by ballyboes

The Roebuck before the restoration

another photo of the interior
Damp is causing plaster to fall off
Damp is showing in the barn buildings
One can begin to now see the attractiveness of the garden
Someone liked deer prints
Someone liked red wallpaper too
The bar looks sorry for itself
the final refurbishment wasn't done with much thought for the building
The Gardens have been mowed and tidied as they were so over grown
The interior had been stripped out before our acquisition
The land at the rear of the Roebuck is fenced off and looking much tidier
The out buildings have such potential
The out buildings have suffered from nearly two years of closure
The outside is looking very tired and we cannot wait to get started restoring this once great building
The pathway to the terraces is now revealed have been overgrown
The pub was left like the Mary Celeste...beer in the lines...food in the fridges
The wood decking has been removed as it was housing rodents and was badly vandalised
This terrace was revealed after clearing moss and overgrowth
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 by ballyboes

Refurbishment

The full strip out has been done already and the frames for the new bedrooms are up too
All the wood left over is recycled
The original fire place has been stripped out.
The second ground floor bedroom is mapped out
The old radiators wait to be reinstalled one of the new bedrooms.
The raised modern pine floor has been removed to reveal what we hoped for....a larger amount of the original tiled floor that can be the bistro remain the bistro floor.
All the toilets are stripped out to reveal to very old brick walls
The signatures of the WWII American airmen have been partly revealed. These had been covered over by previous schemes. The bulk of them are lost forever sadly as previous owner painted and plastered over them
More airman signatures are revealed. Some have fallen away from the ceiling so we gave collected them to frame in the restored Roebuck Inn.
All the upstairs has had the plaster removed and the brickwork looks fantastic...
One can now see through from one end of the upstairs to the other
The stairs down to the loos are being stripped back now as the toilets become unisex
An old fire has been found on the upper floor which can be incorporated in to a new bedroom
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