Manchester-based creative studio, NoChintz has been granted planning consent for a landmark coffee house concept, The Foundation Coffee House. Sevendale House, a Grade II listed building in Manchester’s vibrant Northern Quarter has been chosen as the location of the very first Foundation Coffee House establishment.
NoChintz, which is headquartered on the same street, is working in a joint venture with regional entrepreneur Adam Chapman, the founder of the Heald Green based QDos Fitness. The design-led space will bring a new social environment to Manchester and comes as a result of months of planning which saw the team explore coffee house concepts in New York, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam and London.
The Foundation Coffee House will offer seating for up to 130 covers over 330m2 of ground floor retail space in Sevendale House.
The design draws inspiration from the architectural references of the building itself as well as from an era of industrial Victorian heritage across Manchester. Setting itself apart from other bars and restaurants in the Northern Quarter, the space is presented as a contemporary take on this history and draws upon interior design trends that it predicts will become popular in the next few years.
The coffee shop will double up as a meeting space and an event space allowing local business’ and hot-deskers to use the facilities to work from. The space has been carefully considered to welcome a large demographic of people and the food and drink offering will also appeal to the health conscious community, being ethically and locally sourced with careful consideration of nutritional content.
Launch in March 2015
Co-founder, Adam Chapman said, “With planning now granted, we will commence the fit out with a view to launching the coffee house in March 2015. This will coincide with the building’s official launch. Once established, we will then look to roll out this concept to further locations across Greater Manchester and the North West.”