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OK Greenwood,your still very welcome. We have no date fixed as yet,watch this space!

Great stuff, Greenwood. Look out for updates and P.M message for the next Work Party, in a few weeks.

All great stuff this, I have recently found this web site and to my amazement I find photos of the "Bird" house, I had to visit this house early in 1962 to see a Mr Woosman(sp) My girl and I had to see him to arrange our wedding,he was the verger of St Lukes church which was across the road from the Pool Inn, (and thats another story) we married there in the March62, I can remember the very small room in the house that we were ushered into at the time.
This has been brilliant for me and I would like to thank you all for the information and the pics, I am elated, thanks again.

Brian .

The owner of the Bird House, invited us - 'The Wiki Working Party Gang' to a get together today, with food and drink provided by way of Thankyou for our assistance.

This was considered by all to be most generous as we all enjoy helping to restore this beautiful Old House!!

We had a most enjoyable day, especially as we could see how much work that the owner has done since our last visit. He has worked so hard!!

Today, Plus and TC continued to restore the fireplace in the first floor main bedroom and Rocks and I, with the owner started to scrape away the limewash, on the landing, revealing beautiful wood beneath!!

Dusty work! 'Slow' work but oh so satisfying!!!

Look forward to future 'Work Parties' in the New Year. xx

I feel so leftout! But glad that you all had a great day! X

Oh Bezzy hun!! Behave!!! There would have been no room for you anyway. We were on the landing.

You get them bloody legs sorted, thats first and foremost!!!!! xxxx

And no flaaaaaap jaaaaaacks!!!

is it not finnised yet ?
if you wantideas of the colours inside pm me ,i more than welcome to help with the finnishing touches .

nope queen the whole house from top to bottom is being scraped back to what it originality looked like so takes time we are always looking for people to help out restoring this place so please feel free to pm us if your interested peeps had a great time today cant wait till our next one

We are restorating a 400 year old house!!Its not a re-decoration project!!!!

lol okay i am good at interior designs if the owners want to pm me;i have done my place up as well so can give you ideas if ya want.
and i do the restoring as well i done mine if want the piocs of my place your more than welcome, i have never failed in this believe me. pm me anytime when stuck

thanks queeen!

Show us your plocs? (not here, obvs, elsewhere)

yes [pm me i have some ideas you may like xx

Hi, I have found a little booklet called 'Wirral the place where the wild myrtle grows' published in 1998 by W.E.A. Local History Group.
Various pieces of interesting information are included and of course a bit about 'Birds House'

In it is stated that first of all the house was built in 1627 (but we've been through that) the small window's were due to Cromwell's light tax,the kitchen was added 100 years later (later from what I am not sure, must be either date of build or Cromwell's light tax). It then said that behind the present fireplace are a set of steps which were used by the chimney sweeps to go up to the third floor. As girls the Woosemans played hide and seek up there.
There wasn't a toilet or bathroom until 1997.
Also said a chap hanged himself there in 1800's.
I hope that doesn't upset anyone.
How much of this can be relied upon,I do not know. Have been unable to find anything much about Cromwell's light tax either. Do we know if the windows were metal or wooden frames? They could be the clue to the date.
One other thing which I forgot to mention and not sure if it is general knowledge; The date stone for the barn used to be in Earlston library. I have seen it there probably about 13 years ago.