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To restore, conserve and preserve Harvington Hall for future generations.
Harvington Hall is currently undergoing important restoration works, this grade I listed house is one of the most original and unique houses in England, with seven remaining priest hides and a rare fragile collection of Elizabethan wall paintings. Harvington Hall plays a significant part in keeping alive the Catholic recusant history during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Please help us to fund its future.36 hours locked in a priest hide
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Why we're raising money
The Hall’s two bridges, which date from the 1700s, are the only way to access the hall which is on an island. The bridges are in need of repairs to ensure they can continue to be safely used, to allow visitor access and emergency vehicles.
Work on the bridges means that part of the moat has been drained, with archaeologists on hand to look for any hidden treasures from the Hall’s past.
The moat has not been drained since the 1930s, when archaeologists found spectacles, clay pipes and slipware plate fragments which have been reassembled and are now displayed in the Hall.
Harvington is one of the 17 sites funded by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, which received £2.9million from Historic England for urgent repair programmes under the second round of funding via the Heritage Stimulus Fund.
Harvington’s £117,000 grant will cover a large part of the cost of the works to the bridges, which is expected to run to nearly £150,000. The Hall is launching a fundraising campaign for an extra £30,000 to hit its target.
