Over the past 10 months, Tom has worked incredibly hard as part of our pilot Train the Trainer programme. Having already built an impressive career as a skilled lime plasterer, he has spent the last year developing the knowledge, confidence and teaching skills needed to inspire the next generation of heritage craftspeople. The programme, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, combines formal teaching qualifications with mentoring and hands-on teaching experience, givin

When we took on the farmhouse, we couldn't wait to get started. We had so many ideas and plans for restoring the building, but before any of those exciting projects could begin, we had one very unexpected job to tackle. Bats. During the surveys carried out before we signed the lease, evidence of bats was discovered in the farmhouse. If you've ever heard someone mention bats and building work in the same sentence, you'll probably know the reputation they have. We immediately t