Another busy weekend with an army of workers on the Saturday, big boys and little boys all joined in getting two upstairs rooms ready for plastering, Dael, Liam and Kalam worked in the master bedroom completing the demolition and preparation, out came the fire ready for the fireplace to be boxed in, lots of the old plaster was removed in readiness for some dot and dab work over the fireplace and room corners.
Her Ladyship worked on the ceiling project by removing the old paper covering ready for the final steam stripping.
In the second bedroom, the previously uncovered fireplace was also prepared for boxing in, a wooden support frame was built by Liam and Kalam in readiness for the plasterboard, the ceiling was stripped of the paper covering and is now ready for the plasterer.
A solitary new electrical socket was added with several more to follow....this is harder than I initially thought cutting out into stone, but it will be done.
For the first weekend in two months the sun decided to make an appearance, on the Saturday it was very nice to be able to have a bite to eat sat outdoors in the sunshine, we even managed to deploy the sun awning at the rear of the house, hope we get more sunny days.......
This wonderful house named Albert House was designed and built by local architect John Moxon in 1871. The 13 rooms and cellar are large by todays standards and most have the traditional high ceilings with beautiful mouldings in the main rooms. We have been fortunate to find located at the town library the original house plans, we were allowed to photograph these and they will provide the base to start the modernisation of this splendid property and return it to a lovingly family home.
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