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Wickham Market’s George Community Pub secures vital National Lottery support
THE George Community Pub, Wickham Market, Suffolk has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund Heritage
Enterprise
Scheme for the reconstruction of the historic, fire-damaged George Inn as a community- owned pub. Made possible by National Lottery players, the
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The Festive Season
project aims to restore what was the village’s last surviving public
house as a going
concern at the heart of the community. It will incorporate community space for a wide- range of activities, including heritage-related intended
experiences, to make Wickham Market a better place to live
and to combat loneliness and isolation by bringing all walks of life together in a convivial and welcoming atmosphere. Development
funding of
£82,000 has been awarded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help The George Community Pub (Wickham Market) Limited
progress
their plans to apply for a full National Lottery grant at a later date. There is still much work for the Society’s volunteers and its professional team to do, but with the full grant, additional funding (including a second share offer – details for which can be found on the Society’s website http://www.wmgeorge.
co.uk/),
detailed plans and
planning permission in place, reconstruction work is expected to commence in 2022 with ‘the first pints being pulled’ in mid- 2023. The project will restore the
George Inn, latterly the only pub in Wickham Market (a community of some 2,300 people), which, without it, has no viable commercial future. Once restored, a sustainable community pub business will bring economic benefits to Wickham, and create local jobs. The George will be ‘more than a pub’ – during reconstruction works an ambitious programme of heritage
activities training, will
engage professionals, students and the widest possible range of local residents though volunteering,
hard
hat tours, workshops, oral history, research, photography and arts projects; its impact, subsequently, being sustained by
a dedicated
Activity Co-ordinator, using the
a hundred years ago there were no less than seven inns and pubs in the village, then with a population of about 1,400. These
establishments served
not just as social meeting places,
but as, at various
times, venues for auctions of properties, farm produce and goods; places
points for goods, where rents
were paid, debts were settled, inquests held and where wills were executed; collection and delivery
livestock, passengers and mail (Wickham was on the major stage
coach route between
Yarmouth and London and to the London markets), as ‘lost property offices; meeting places for local administration and public groups; and, as ‘recruitment
agencies’ for
workers and servants (see the
Society’s website http://
www.wmgeorge.co.uk/history/ history-bygones/ for stories of The George’s past). A number of these roles continued into the living memories of the village’s older residents. The community were determined that The George, and the community history and social amenity it represented, should not be lost, having it listed as an Asset of Community Value (see
https://mycommunity. Community
community space to promote the
heritage in general, to a wide audience.
and The
George will host weekly
events such as Dementia Cafés, Mother and Toddler Groups, arts groups, music and talks. Wickham Market will become a better
place to live, work
and visit as a lasting legacy of the project. In the future, trading surpluses will be used to support other community groups and initiatives for the benefit of all. Widespread support for the Project has been
demonstrated
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consultation, to
events, volunteering sale,
through
fundraising and
date, of nearly
£130,000-worth of intentionally affordable, shares to some 330 residents and supporters from all walks of life. When The George burnt down in April 2013, it became clear that Wickham Market was in danger of losing not only an historic building (Grade II listed and, after the fire, placed on the Suffolk
Historic Buildings at
Risk Register) but also its last trading public house. Just over
pub and its dedicated village’s heritage, In operation,
org.uk/take-action/land-and- building-assets/assets-of- community-value-right-to-bid) in early 2017.
Up until the fire, The George had been a public house, for, at least, 360 years. Indeed, the fire revealed that the building, thought to date to the 18th century, in fact had its origins in the late 15th or early 16th century and, from structural evidence, may even have been purpose-built as an inn then. Surveys established that major parts of the historic structure could be conserved and restored and, so, its demolition was strongly resisted not only by the community but also by local council Conservation and Planning Officers. Commenting on the award, Society Chairman, Bill Wolfe- Evans, who lives less than 30 metres from The George, said: “By George we did it! On behalf of shareholders and supporters we are absolutely thrilled and extremely grateful to have received support from National Lottery players. For centuries
The George Inn
has served Wickham Market and it was almost lost forever following the fire. Thanks to our community’s generosity, that of previous funders who have recognised and shared our vision, and now the National Lottery Heritage Fund we can now look forward to restoring this
wonderful building future generations.” for
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