Restoring Lancaster’s Heritage

Restoring Lancaster’s Heritage

In addition to our scheduled programme of restoration works to protect the fabric of the historic buildings at Lancaster Castle, the Duchy Council has approved exceptional expenditure to cover essential repairs to the Medieval Keep.   A specialist contractor has been appointed to carry out the works in question and the 52-week programme has begun […]

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Country Living in Cloughton

A landmark property on the Duchy’s Yorkshire Survey has been sensitively refurbished and modernised to create a new family home in the centre of Cloughton village. Town Farmhouse is a substantial stone-built property within a much-loved conservation area. Built in the mid-19th century, the house was originally the centrepiece of Town Farm, one of the […]

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Historic Weather Vane Restored

As part of the ongoing repair and restoration works currently underway at Lancaster Castle, the Duchy of Lancaster has refurbished and re-installed a historic weather vane on the top of the John O’Gaunt Gate. The origins of the 40-kilo lead, iron and copper weather vane are believed to date back to around 1727, although it […]

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Duchy invests in restoration works at Savoy Chapel

As part of the quinquennial programme of works at the Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy, the Duchy’s investment in and commitment to the future of the Chapel continues this summer, with two substantial pieces of work which will be carried out whilst the Chapel is closed for services during August and September. The Victorian tiled […]

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