After the rear wall was completed, they started working on the 'Upper Room' above, the new foyer. In order to gain access to the new 'Upper Room' from the tower stairs, they made a doorway leading to the servery through the outer wall on the second…
After the rear wall was completed, they started working on the 'Upper Room' above, the new foyer. They constructed a balustrade along the top of the wall to complete the space.
Weddings were a little fraught with one wedding party coming through the west door over boards across the new foyer which was now a building site. Furthermore, the church was diligently cleaned every week-end by Emily Hewitson-Townley assisted by Ann…
The Lord Nelson Inn, built of stone now rendered in roughcast, is the very epitome of a village pub. It has an unusual plan and may have always been an inn. It consists of two parallel ranges, staggered so that the west wing projects to the north…
It was built by Gregory Patchett whose initials are on the gable window dripstone. The Inn was frequented by Bramwell Bronte during his time working at Luddendenfoot Station (1840/42) and it had a lending library at that time.
The boiler house was re-built to accommodate the previously exposed parts of the unit which were too big for the old boiler house. This image shows the heating blower and ducting.