DROITWICH Civic Fortnight, aimed at celebrating the town’s heritage, is under way.
It runs until June 24 and is aimed at getting as many people as possible to see the splendid displays which feature Droitwich’s historic timber-framed buildings.
Participants can either take themselves on a self-guided tour of Staryard or join one of four guided walks.
The fortnight, based along the High Street and Friar Street, is being led by the Droitwich Spa Civic Society with support from the History Society.
An extensive amount of information gleaned from the Historic Droitwich Heritage Lottery (HL) Project will give visitors the opportunity to see or visit buildings which were featured during the investigations.
The four tours will be a Historic Town Tour, a Historic Buildings Tour and two looking at the architecture of St Andrews Church.
Historian, photographer and author Paul Jones will lead the two church tours. The next will be at 3pm next Saturday, June 17. The Town Tour costs £2 per person.
The organisers of the event want to thank both Lyn Blewitt and Paul and Andrew Brooker-Carey, the owner of Staryard, who has done so much to restore his historic timber-framed building and has recently discovered and restored a painted room.
He welcomes visitors to take a self-guided tour of his premises and to see the photographic displays of what to see, and the work recently undertaken to preserve the building for the future.
Other displays take place at Tom Lymer’s on the High Street (Droitwich Floods), at Bullocks (a window display) and at Hereford House where Droitwich’s own Wealden House, the first to be found in Worcestershire, was discovered.
Jewels is the earliest building, a 1340 Hall House, and in the Staryard will be a multitude of things to look at, including the timbers, the architecture, the historic fire damage, the recently discovered wall paintings and the recent re-roofing.
St Andrews Church will feature maps and Priory House will contain details about timber-framed building techniques.
