Mather & Co of Cheshire has completed the first phase of a four-year project at the National Trust’s (NT) Quarry Bank estate in Cheshire.
The £9.4 million project, which is partly Heritage Lottery funded, is scheduled for completion in its entirety by 2020, but the first phase, to design and interpret three ‘back shed’ spaces and the wider garden landscape, has been completed this month. Primarily known for its cotton mill built in 1784, Quarry Bank is the most complete designed industrial revolution community in the world, comprising the homes and workplaces of the owner, manager, workers and apprentices, a farm, village, school and two chapels.
Its brief is to help the National Trust re-interpret the estate as a whole, with individual elements that offer a range of experiences for visitors.
Work on phase two has already begun.
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