BBC2's new 'Restoration Village' series features the Yarner Trust's historic buildings at Welcombe, Devon.
The Yarner Trust, an educational charity, would like to restore part of Welcombe Barton, a grade II listed medieval farmhouse and its barn, to enhance it's role in the local community and to improve facilities for educational courses.
Please vote for us!
Please vote for our buildings and support the restoration of Welcombe Barton and its Barns as a Rural Skills Centre. You can vote for us after the programme which goes out on Friday evening, August 4th on BBC2.
The telephone voting number is 09013 600500. *
What makes Welcombe Barton and the barn so special? |
The Welcombe Barton at the Yarner Trust helps support a thriving local community, bringing together many heritage skills and creative crafts. The Barton plays a central role in village life by hosting many weekly groups such as Spinners & Weavers, the Stitcher's group, a basket making willow group, and is used by the Historical Society, the Wholefood Co-operative, the Veg Box scheme, and many others.
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What will the funding be used for? |
We would like to restore the barns which are made of stone, cob and slate, to provide a really first class venue for school groups visiting our Rural Skills Centre. We have also asked for funds to restore the back of the farmhouse where a large crack in the wall has been a worry to us all for a number of years.
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How did the Yarner Trust get involved in the programme? |
Earlier this year English Heritage put forward the name of Welcombe Barton as a recommended project to the programme makers of the BBC2 programme Restoration to be included in their next series.
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*Calls from a BT landline will cost £1, but the cost of calls from other networks and mobiles may vary. More than 75p from each call will go to the charity The Restoration Fund (charity number 1098895), to help restore the winning building, providing it fulfils the conditions set out by the Trustees of The Restoration Fund.
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| "The place is falling down faster than we're repairing it, which means that we always run the risk of curtailing some of the activities. But we know in our hearts, that we need serious amounts of money to keep the Barton and all its activities fully functioning, and winning the voting would help us do that." David Baker, chair of the Trustees. |
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