Church House Restoration Project - Another Phase Begins  David Youle 22nd March 2005

The process that started with a public meeting at the start of October 2002 can be seen as a series of overlapping phases. The first phase was concerned with Meetings and Organisational Structure Building, resulting in the formation of the Management Committee, the Friends of Church House and the various contacts and connections necessary to progress. The second phase involved the production of a set of Preliminary Reports - a Historical Survey, an Architectural Assessment and a Feasibility Study. A third phase of the project was concerned with funding, initially to provide these reports which then themselves became the basis for seeking and securing the major funding for the restoration itself. Phase four is concerned with Work Specification, Approvals (completed November 2004) and Contractor Tendering. The tenders were opened in February and the main contractor, Darrock and Brown Ltd. from Bodmin in Cornwall, were chosen and approved in March. The chosen thatcher is Malcolm Hayes from Chagford, who has already featured on this pages repairing the trench taken by John Letts in February.