A FUNDING boost will help an historic mill to reopen to visitors in 2021. Cultura Trust has received £159,000 to support its sites and collections, including Gayle Mill, an 18th Century watermill near Hawes. The funding will enable work for future public access and for new digital resources for online learning. It has also allowed the trust to appoint Richmondshire county councillor Stuart Parsons to prepare the mill for reopening. Cultura Trust is one of 445 organisations sharing £103 million to help them through the coronavirus pandemic, to help restart vital reconstruction work and maintenance on cherished heritage sites, keeping venues open and supporting those working in the sector.
Jill McMullon and Stuart Parsons AN HISTORIC mill which has been closed for almost three years has now received the funding it needs for restoration. Cultura Trust has received £159,000 to support its significant cultural heritage sites and collections, including the Grade II -listed 18th Century watermill Gayle Mill, near Hawes. The funding will enable essential work for future public access and by developing new digital resources for online learning. It will also help boost the Trust’s capacity with opportunities for employment to deliver the project It has also allowed the trust to appoint Richmondshire county councillor Stuart Parsons to prepare the mill for reopening.
Colsterworth church receives lifeline grant to help fund roof repairs
| Updated: 16:13, 22 December 2020
A village church has received a cash grant towards helping to repair its damaged roof.
St. John the Baptist Church, Colsterworth, has received a financial boost from the governmentâs £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help fund repairs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Lifeline grants from the Culture Recovery Fund are designed to protect heritage sites and ensure that jobs and access to culture and heritage in local communities are protected during the months ahead.
St John s the Baptist Church in Colsterworth. (43682192)
St. John the Baptist has been awarded £24,800 towards a project of £28,500, for important repairs to the lead roofs to the north and south aisles, to prevent further damage from incoming rainwater. The grant comes at an important point in our larger project to repair and improve our beautiful 1,000 year old church.
Oxburgh Hall chimney reconstruction work underway as part of National Trust roof project
| Updated: 11:19, 17 December 2020
The first five of 27 ornate mock-Tudor chimneys have been reconstructed ahead of Christmas at a Grade I listed country house.
As part of a £6million roof project at the National Trustâs Oxburgh Hall, bricks for the new chimneys are being hand-made using traditional methods.
Added for decoration in the Victorian era and now in need of urgent repair, only five of the chimneys are being restored using existing bricks.
Oxburgh Hall
A total of 12,000 bricks weighing in at 29 tonnes are being hand-made for the job.