Site stories from the Clandon Park project team

The restaurant in the basement spaces at Clandon Park — The restaurant in the basement at Clandon

A journey into Clandon Park’s basement

With different areas damaged to vastly differing degrees by the fire, the basement spaces at Clandon Park have proved an interesting challenge. Project Surveyor Nathan Buckell talks about the work we’ve done to clear this area of the house and the previously unknown features we’ve discovered.

Solving Clandon Park’s mysteries with tree rings

Following the fire at Clandon and our initial salvage work we were presented with a rare opportunity to solve a historical mystery. Using dendrochronology and the beams that once formed the skeleton of the house we’ve made some interesting discoveries.

Abseiling innovations at Clandon Park

Our project at Clandon regularly requires innovative solutions to interesting challenges. Discover how we’re using rope access operatives to help us continue our progress in clearing the house.

Clandon Park one year on: from caravan to conservation and beyond

Following an immensely challenging year of hard work, we’ve made huge strides on the Clandon Park project. Find out more about the situation we found ourselves in during the early days, the strides we’ve made since April 2015, and our hopes for the future of the house and collection.

The scaffold structure surrounding Clandon Park

A massive free-standing scaffold structure has been built to completely surround Clandon Park, cocooning the building to keep it safe from the Great British weather and allowing us to continue important work on the house.

A Curator’s experience of the Clandon Park fire

Sophie Chessum, our project curator, tells us more about the fire at Clandon Park. Discover her experiences on the night of the fire and the work that she and the project team are now doing to safeguard the future of our house.

A look back at the Clandon Park garden open days

Our season of garden open days has now finished. This autumn we welcomed over 3,500 visitors back to Clandon. Extremely positively received, these days have been a great success and we’d like to thank everyone who visited for their support.

Salvage in the Saloon at Clandon Park

Robert Maxwell, our project archaeologist, explains more about the ground level salvage taking place at Clandon Park. He describes what’s happening in the saloon and the techniques we're using to recover items.

What’s this crane doing at Clandon Park?

Have you noticed a change in the skyline above Clandon Park recently? Find out about the addition of the two large cranes to our site. Discover the work that they're doing and get a glimpse of day-to-day life on site from our project Building Surveyor Nathan Buckell.

A view from the Clandon Park garden team

Senior Gardener Dan Bennett reflects on the past few months caring for our garden. Much has changed in the garden, as has the role of gardener since the fire in April. In recent weeks his team have begun to return to everyday tasks, and started to look towards the future of the garden.

The Speakers' Parlour at Clandon Park

The Onslow family are unique in having provided three speakers for the House of Commons over the centuries. Before the recent fire they were celebrated in the Speakers' Parlour. Miraculously much of this room survived the fire relatively intact.