The second phase of the refurbishment of Baysgarth House and its museum in Barton-upon-Humber has received planning approval.
Baysgarth House Museum has been shut since 2019. Last year, North Lincolnshire Council agreed a 15-year lease with The Ropewalk for it to run the Grade II*-listed Georgian era building.
Phase one works are nearing their completion. These include the creation of a small ice cream unit in a store building, and a café in the existing stable block. It comes as a proposed new community pavilion in Baysgarth Park has also been granted planning permission.
The Barton Park Community Pavilion will replace an existing shed-size style facility that Barton Park Bowls Club use for their bowling green. At 73 sq m, the new pavilion will be more than three times the size of the building that will be demolished to make way for it.
The second phase of Baysgarth House’s refurbishment will involve works on the main building, including:
- Accessible toilets to replace existing toilet facilities on the ground floor and first floor levels.
- Reinstatement of a second archway and a period fireplace in the drawing room, bricked up in the 1960s to form a council strong room.
- Relocation of the museum’s entrance to the west door, with signage on either side of the doorway
Additionally, the site’s cottage will be transformed into a first floor workspace and a flexible ground floor community and workshop space. Contract tendering and design work, and behind-the-scenes funding applications will now progress before the second phase can commence.
(Image: David Haber/scunthorpelive)
Phase one of the Baysgarth House restoration project is within weeks of completion. New stone sills and windows were installed for the ice cream kiosk last month. A kitchen and toilet has been installed for Baysgarth Stables Café. The most notable change to Baysgarth House has been the scaffolding on its south, front, elevation. This is up while pointing works take place, and the top two levels were completed earlier this month.
The Ropewalk is appealing for sponsors to support Baysgarth House’s continued refurbishment. Initial capital of £850,000 was raised for the project through grants from the Community Ownership Fund, UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the council. But, as stated on The Ropewalk’s fundraising page, “there is a lot of expensive work required to make the fabric of this Grade II* listed building sound and useable.” To view the fundraiser, click here.
Nearby, the new community pavilion in Baysgarth Park will have a veranda, kitchenette, meeting room, three WCs including one disabled accessible, junior football, athletics and bowls maintenance storage. Traditional local clay tiling has been chosen for the roof, meaning it will have an orange-like appearance. A planting scheme close to the pavilion is also planned.
The pavilion application was well-supported, with over a dozen supportive comments and no objections made. “The current facilities on offer are woefully substandard,” commented one, stating an adequate building size was needed for required improvements.
Another supportive comment stated the proposal was “absolutely vital for the long term survival of the thriving bowls club”. “All in all it will be used by age groups, from young to older, allowing a large group of people to exercise, socialise and play, so encouraging health and wellbeing.”
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