LATEST REFURBISHMENTS: Our team of very willing volunteers have been doing sterling work at the House recently. See here and here. and here. Click here for a summary of what's been done between taking over on 1 October 2010 and our Open Day on 22 May 2011.

Many areas of the House are simply scruffy and showing signs of neglect and decay, but many, not all of which are visible to the public, are in urgent need of repair. Most of it is structurally sound, but a 'condition survey' carried out by English Heritage in 2008 focused on a number of areas where urgent action is needed to ensure the building's structural integrity for the future. More information ...

ROOF REPAIRS: one of the first jobs the Trustees had to deal with when they took over management of the House was urgent work on the roof following vandal damage to the lead (left). Water poured in and buckets and bins had to be brought into play to catch it. However, the Trustees were able to raise enough money from the Robert Thompson ‘pop-up’ restaurant and the Cowes Week parking to mend the relevant areas of the roof and make plans to deal with other problems including blocked guttering and a leak in the ‘Rotunda’ dome.