Rural Projects

Writtle Bowling Club

The club, based in a conservation area in the picturesque village of Writtle, has sole responsibility for maintaining its boundary wall, parts of which date back to Tudor times.

Investigations revealed that a section of the wall needed extensive work to prevent possible collapse.

The club made an application to us and received funding from the Bartleet Family Fund, as the project fitted perfectly with the fund’s aims.

Wendy Harvey from Writtle Bowling Club, said: “We appreciate that we are in a conservation area with an historically important wall and take our heritage very seriously. But maintaining the wall is a huge burden and if we had to meet all the costs ourselves it would take us to rock bottom.

“We knew the wall wasn’t stable and it was a real worry that it might fall on to people walking by or on to cars in the road. I remember lying awake one night when we had some hefty storms, wondering if the wall was still going to be there in the morning!

“We are so very grateful for the grant from the Bartleet Family Fund towards the cost of repairs to the wall – it was a real lifesaver for us.”