A 300-year-old derelict waterworks constructing in Clerkenwell that can quickly be a museum is holding excursions of the location forward of refurbishment works beginning.
New RIver Head buildings (c) ianVisits
The positioning – New River Head – has an enchanting historical past because the hub of one among London’s first main items of city infrastructure, however its 18th and Nineteenth-century buildings have been locked up for 70 years. Quickly, they are going to be transformed into the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration and opened to the general public.
Forward of that, there are some free open days on the website going down.
This can be a self-led tour; no prior data or consciousness of New River Head is required. A map will information you across the buildings, and signage will share their distinctive historical past all through.
The open days will happen on:
- Thursday twenty seventh June (umm, sure, tomorrow)
- Tuesday ninth July
- Friday twelfth July
- Thursday 18th July
Tickets could be requested from right here.
The excursions are free, however donations to the refurbishment work will probably be appreciated on the day.
The New River Head buildings are on Amwell Avenue, a brief stroll from King’s Cross or Angel tube stations.
As soon as accomplished, the heritage website will probably be a open as a everlasting public area, providing new galleries, studying areas and gardens. When it opens, most likely subsequent yr, there will probably be 4 galleries, a mission base, a studying studio, gardens and play area, a café and a store.
The buildings will probably be open to discover, but it surely won’t be potential to enter the principle Engine Home and not using a Quentin Blake Centre group member. They are saying that they are going to be pleased to point out visitors round on request (topic to demand), however there is no such thing as a step-free entry at current.
New River Head is a derelict website with uneven surfaces and uncovered areas, so put on smart sneakers with a very good grip and weather-appropriate clothes. Kids aged below 14 are welcome, with an grownup.
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