New project announcement

19 Town Street

Our plans for the former Madhatters café and maisonette.

An Interim Spaces projectShepton Mallet, Somerset

Heritage Revival Fund

Funding the next stage

The plans for 19 Town Street are supported by the Architectural Heritage Fund through the Heritage Revival Fund, funded by the UK Government through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Supported by the Architectural Heritage Fund

A Project Development Grant of up to £29,250 supports surveys, heritage assessment, design, consultation and business planning for the café and maisonette. This work will inform the restoration proposals and applications for capital funding.

About the Architectural Heritage Fund

Our acquisition

Our plans for the building

The café interior with blue walls and a chequered floor — The café before refurbishment. Project photograph, July 2026.

Interim Spaces has acquired 19 Town Street, including the former Madhatters café and the maisonette above.

With support from the Architectural Heritage Fund through the UK Government-funded Heritage Revival Fund, we’re exploring ideas for both floors. We want to work with the community to understand what is needed and whether these ideas meet those needs.

We also plan to use the café for pop-ups, events and activities before the main building works.

Downstairs / The café

Restaurant incubator?

Explore ideas for the café

AI-generated Georgian living-room concept for the maisonette

Upstairs / The maisonette

Heritage accommodation?

Georgian concept · AI-generated design study

Explore ideas for the maisonette

Before the main works

Pop-ups, events and activities

Madhatters café with tables outside during its former use — Madhatters in its café days. An earlier project photograph.

The café will host temporary activities while we develop the restoration plans, subject to the space being available.

We’re considering food pop-ups, workshops, talks and small performances. Confirmed dates and attendance details will be published here.

View events and activities

G. H. Moon and Son letterhead giving the address as 9 Town Street — Moon & Son letterhead, 1914. Supplied by Len Ware.

Our history

The history of 19 Town Street

Local historian Len Ware’s research and photographs document the building’s previous uses, including a draper’s shop, Moon’s bakery and café, Lewis’s butcher’s shop and Madhatters.

Read the building’s history