{"id":9030,"date":"2014-11-28T16:26:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T16:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9030"},"modified":"2014-11-28T16:26:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T16:26:25","slug":"arson-destroys-fantastic-replica-roman-house-at-poole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9030","title":{"rendered":"Arson destroys ‘fantastic’ replica Roman house at Poole"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the country\u2019s most authentic replications of a Roman\u2019s home could be lost to learners after arson attack despair for organisers and volunteers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Culture24 writes<\/span>:
\nMore than 1,000 schoolchildren a year were inspired by one of the country\u2019s most authentic replications of a Roman\u2019s home, razed in a blaze on Monday evening in Poole.<\/p>\n

Changes to the curriculum had seen the space become increasingly popular. The funding for its rebuild is uncertain, potentially threatening the future of the learning service which made such productive use of the prehistoric site.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was a reconstructed salt worker\u2019s dwelling and conforms to a type of building only found in East Dorset,\u2019 said Dr Trudie Cole, the Learning and Access Manager for Poole.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Roman House was built using authentic techniques and based on excavation data from a house from Ower, in Purbeck.<\/p>\n

\u2018The building seems to be a unique sub type found on in East Dorset. We believe it was the only reconstruction of its type in the world.<\/p>\n

\u2018It was a fantastic resource for schools, used exclusively for educational purposes.\u2019<\/p>\n

Only the charred structure and some of the lime panels from the house remain. Local residents reacted to the news with dismay on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u2018This makes me very sad and angry,\u2019 wrote one. \u2018My kids loved going there when you opened it to the public.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I was only there with my son’s school trip last month,\u2019 said a fellow supporter.<\/p>\n

\u2018It really brought history to life for them.\u2019<\/p>\n

Michael Spender, the town\u2019s Museum and Arts Manager, said the attack \u2013 which is being treated as malicious by Dorset Police, who were called to a previous fire when a bird hide was set alight in 2013 \u2013 had left staff at Poole Museum and volunteers who had restored the house \u2018heartbroken\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018We also feel extremely sorry for all the children whose school workshops are going to be affected,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

\u2018We will of course be making alternative arrangements to minimise disruption.\u2019<\/p>\n

The rest of Upton Country Park has remained open to the public. Anyone with information is asked to telephone Dorset Police on 101.<\/p>\n

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