THE OWNERS of our local historic monument Paull Holme Tower have sent us this letter of thanks – and an appeal for your help:
“The tower must be saved”
THANK YOU for coming to visit the tower last weekend (10th/11th September) I hope it more than lived up to your expectations.
It has been very frustrating all these years not being able to welcome the public to look around and share our enthusiasm for what is a fantastic little building, full of history and quite unique in the area. Time and time again you said “The tower must be saved”.
Paull Holme Tower is not a stately home that would cost millions to save, we are looking at a small but unique brick building that could easily be brought back into public life. The potential for Paull Holme Tower is enormous there are lots of options, a place to stay, wedding venue, visitor attraction and I am sure you could think of many others.
None of these things can happen unless the tower is saved from slowly rotting to death.
Many of you expressed a wish to help saving the tower which is excellent and such refreshing news after 20 years trying on our own, and failing. You can help very easily, this is a local project that you can get involved with and make a real difference.
I believe people power is the best way to jolt English Heritage into action. They need to urgently release funds they have set aside to repair the Tower before it is too late. Paull Holme tower is too special to allow further deterioration and permanent ruin.
But we have to act quickly! At ground level, the barrel-vaulted ceiling is losing bricks and with the winter coming on more rain water, pouring through the floor above, could wash out critical mortar causing the ceiling to collapse. If the ceiling collapses I don’t think there is any prospect of ever bringing the tower back into use.
I want to urge you to write or e mail English Heritage at York and let them know the secret about Paull Holme Tower is out, it must be saved!
It does not have to be a long letter, a short e mail will do, old and young can write, mums, dads and especially the little people.
Thank you very much for visiting the tower with such enthusiasm, with your help we can bring to tower back to life.
Please help save the tower. Many thanks.
Simon + Wyn (Pooh) Taylor
Write to: Regional Director Trevor Mitchell.
English Heritage Yorkshire region.
37 Tanner Row, York YO1 6WP
E mail to: trevor.mitchell@english-heritage.org.uk
or yorkshire@english-heritage.org.uk
Please click here to download a Sample Letter.
If you do write a letter, or send an e-mail then please forward a copy to Simon at simon@stonecreekhouse.co.uk so that he is aware of the amount of support this campaign is generating.