A BUILDING used as the hospital in Downton Abbey is set for more restoration work after a significant cash boost. A £48,750 community facilities grant from West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) completes a five-year fundraising drive totalling £320,000 for the Old Grammar School in Bampton. A complete refurbishment of the building’s roof was completed in 2019. Now, the second phase of restoration work can begin, seeing the upper floor of the building restored in addition to a new staircase. This will see the upper floor used for the first time since the 1960s. In recent years, the building has become famous for being the Cottage Hospital in the ITV drama series Downton Abbey.
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However they added some restrictions should be applied, continuing: I therefore recommend that a specific condition is applied that refers to the type of boats to be used on the water, such as restricting the use of speedboats.
Although speedboats seem to be out, the family should still be able to enjoy a spot of rowing as the officer added that non-motorised boats would be acceptable .
A representative for the Beckhams declined to comment.
Getting to it: Construction has already started at the home after the couple s original plans to make the lake were approved back in August, they then requested to make it larger
Four people died in the unrest that rocked the capital. The violence delayed the tallying of electoral college votes to affirm Joe Biden’s victory to become the next President of the United States. Back in July 2018 there were protests outside Blenheim Palace in Woodstock when President Trump arrived with wife Melania to dine with then Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip. It is understood they were joined by Witney MP Robert Courts, Oxfordshire County Council leader Ian Hudspeth and a number of Conservative ministers. Scores of business leaders from around the country were also present to celebrate links between the UK and America.
BUSINESSES are being urged to be patient with regards to Covid-19 grants. To date, West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) has paid £1,059,264 to 642 businesses from the mandatory and discretionary schemes for the lockdown ending on December 2. Meanwhile, a further £38,340 has gone to 45 pubs which remained closed or which could serve drinks only over the Christmas period. The council finance team is now reviewing fresh Government guidance for the new lockdown with a one-off top up grant for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the spring, depending on rateable value. Toby Morris, WODC’s cabinet member for resources, said: “We appreciate business concerns and our team is working incredibly hard to process applications as quickly as possible.