Greendale Construction teams have been hard at work at the Priest’s House Museum in Wimborne where we are continuing a 30 week project involving internal alteration works to this historic grade 2 listed building, with alterations throughout the museum; minor refurbishment in some areas and full strip out and redecoration in others.
The front elevation will change with improved entrance facilities; a new entrance to the museum and Tourist Information Office; a new platform lift, and ramps for access for all, and new mechanical and electrical works.
New staircases will also be created with new doors, refurb of existing, and partition glazed screens.
The progress shots taken after this week’s co-ord meeting show the Greendale team starting to put things back together now. Complex restoration works are being carefully undertaken by our expert Greendale teams. Floor levels are being altered, ramps constructed and the lift building works have progressed well this last month. Hats off to all the team involved on achievements to date!
The £700,000 extensive restoration work is an important aspect of the museum’s £1.6 million Revival Project which will be completed by spring 2020. This also includes updating and upgrading exhibition and display space; enhancing the story of the historic townhouse itself by telling the story of the building and the people who have lived in the house, Wimborne and East Dorset; establishing new formal and informal learning and community programmes; building new opportunities and training for volunteers and initiating more outreach programmes to the villages of East Dorset.
The Revival Project is being made possible by generous donations and fundraising from The National Lottery Heritage Fund; H B Allen Charitable Trust; Garfield Weston Foundation; The Talbot Village Trust; The Foyle Foundation; Dorset Council; the former East Dorset District Council; The Pilgrim Trust; The Valentine Trust; The Georgian Group; Bloor Homes; Renaissance Homes; Teacher’s Building Society; The Civic Society, and the local community.
