre Forest District Council:
It is fantastic to be inside Millpond House here in Kidderminster. This is accommodation for homeless people that the District Council are providing themselves. It's been a £4 million capital investment. Very grateful to Stepnell our construction company who we've worked with to deliver this project on a redundant brownfield site, a completely underutilised car park here in Castle Road and it's great, three years down the line having granted consent for this facility to be open, which will support vulnerable residents across our district.
Commentary by Mark Baker, Project Manager at Stepnell:
At Stepnell, we are proud to have been part of this project to deliver such a facility for the local community to be able to use.
Commentary by Peter Williams, Contracts Manager at Stepnell:
It is a credit to Mark and the team. The amount of effort and time they've spent on the job and that is seen in the quality and attention to detail of the facility that's been completed.
Commentary by Emma Cornock, Temporary Accommodation and Support Manager at Wyre Forest District Council:
I just wanted to say thank you to all of the teams that have been involved in getting this project over the line. We've worked really hard together and we've put a lot of hours in, and just to say how excited I am about opening the building and getting our new clients in and working alongside them to get them tenancy ready. It's fantastic how this building will have a massive impact on the community and hopefully a knock on effect on the amount of rough sleepers we have in Kidderminster.