A Christmas Card designed by George Hering and Bill Wolff-Evans from our team, was distributed to all households in Wickham Market prior to Christmas. It also contained a brief survey on what colour people would like to see the George painted, whether to have a front garden, and whether to have a pizza oven. Results […]
Good progress has been made recently with appointments of key consultants to the project team including an Acoustician, Structural Engineer, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer, and Access Advisor. See below for more information about what the consultants will be doing for the project, We have also had an asbestos survey – with no problems – a […]
A post on our FB page today to say thankyou Huge thanks to Heritage Fund, National Lottery players, our supporters, shareholders, and grant givers for making it possible to get our project to save The George underway. We still have a long way to go but with your help we have made a great start. […]
Exciting plans for fire-hit Suffolk pub spelled out, seven years after blaze Click here to read the article in the EADT of 6th October about the George
September 2020 – Concept Designs have been completed An important milestone has been achieved with the completion of the Concept Designs for the George. The plans show how the ground floor will make the most of the important heritage of the building with the public areas of restaurant and lounge bar taking centre stage in […]
Annual Progress Report A year of adjustment, celebration and key appointments – not forgetting a virus! Despite everything the year saw major progress towards our goal of restoring The George as Wickham Market’s Community Pub. A successful second application and a Lottery Heritage award has enabled us to assemble the project team of professional architects […]
The George presses on We hope that all our friends and supporters are keeping well and safe. Although the current circumstances have meant that we have not been able to hold planned events for you to enjoy and to allow us to keep you up-to-date with progress (but see below), we have not been idle […]
An inaugural meeting was held between the Management Committee and the Greenwood Projects team on the 24th February and work has now commenced to assist the Society to appoint the other consultants necessary for us to prepare a detailed design for reconstruction and other documents necessary for us to make our Round 2 Heritage Fund […]
The Management Committee would firstly like to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We are very pleased to report that we received formal Permission to Start (and our first, advance grant payment) from the National Lottery Heritage Fund on December 13th. Before Christmas, we issued Invitations to Tender to nine Project […]