Funding

The society has funded the purchase of the land, earthworks, forestry clearance and road building. From its own resources, it continues to find the money to buy the many, many things from nails to power tools and sand to bridge timbers that are required to actually turn a dream into a solid reality that will long survive those that build it.

The six hundred cubic feet of wood for the main frame was paid for with a grant from the Kent Rural Revival Fund. A Heritage Lottery Fund grant bought a somewhat larger amount of timber for the roof structure and a further grant from the Kent Rural Revival Fund purchased the 1,200 cubic feet of timber for two hundred and twenty yards of palisade. So far, everything we have built is made of oak.

A number of kind souls have made financial contributions over the last couple of years and donations both large and small have been specifically dedicated to Wychurst. We are very grateful to all of them and if you would like to contribute financially to this important project, we would be delighted to hear from you. Whilst we do not mention people by name here (mainly for fear of missing anyone out!) we do keep contributors informed by personal contact if they have assisted us financially for a specific part of the project.

But it is the Regia members that work on the project, giving their time freely and without reserve that is our most valuable asset. Without their commitment, enthusiasm and hard work none of this could have happened.

Please visit the new Wychurst development teams website at www.wychurst.com for more up to date information and pictures from the development team.

Last updated 2 April, 2006 . Article by Kim Siddorn 2004. Click here to return to the societies main page or the listing. © Regia Anglorum 2004. If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to e-mail us at webmaster@regia.org