Stage 3 Planning Application has been approved, with no opposition.  That covered the final two first floor rooms, the cellar and the attic.  So the whole main building has now received planning and listed building consent.  It is all systems go.

Dr. Brooks (the Archaeologist) is carrying out a watching brief and recording loads of stuff – all of which will be published at the end of the project.  The amount of re-cycling of timber and stone during the various phases is astonishing.

I am mastering BTUs and various mm pipework, and enjoying it hugely.