School Newshounds

At the end of February, School children from West Heslerton CE Primary School, Settrington All Saints CE School and Rillington Community Primary School had the

opportunity to meet an interview Oliver Caroe the architect for the  Scampston Conservatory Restoration project.

The children were first welcomed by staff from William Birch for  a health and safety , briefing, before embarking on a guided tour of the conservatory and gardeners bothies, now in their final stages of restoration.

A few reports of the visit below from Settrington Newshounds.....:-

On the 26th February me and the rest of the year sixes went to Scampston Hall, to look at the new refurbished glass conservatory designed by Oliver Caroe.  I had an awesome morning looking at the huge glass conservatory that's worth 1 million pounds.  He told us a man called William Richardson originally made the conservatory.  I think Oliver Caroe is a brilliant architect, he should definitely keep on designing buildings!

When I went to see the glass conservatory under construction at Scampston Hall I had lots of fun.  We  were guided by Paul Mosley and Oliver Caroe.  We started by going round to see the outside, then we went into a large room made of glass and supported by beams.  In this room we talked about the original builders and the owners of the hall and gardens.  It was a very wet, rainy day and we got very soggy, but I still had fun and hope to go again! 

The visit to Scampston Hall was interesting.  I enjoyed looking in all the rooms (I was the one who kept asking "What's in that room?").  I learned about all the beams and the glass in the conservatory.  Oliver Caroe has designed some amazing buildings and I enjoyed looking at his plans.