Rutland County College has finally moved, into it's newly refurbished premises, just outside Oakham in the small Village of Barleythorpe.. At one point it was thought the Conservative who would prefer to work with a certain dictator rather than Conservative Council leader Roger Begy had completely messed up the post 16 education for Rutland students. It seems all the issues were sorted and the villagers of the tiny restraint village of Rutland got a college.
I would like to say this project was a green one carried out by Willmott Dixon, but as far as I can see the only green thing about this development is the use of an old building saving on landfill.
There is no trademark green roof and more than a ton of concrete was used to cover the ground too provide foundations for the smart new paving slabs surrounding the building.
I assume porous surfaces only apply to residential properties?
Willmott Dixon have made a ugly old building look moderately attractive, lets hope the cladding does not fall off in a few years.
Soon villagers will be welcoming a new football club and more housing and if Conservative
Councillor Terry King gets his way the demolition of Lord Lonsdales Home Barleythorpe Hall,
The Hall has a lot of History Henry Cecil Lowther, DL, JP (born 27 July 1790 at Lowther Castle, Westmorland; died 6 December 1867 at Barleythorpe Hall, Rutland) was an English Conservative politician and an amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1819 to 1843.
