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Title: Essex's Hedingham Castle awarded £117,000 for urgent repairs
Post by: Imperial Dave on Dec 04, 2021, 09:02 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59488320

probably quite a few of these in need....

Title: Re: Essex's Hedingham Castle awarded £117,000 for urgent repairs
Post by: Jim Webster on Dec 04, 2021, 10:02 AM

Quote from: Holly on Dec 04, 2021, 09:02 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59488320

probably quite a few of these in need....

Ask any churchwarden, the costs of maintaining a large old building can be a nightmare :'(

Title: Re: Essex's Hedingham Castle awarded £117,000 for urgent repairs
Post by: Erpingham on Dec 04, 2021, 10:11 AM

£117k won't go far for conservation grade work, especially as they plan some kind of archaeological survey too.

Title: Re: Essex's Hedingham Castle awarded £117,000 for urgent repairs
Post by: Imperial Dave on Dec 04, 2021, 10:20 AM

true....probably shoring up crumbling masonry is about it

Title: Re: Essex's Hedingham Castle awarded £117,000 for urgent repairs
Post by: Jim Webster on Dec 04, 2021, 10:24 AM

That's what struck me, a bit of decent shoring up to give them time to raise the serious money the job will take

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