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April 2003
 | The Castle Tea rooms are now officially open for the 2003 season when the Friends of Whittington Castle will be serving teas and
light refreshments at the Castle during most weekends. |
| It has now been confirmed that the Oswestry Community Tourism bid for
funding from Rural Regeneration Zone and European Objective 2 schemes has
been successful. This means that £260k is potentially available for
our project at Whittington Castle, although further matched funding needs to
be secured before this can be accessed. |
winter 2002/2003
| Friends of Whittington Castle have carried out decorative
repairs and improvements to the gatehouse over the winter period. |
| The Floodlights have now been repaired with thanks to
Whittington Parish Council for their financial assistance. |
23
June 2002
| The Trust have launched a public consultation to better understand how the
local community thinks the landscape around the Castle should be managed.
This is being undertaken as part of a feasibility study into the establishment
of a Doorstep Green at Whittington Castle. |
| The Trust has secured funding for the production of a conservation plan.
This is a key milestone if the Trust is to secure capital funding for its
project and is to be funded by Leader +, Shropshire County Council and English Heritage. |
23
May 2002
| The Trustees have now completed the acquisition of the Castle under a 99 year lease thanks to a generous grant from Oswestry Borough Council and a matching loan from the Architectural Heritage Fund. |
3
May 2002
| Mr Colin Robinson, Chairman of Whittington Castle Preservation Trust, gave a
presentation to the Annual Parish meeting in Whittington. |
27
April 2002
| The results of the geophysical survey have now been brought into the public
domain by English Heritage who sponsored the research. More details will appear
on this website in due course but a feature on the Castle and its Medieval
Garden was published in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 27 April 2002. |
30
March 2002
| From Easter Sunday the Friends of Whittington Castle will be serving teas and
light refreshments at the Castle during most weekends. |
22 March 2002
| The Architectural Heritage Fund have approved a £10,000
loan to assist the Trust in the acquisition of the Castle. The loan is for 3
years at 4% pa simple interest and has been guaranteed by Oswestry Borough
Council. With this loan the Trust are now in a position to complete the
purchase of the 99 year lease. It is hoped that the formalities will be
complete by the end of April. |
| The Trust was successful with its application to the
National Lottery Awards for All scheme and has now purchase grounds
maintenance equipment. The Trust are currently forming a team of volunteers
who will receive appropriate training before using the equipment to maintain
the grounds this year. |
| Peter Brown and his team are currently drafting a guidebook
which the Trust hope to publish in the near future. |
29 October 2001
| Work has started on a geophysical survey to search for
physical evidence associated with the Medieval garden. The project is being
led by David Jordan of Terra Nova Ltd and is expected to take two weeks. |
24
June 2001
| Mr David Preston, Clerk to Oswestry Town Council is to be the guest
speaker at the Trusts AGM on 3rd July 2001. Please note that this is not a
public meeting. |
| A team of archaeologists and historians led by Peter Brown have been
undertaking survey work and desk based assessments of the Castle. Peter and
the team were on site during 12/13 June 2001 In particular they have
been examining the earthworks and other features which may be associated
with medieval gardens. It is hoped that this will lead to a better
understanding of the evolution of the site and help in forming proposals for
the interpretation of the monument. This work is being funded by English
Heritage for which the Trust is extremely grateful. |
22 April 2001
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