The Contractors are Here! The Contractors are Here!

Yes, they have now been on site at New Inn for the past three weeks and things are changing!  The old quarry has been cleared of all the unwanted junk that had been laid to rest by other generations and is now being excavated to form a car park. Fortunately, very little soil will have to be taken off site which is better from an environmental point of view.

Old Gravel Quarry

The car park is going to be slightly sunken so cars will be out of view from the Garden and the surrounding countryside and our modern day steeds will not spoil any ancient vistas!

Old JCB and farming implement

Soon, scaffolding will be erected at New Inn so that the roofing tiles can be removed and the roof repaired. All the terracotta tiles will be reused and damaged ones replaced with reclaimed ones.

At the moment, we are running a fund raising exercise called  ’Adopt a Tile.’ All the poor little orphaned tiles who need a good home at New Inn can be saved for £1.00 each! You can leave a personal message on the back of the tile to remain there for another 300 years.

Gary the Archaeologist

So anyone visiting Stowe, please give a tile a home!

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