Local MP Convenes Meeting to Protect Harmondsworth Barn
The medieval barn at Harmondsworth is one of the most signifcant heritage buildings in Hillingdon and is of national historical importance. In 2006 the owners of the barn went into liquidation. Both Hillingdon Council and English Heritage had the opportunity to purchase the barn for a nominal sum of £1 but declined, largely because of their anxieties about shouldering the ongoing cost of maintenance. The barn was then bought by a company based abroad.
Fearful for the future of this important building I convened a public meeting in St Mary’s Church and at that meeting we set up the Friends of Harmondsworth Barn to work to protect the long term future of the building. Local residents volunteered to negotiate with the new owners of the barn to ensure repairs were kept up to date and community access was also maintained.
Unfortunately the barn has not been maintained to the standard required by Engish Heritage and we are all increasingly worried about its future again. That is why I convened a meeting today (Friday 3 October) of representatives from the Council, English Heritage and the Friends of the Barn.
At the meeting a plan of action was agreed to ensure that the repairs and maintenance works are undetaken. This was a real breakthrough in our campaign to preserve and protect the barn for future generations.
I interviewed Phil Rumsey who is the Chair of the Friends of Harmondsworth Barn.
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Norman Guiver said:
I am Chairman of the Carpenters Fellowship, a trade organisation for the Oak Framing comunity in the UK with links to the Timber Framers Guild in the USA and with contacts in Germany, France, Denmark, Scandanavia and Ireland. We have 350 members and we are always looking for community projects to assist with.
In 2003 we build a circa 15th C Boathouse for Abingdon School http://www.abingdonschool.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=welcome.content&cmid=24 and in 2006 a new modern timber frame office for The Northmoor Trust an environmental Charity based in Long Whittenham, Oxon. Last month we built a Gardeners Shelter within the Tudor Gardens of The world Heritage site at Cressing Temple, using 13C technology.
We ran a framing course and Essex CC supplied the oak.
If you need any technical or physical help in restorationm or maintenance we can help and we have ideas on community fund raising.
Regards
Norman Guiver
October 13, 2008 at 20:09
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