(The above picture is called – Horses and Plough by Mick Lobb)
Cressing Temple – 900 Years a Farmstead
A new project at Cressing Temple Barns called: ‘The Working Farm’ will see the on-site farm machinery being given a new lease of life to make them more visually presentable to visitors. Alongside this educational materials will be produced explaining farm life and agricultural history since the Middle Ages using Cressing Temple as the backdrop. New signage will be produced for the site along with videos showing working farm life.
Initiated by the Friends of Cressing Temple, The Cressing Community Shed and supported by Essex County Council and Jeffrey Giblin – an expert in renovating historic agricultural machinery – the project will see four farm machines restored to their previous glory.
Chair of the Friends of Cressing Temple, Sue Lowe, said: “We’d like to thank the Arts Council National Lottery funding for their support as it provides us with the opportunity to showcase various features and attractions at Cressing in a way that has not previously been possible. Thanks to the funding, antique machinery will be restored and redisplayed, enabling visitors to see how the equipment was used while highlighting a lost farming way of life.”
(Click HERE to open the Arts Council website)
‘What the Barns Heard‘
An interesting talk given by Ashley Cooper, at the recent: Friends’ of Cressing Temple annual general meeting. The talk was on innovations in farming over the last 900 years, and what the barns would have witnessed.
A short video that was submitted as part of the funding bid. The video explains more about the project and what we hope to achieve.
We will be updating this page with information about the project as it progresses so please do keep coming back and checking on the project’s progress.
We will also keep you updated on the Cressing Temple Blog posts. Click HERE to take you to the blog page.
For further details regarding the project or if you would like to help, then please contact us: workingfarmcressing@gmail.com
(Cover photograph: ‘Horses and Plough’ – Boverton by Mick Lobb)