Unlike many an At Risk building, the reason for Woodchester’s dilapidation was
that it was never finished in the first place; work was suddenly abandoned
in 1877 when the money ran out.
However, what began life as an empty shell has now been transformed into a
building not only with walls and roof, but with a purpose. For it is now the
site of the country’s first heritage skills academy, providing practical and
theoretical learning to a range of stu… (View original article)