During the winter months, Crofton volunteers undertake essential maintenance repairs to our Grade One listed industrial heritage site. Unfortunately the guttering on the corner of the Engine House had been loosened by recent high winds. Scaffolding to get to the guttering has to be very high, this is not a job for the faint hearted!
A complete section of new guttering was required along with new brackets, the whole to be painted and put into place. The roof has also had some work done and the ridge tiles have been fixed back in place. All repairs are scheduled to align with weather forecasts.
Repairs have also been made to our Smithy Tea Room fitting new barge boards. This type of maintenance work by our volunteers is slightly unusual but it all helps to keep Crofton standing for the future, which means visitors can continue learning about this wonderful Industrial Heritage site.
Side Boiler House Walls
so why was it shut when 5 of us turned up today (Sunday 2nd august) for a visit (planned to coincide with an open non-steaming day as advertised on your website?
Hello Andrew,
First of all may we sincerely apologise to you having had a wasted journey trying to visit Crofton Beam Engines on August 2nd , only to find us closed.
We always try to ensure that the website contains accurate information especially for opening times. If however you have found an error on our website we would be grateful if you could highlight to us where the inaccurate opening times statement appears, so it may be corrected.