Work starts on the Burlton's Field Barn

Our builder Ron Clowes has now started work on restoring this small field barn on the outskirts of Bewdley.

The work is being made possible through an 80% grant from Natural England through the Uncllys Farm Higher Level Stewardship scheme.

The work will include stripping and relaying the roof tiles on new cleft laths, stabilising the walls and pulling the building back into shape.

It will continue to be used as a field barn for the storage of hay.

Our first training course in the Ruskin Studio

Here's Nick Dunn from Frank Matthews nursery in Tenbury explaining to local orchard owners how to plan a new orchard and sharing his life's experiences of managing the production of fruit trees.

James fitting the solar panels

Here you can see the evacuated tubes of the solar hot water panels being fitted by James after he had completed all the plumbing.

They feed hot water into a large (750 litre) thermal accumulator. Additional sources of heat are the Esse woodburning stove and an electric immersion heater.

The heat from the accumulator is used for the underfloor heating system as well as for hot water for wahing.