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Wish List

I can report that we have received funds for seven of the items on the spring newsletter Wish List. We are very grateful to the individuals involved. Mr and Mrs Hill have provided the funds for the two windows in the north of the wing at first-floor level. An anonymous funder has given £3,000 towards the structure of the dining room floor. The Roding Valley Rotary Club has given £1,000 towards the lift car restoration. We have received two donations, of £2,000 each, for stone steps for the principal staircase - from Jean Hemmings and Anita Farquharson. Peter Lawrence has given £500 towards the digital projector. Mr and Mrs Barnes have given funds to reassemble stonework at the end of the causeway and several people have given or offered money for the fig trees.

The total money actually received for items on the Wish List was £9,300. Almost all of these donations attract gift aid. In addition we have had promises to fund further steps for the stone staircase in the south stairwell. Dave Karaskas (Chairman of the Friends) has promised the funding for the more elaborate bottom step. Three other steps have promises of funding.

Alan Cox
020 7267 1679
coxalan1@aol.com
WISH LIST
Wing Further restoration work to the lift car + shaft £900
Wing To provide three sash window in first-floor west room £1,200
Wing To reinstate missing glazed door to the lift lobby £550
Wing To provide track lighting in the timeline room £1,000
Wing To provide window and frame in timeline room £950
Walled Garden Complete restoration of wrought-iron gates £25,500
Walled Garden Restoration of path from gates to central pond £1,500
Walled Garden Metal uprights for espalier trees beside path £600
Walled Garden To rebuilt existing door to second glasshouse £300
Walled Garden Contribution to glazing of second glasshouse £500
Terraces To reinstate four stone steps at northwest corner £3,000
Forecourt To reveal old vehicle turning circle and gravel £750
Mansion To provide and fit one ordinary stone staircase step £2,000
Mansion Celling mounted screen for visual presentations £600
Mansion To provide roof over first-floor dining room £2,100
Mansion To provide floor to ground floor below dining room £2,100
Mansion To provide extra lavatory facilities £1,500
Mansion Housekeepers's lockable cupboard with shelves £700
Mansion Second window to John Conyers' bedroom £2,500
Mansion Stone window sill: Lady Conyers' dressing room £1,000