Towards
the end of the year the first of the buildings are beginning to be completed.
The Historic Core
The
Historic core of the works involves Pan Houses and Stove Houses 3 and 4, the
Loading Bay and Stove House 2.
Pan House 3 structural repairs are complete and the roof has been replaced. This means the dense scaffold can be removed and the pan is visible once more for the first time since March 2012.
The
final touches are put to Pan House 3 as the edges of the pan are rebuilt. John
admires his handywork!
The newly built Pan House 4 eastern wall is revealed clad in larch timber.
In
Stove House 3 the roof panels have been stripped and repaired. The new roof panels put in place and the existing undulating ridge-line retained.
The
scaffold has been removed and the first floor warehouse revealed for the first
time in over two years. This has allowed repairs to begin on the warehouse
floor.
Repairs to the trusses allowed the lean of the roof timbers to remain in place - a testament to the sums of the structural engineer.
The
final roof panels have been put on Stove House 4 meaning all the buildings in
the south of the historic core are now water-tight.
The scaffold has been removed down the eastern elevation and the perfectly repaired wiggly-wonky wall of revealed again.
The
chimney in the Packing Area has been carefully repaired and a new metal cap put
on top.
Repairs
have begun in earnest on Stove House 2. This has seen the roof fully stripped
of sheets.
The
steel-work has been built to support the stove house floor. The timber-work
repairs are complete and the final repairs have begun on the roof panels.
Peripheral Buildings
Repairs
are almost complete on the Manager’s House with re-pointing of the brickwork, timber
repairs and rebuilding of the chimney. The roof slates will be removed and
re-felted.
External repairs have begun on the Red Lion Inn. The brickwork has been re-pointed and new chimney stacks re-built.
Stove House 5
Stove
House 5 is being transformed from an empty shell into a working, functioning
building. As the scaffold has been removed the distinct form of the building is
visible for the first time since it was dismantled four years ago in 2009. The
weather-board cladding of the upper surfaces contrasts with the re-used
original brickwork that forms the side of the Stove House.
The
first-floor, conference facilities are visible as an open space for the first
time with the open window views across the land to the east.
The
ground floor is beginning to take shape as the electrical and mechanical
services are put in.
Jordan
Gregory (Wates Construction Site Manager) supervised the work on site.
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