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Written by Administrator
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The National Trust Association in Belgium has been supporting the National
Trust and will continue to do so. The following is a list of donations that
have been made by the NTAB and the projects to which these donations have gone.
April 2007
- £ 3.500,- donated to support the geophysical project at Gibside
February 2005
- £ 2.500,- donated to Florence Court, Northern Ireland for conservation
work on the painting "Lord Ross on his Bay"
- £ 2.500,- donated to Castle Ward, Northern Ireland for restoration
of the tapestries in the Parnell Room
- £ 2.500,- donated to Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire for the replacement
of an elderly and rotting greenhouse to enable to propagate a wider variety
of organically grown vegetables which would be used in the restaurant
- £ 2.500,- donated to Charlecote Park, Warwickshire for the production
of a new children's activity pack for the park, with hands-on activities for
children to do with their families
September 2003:
- £ 3.000,- donated to Lacock to help restore the greenhouses in that
National Trust village
September 2002:
- £ 2.000,- donated to a special project to commemorate HM Queen Elisabeth,
the Queen Mother for the retoration of the sunken garden, rock garden and
surrounding weedland at Polesden Lacey
September 2001:
- £ 3.000,- to Nymans in West Sussex for the restoration of a 16th
Century Flemish tapestry and the cleaning of two pictures.
September 2000:
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£ 2.000,- to Anglesey Abbey for the complete overhaul of the large
8 day, musical longcease clock with annual calender by W. Leigh Newton,
circa 1790 in the Lower Gallery. (see
the clock - courtesy of Albert L Mok)
- £ 1.000,- to Anglesey Abbey for conservation work on a silver panel
"Flight into Egypt".
September 1999:
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£ 2.260,- to Standen House for various restoration projects.
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£ 750,- to Sheffield Park Garden for the replacement of a water filter
on a Victorian hydraulic Ram Pump inlet.
September 1998
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£ 1.000,- to Owletts for conservation of tapestries in the Drawing
Room
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£ 2.000,- to Knole for sculpture conservation in the Stone Court
colonade and Cartoon Gallery
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