{"id":25971,"date":"2020-04-14T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25971"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:12:46","slug":"ihbcs-conservation-from-the-doorstep-heritage-group-he-stumps-up-224k-for-wentworth-woodhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25971","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Conservation from the doorstep\u2019: \u2018Heritage group\u2019 (HE) stumps up \u00a3224k for Wentworth Woodhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Historic England has stepped in to help stately home Wentworth Woodhouse when it faced an unexpected \u00a3370,000 repair bill, writes The Star.<\/em><\/h3>\n

The Star<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

The Grade I-listed mansion, owned since 2017 by a charitable trust, is undergoing a massive restoration \u2013 one of the largest current heritage projects in the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More than \u00a37.2 million of crucial repairs to its badly leaking roof are now nearing completion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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However, after work started, heritage specialists discovered intricate Georgian cornices, 18 metres above the ground, were crumbling away.<\/p>\n

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Historic England has stepped in with a grant of \u00a3224,000 to replace more than 90m of the ornate sandstone and limestone cornice, which runs around the roofline of the mansion\u2019s Palladian East Front.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Large sections of stone are coming loose, smaller ones have already fallen off and water is seeping in, causing further damage and posing a risk to people below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sarah McLeod, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust chief executive officer, said: \u201cWe were dismayed to discover the cornice was in a much worse state than anticipated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAlthough small in comparison to the vast swathes of roof we have made safe, it was a big hurdle because we had no money for it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe needed to act before the \u00a31.1m scaffold facilitating the mansion\u2019s roof work begins to be taken down from May onwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWaiting months to secure grants would have meant re-erecting the scaffold and doubling the budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The timeline was tight, but the trust managed to raise \u00a3359,000 of the \u00a3368,719 target within months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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One of its volunteers, former company secretary Jonathan Robinson, wrote his first ever bid for the Trust and secured \u00a310,000 from the Freshgate Trust Foundation, a grant-making charity established in 1941 by Sheffield\u2019s Harry Brearley, discoverer of stainless steel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A \u00a350,000 pledge came from an anonymous donor and the Leche Trust awarded \u00a35,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation, set up after the sale of Keepmoat, donated \u00a370,000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wentworth Woodhouse was built between 1725 and 1750.<\/p>\n

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