Well somebody reads these blogs. Within two days of publishing the last one we had our new blue pipe water main connected – hurrah! UK Power Networks also came back to disconnect the old power feeds to the building and to take away their old switch gear. This allowed us

The project took another step forward this week with the appointment of two Heritage Education Officers, Nicola Stewart and Maria Kirk Nicola comes with a background of working in education primarily at key stages 1 & 2. Her more recent assignments was as an historical research tutor for a small

Another month gone and so many small jobs completed that occupation is now tantalisingly close! The decorators have more-or-less finished inside with gaps filled and final lime-wash coats applied to walls and ceilings.  We have been finding the occasional empty peg hole where the draught is coming in but, generally

The first bricks for the dwarf flood walls were laid yesterday (Monday). These wall both set out the boundary of the Bridge Cottage forecourt but will also offer some protection to the building from low level floods. The inside of the wall will form a planter which will be planted

A Happy New Year to all our subscribers, we are on the home straight now! Since writing the November update so much appears to have happened even though most work stopped on the 18th December for Christmas and only re-started again on the 4th January. Outside the scaffolding has finally

We are recruiting for two new positions. Please take a look at our recruitment page for job descriptions and how to apply.  

The scaffolding has (almost) gone and the roof tiling (almost) finished so we (almost) hit our targets this month!  Inevitably the weather has played its part in delaying the roof being finished but, hey, it is winter so we shouldn’t be too surprised. Apart from the dismantling of half of