The Vyne Roof Project

The bricks are going to be reused when the chimneys are rebuilt.

The vyne roof project.

The vyne roof project timeline we re carrying out on a major roof project and you can see the work for yourself from our rooftop walkway. The vyne roof project photography competition a contractor traverses the vyne s roof during a 5 4m conservation project. The vyne roof project chimneys on the national trust property the vyne near basingstoke hampshire are unveiled as part of a pound 5 4m conservation project. Our carpenters have invented these bat ladders.

These will go underneath some of the vyne s new roof tiles enabling bats to crawl through the insulation and into the attic space in winter. Like many historic buildings the vyne s roof is visited by hundreds of bats. Watch our builders taking apart the vyne s wonky chimneys. The vyne s roof underwent a two year long 5 4 million restoration project before the house was fully reopened in october 2018.

Check out tripadvisor members 835 candid photos and videos of the vyne. The walkway has now closed and the house has re emerged from under 41 miles of scaffolding. On the ground floor of the house you can immerse yourself in the visit of henry viii and anne boleyn in 1535. The vyne sherborne st.

To everyone who joined us on the walkway and supported the project we give our heartfelt thanks for helping us rescue the vyne for ever for everyone. Our walkway which delighted thousands of visitors during a 5 4m roof project closed in february 2018 so that the scaffolding could come down. The vyne s roof is peppered with bat roosting sites and we re making sure these are all still accessible to our bats when the project is finished. This article was about the vyne s rooftop walkway which gave over 140 000 visitors the exclusive chance to watch a 5 4m roof conservation project as it took place from march 2017 to february 2018.

In 2018 conservationists undertook the six month restoration and cataloguing of the 2 500 books in the library at the vyne and have uncovered a number of centuries old doodles in the margins of the collection s books. Photo by andrew matthews pa images via getty images. A new layout is to be unveiled in the house from september 2018. National trust images virginia langer.

In fact it s been home to at least five species during our huge 5 4 million roof project including a maternity roost of whiskered bats in the tudor chapel roof.