Landmark Spring 12

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Landmark News

Spring 2012

The latest holiday and building restoration news from the Landmark Trust.

A busy year ahead

Inside this issue

Five newly-saved Landmarks to open in 2012.

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he first is Bush Cottage near Bridgnorth in south Shropshire (for 2+2 people). It was rescued from dereliction by one of our most loyal supporters, to standards as exacting as our own, and we were delighted to accept it as his gift. Bush Cottage will welcome its first Landmarkers in early June. Astley Castle (for 8 people) near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, opens next in early July, after almost two decades’ effort. It is a first for Landmark; extreme dereliction pushed us to the imaginative solution of modern accommodation dropped into ancient ruins. See it for yourself at our public Open Days on 15 and 16 July. The Warren House in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, also opens in July, a timber-framed warrener’s cottage embellished in the 18th century

as an eyecatcher for Kimbolton Castle. For 2 people, this has been a rewarding conservation using the latest green building materials. Public Open Days are on 19 and 20 August. Finally, The Shore Cottages at Berriedale, Caithness, will open in August. This terrace of four fishermen’s cottages in a tranquil cove provides two Landmarks. We have kept one cottage to its original footprint (for 2); the other three cottages are combined into a single Landmark for 6 people. There will be a public Open Day on 9 September. Our thanks to everyone who donated to these buildings. Their rescue would not have been possible without your generous support.

2 Catch the Olympic flame

4 Farewell from Peter Pearce

Bookings for all five Landmarks are now open online or through our Booking Office on 01628 825925.

6 Help save Belmont

7 The Shore Cottages, Caithness, under restoration

The White House dovecote


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