Wareham
Town Pound Planting
The Renaissance
Group and the residents of their Fleur-de-Lis Retirement
Apartments have planted a superb selection of shrubs and flowers
within the Town Pound, alongside the resident ‘animals’, as well
as installing two comfortable wooden benches. The residents have
now ‘adopted’ the Pound and are keeping it looking great and weed
free.
WAREHAM TOWN POUND
Renovation Project 2013
For hundreds of years the medieval Town Pound
was the place where any stray farm animal would be brought and
held until reclaimed by its owner who in return would pay a small
fine to the Lord of the Manor.
Over the years the Pound had fallen into
disrepair and instead of animals being held within its four walls
there has been a ‘growing’ variety of bramble, nettle, weed and
grass, and sadly rubbish.
Various attempts had been made to tidy the
site and plant it with shrubs and flowers, but all to no avail.
In 2011, following requests from the community
to improve and save the Grade 2 listed building, the Trust leased
the site from the Rempstone Estate, and in ‘partnership’ with
students from the Purbeck School, English Heritage and Maria
Burns, a local illustrator & designer, plans were put in place to
give the Pound a new lease of life, and become yet another
‘attraction’ within the Saxon Walled Town and along the Walls
Walk.
The site was cleared, taking great care not to
damage the structure in any way, it being a ‘listed building’, and
life-size animals, created by the students under the guidance of
their tutors and Maria, were installed. An information board was
added next to the gate to allow the reader to fully appreciate the
heritage of the site, and the creativity of the students.
The project was funded by donations from
the local community and officially unveiled by HM Lord-Lieutenant
of Dorset, Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers, on 2nd October 2013, when, at
the same time, she unveiled the Saxon Walls interpretation boards.
Here are links to the preliminary stages of
this project:
Here is how it all looked at the beginning
Town Pound
Newsletter One and then the designs and ideas
Newsletter
Two and more design ideas from the children of The Purbeck
School
Newsletter Three
Contact
details:
John Scott, Development Manager, Wareham & District
Development Trust
01929 554236 Mob: 07971 029940 E-mail:
john@wddt.org.uk
Maria Burns, illustrator & designer
01929 555056 E-mail:maria@mb-id.co.uk
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