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GREEN BUILDINGS IN NORFOLK - OPEN DAYS 2009
Thursday 10th September - Sunday 13th September
CPRE Norfolk’s popular Green Buildings Open Days will once again be taking place in September. Guided tours at eco-homes, earth buildings and low carbon developments in Norfolk have once again been arranged by CPRE Norfolk as part of the nationwide Heritage Open Days scheme. Tours will take place at 12 energy-efficient properties between Thursday 10th September and Sunday 13th September.
From barns to water mills; cottages to smallholdings; studios to sheds - each of the 12 buildings has something remarkable to offer. Many harness the energy of the wind, sun, river and rain. Some are hand-made - built from straw, cob or rammed earth. Some have roofs of sedum, wildflowers and grasses. Many use sheep’s wool, recycled newspaper or other recycled or reclaimed materials. Another is banked by the local hillside into which it is built. Whatever one’s interest, the Green Buildings Open Days event offers inspiration for everyone, with tours led personally by the homeowners, builders or architects.
The tours are free and open to all but will require booking. Bookings are being taken by the Energy Saving Trust and by telephone only. Take a look through the attached brochure to check days and times of opening and, once you have chosen, please call the bookings number: 01376 531547 . Lines are open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Confirmation of your booking will be sent by email or post, together with the necessary map and directions for your visit. Please note that due to demand, bookings are limited to three tours per person before 30th August.
If you are a member of CPRE Norfolk, you will have received a hard copy of the brochure in the post and have had the first chance to book. Remaining tour places are now open to the wider public - we advise you to call promptly as 85% of tours were full to capacity last time around and many people were disappointed.
Buildings open for tours in 2009
1. The Straw Cottage, Cawston (modest single storey house built from local straw bales, rendered with clay and lime and heated with an air source heat pump)
2. Marshams Barn, Kenninghall (sustainable conversion of agricultural buildings incorporating a 6kw wind turbine, ground source heat pump and rainwater harvesting)
3. The Cob Roundhouse, Banham (beautiful cob and straw bale studio building with sedum roof)
4. Sedum House, Gimingham (earth sheltered dwelling constructed into a hillside in North Norfolk, incorporating a ground source heat pump, passive ventilation, rainwater harvesting and solar shading)
5. Ingleside, West Walton (smallholding refurbished by enthusiastic owners, with solar water heating, rainwater recovery and wind turbine)
6. Mill Lane, Kirby Bedon (small, semi-detached cottage with a glazed, south facing extension to maximise solar gain, photovoltaic roof tiles, recycled newspaper insulation, solar water heating and rainwater recovery)
7. Ralphs, Plumstead (self-built, lightweight timber frame structure with highly insulated walls and north facing sedum covered roofline, falling to ground level)
8. Eco-Shed, Potter Heigham (single storey rammed-earth garden building with a sedum roof, built from materials sourced within 10 miles)
9. Skelton Road, Diss (passive design, pre-engineered social housing with south facing orientation, triple glazed doors and windows, air source heating and water management features)
10. The Old Barns, Stoke Holy Cross (Beautiful barn conversion designed to a very detailed energy efficient specification with ground source heating, rainwater harvesting and many other sustainable features)
11. Itteringham Mill, Itteringham (18th Century mill with one of the UK's first hydro-turbine schemes, a water source heat pump, rainwater recycling and solar panelling. An exemplar project)
12. End Cottage, Long Stratton (a straw bale and timber frame extension to an existing 18th century clay lump cottage, making best use of reclaimed materials and sustainably sourced timber)
CPRE Green Buildings Open Days 2009
CPRE Norfolk is the Norfolk branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and a registered charity no. 210706.
The 2009 'Green Buildings in Norfolk - Open Days' event is organised by CPRE Norfolk and supported by the Energy Saving Trust, Shape East, RG Carter Construction Ltd and the John Jarrold Trust.
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