Our work
The Tyntesfield Campaign
The Tyntesfield campaign raised over £24 million in just eight weeks
In April 2002, the National Trust launched a campaign to save Tyntesfield. Just 50 days later, £24 million had been raised, with a grant of £17.4m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and over £8m in public donations.
Heritage Lottery Funding
Wrapped in scaffolding and a temporary roof during essential works
© Simon Turner
In July 2006, we were granted £20 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund to adapt the estate for full public access and enjoyment, to carry out essential capital repairs and through the creation of an endowment fund – to provide long–term support for operating costs.
Transforming Tyntesfield
Over the last nine years we’ve achieved so much with the support of individual donors and the support of charitable trusts and grants. Together we’re transforming Tyntesfield.
A few milestones along the way
The memorial crosses from Tyntesfield, before and after cleaning
© National Trust
Here are just a few of our amazing achievements: we’ve turned the dilapidated sawmill into a learning centre, made the house and chapel watertight (installing new electrics and plumbing, too) and replaced the threadbare hallway carpet.
We've also laid eyemats over several of the vulnerable floors, conserved the beautiful chapel crosses (see photo), and repaired and restored the summerhouse.
We'd like to thank everyone involved.
Current projects
The Orangery
Nimbus Conservation Ltd is working with ten students on the new Architectural Stone Conservation course at the City of Bath College to restore and conserve the grand west façade of the Orangery.
The walled garden
We need to raise money to bring our beautiful and productive walled garden back to life. Urgent repair and restoration work is needed to the potting sheds, the glass houses, cold frames and kitchen garden walls and gates. We also need to install a new boiler for the glasshouses and reinstate the gates into the soft fruit ground.
Tweeting 1880s style
Once home to birds and then a play house the victorian aviary was in grave disrepair. We've now completed our work to repair glazing and timber as well as replacing the wire mesh and reinstating the slate.