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Showing posts with label Oakham Town Councillors Visit to Oakham Castle Great Hall Restoration. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Oakham Town Councillors Visit to Oakham Castle Great Hall Restoration Photographs

Oakham Town Councillors Visit to Oakham Castle  Great Hall Restoration

























Above Oakham Town Cllrs Jasmine Hopkins and Michael Elliott
I did think it might have been a good thing to keep these protective
outfits for tonight's meeting.


Today some of our nice Oakham Town Councillors were given a tour
of Oakham Castles grounds and the Great Hall which is currently undergoing
restoration and additional loos being built.

We were joined by a man from Oakham Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group
and nice member of the Rutland Lions.

I can not at the request of Rutland County Council share photographs of the
inside, It is looking very white and clean ugly new lighting which is always
a problem for most historic building is doing a wonderful job highlighting
features previously hidden by shadows.

Rutland County Council are very excited by a find on the wall above the
old courtroom dock. under the paint and plaster it is believed some very
simple and original Norman decoration has been found creating a arch pattern.
Only a small sections have been revealed at this stage. If the testing of material
comes back as Norman this will be the only example of Norman decoration in
the England.

Also a fire place is to be opened in the back room.






Dodgy pointing added over the years has been removed from the stonework












The Well