The trust has recently embarked on its most ambitious project to date. This is the restoration of the Clock Tower and Gatehouse in the Stableyard at Rougham Hall. This building started by Rougham Estate owners Philip and Anne Bennett in 1824 had reached the point of collapse. The trust has stepped in to save this iconic structure and to give it a new lease of life.
Seamans Builders are undertaking the work on behalf of the trust.
Photographs show the tower as the work began, then surrounded in scaffolding and then with the roof removed. The clock mechanism has also been revealed for the first time since the 1940’s. The hall itself was seriously damaged on 23 September 1940 when it received a direct hit from a German bomb.
Work will continue on the project for many months.
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