Open day Saturday 25th October

[Nemesis]

Small contribution in post.

Good to see it coming along so wonderfully!

Will make it one day when you are in residence!

 

[Jon Maine]

Small contribution in post.

Good to see it coming along so wonderfully!

Will make it one day when you are in residence!

Hopefully that is any time after next week!!

 

[Penners]

Fortunately for us, our Great Hall is floored in Suffolk pamments.

8 m2. Does that count as Great?

 

[Jon Maine]

Well I suppose it depends upon your personal stature I guess as whether you would consider it a large enough room to be classed
as great! :lol:

 

[Nemesis]

Good news though Jon - think what a huge Christmas tree you can get in that hall!


xxx

 

[Penners]

Well I suppose it depends upon your personal stature

If girth qualifies as personal stature, then I'm well into the "Great" class.

 

[yamin]

Whereas here in hobbit land we could fit at least 3 of us standing on top of each other and about 57 end to end! Boys would love it for their bikes though!!

 

[Penners]

Sorry, Yamin - is that an indication of the size of your hall, or of your hobbits?

 

[Jon Maine]

Yup, big christmas tree, 10' ceiling.

Strangely I believe we will be in for christmas this year, although I seemed be saying we would be in for christmas 3 years ago..........

 

[Nemesis]

But this year you will be!

 

[Jon Maine]

Yup, not sure about the hobbits though

 

[Nemesis]

Blast from the past:

April 2006

http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article701598.ece

Jon Maine fell in love with just such a building. He paid £19,000 for a neglected 17th-century merchant’s house in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, in 1994, and finally plans to move into the restored six-bed property this year.

and:

http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/casework%20may%202006.htm

2005

Buildings at Risk

This is always an exciting time of year for the Buildings at Risk Register, and the publication of "Heaps of Delight" £12 (£9.60 for Friends), our latest catalogue, has continued the trend. Heaps, as it is affectionately known in the office, contains over one hundred buildings at risk, as well as some amazing success stories. There's an article on a long slog to restore a beautiful II* Merchant's House in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, which the owner, Jon Maine, is trying to keep 'carbon neutral' by use of boreholes and ground-source heat pumps among other 'green' features. Others include a Welsh farmhouse, where traditional cow dung and lime parging has been used to line the chimney, with the cow dung for this savoury task being collected fresh from his own herd by the owner, Gervase Webb, and a Lancashire church converted into a high tech recording studio.

 

[Jon Maine]

Funny enough I saw that times one the other day, how time flies, how wrong even then I was about the budget too. I should think £500,000, wrong side of was more like it.

 

[yamin]

Moderator? Did I inadvertently say something wrong? My posts removed! Would like to know if I said something inappropriate!

 

[Jon Maine]

Moderator? Did I inadvertently say something wrong? My posts removed! Would like to know if I said something inappropriate!

Something controversial, oo er missus.... :shock:

Or are you sure you hit the launch it into cyberspace button on your keyboard?? :lol:

 

[Jon Maine]

Thank you Penners and Ev receipt confirmed

 

[Nemesis]

Hope it all goes well!

 

[Penners]

Ditto

 

[Jon Maine]

Hope it all goes well!

227 paying visitors at a £5 donation and £450 pledged from local businesses with £45 of direct donations so £1630 with maybe more to come we dont know about yet!!

St Margarets Hospice were blown away with how busy it was

So thank you.

Kevin McCloud was brilliant too. He really enjoyed seeing the property, although his kids looked a bit bored!!

Will try to post some piccys when they arrive over the next week.

 

[Penners]

Will try to post some piccys when they arrive over the next week.

Please do. And congratulations on the fundraising!