Grant-Funded Restoration 2007 – 2015

When the Coker Rope & Sail Trust was formed in 2007, the buildings and the site were derelict and there was no money.  SSDC generously provided scaffolding to prevent total collapse, and in the next few years – following the very helpful appearance in the BBC’s Restoration Village programme – funds were raised which allowed conservation and restoration to progress.  You can see the difference made in the photos below.
Completion of the work has been made possible by the grant secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund in late 2016. See HERE

The Coker Rope & Sail Trust is very grateful to the following organisations for their support which made possible extensive restoration work:
South Somerset District Council
Somerset County Council
The Carpenters Fellowship
Architectural Heritage Fund
English Heritage
The Headley Trust
Industrial Buildings Preservation Trust
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Association for Industrial Archeology
South West Museum Development Programme
Heritage Lottery Fund

Click HERE for short film made by the Architectural Heritage Fund which features Dawe’s twineworks (3 minutes in) and the straightening of the ropewalk structure

East Elevation of Engine House now

East Elevation Engine Shed before

East Elevation now

East Elevation before

Engine Shed now

Engine Shed before

First Floor now

First Floor before

North Elevation now

North Elevation before

Office now

Office before

Twisting Heads now

Twisting Heads before

South Elevation now

South Elevation before

Shop now

Shop before

Two end bays awaiting rebuilding

Restored west end minus two bays to be rebuilt

Tensioning trolleys in the open