GRANT BOOSTS PLAN FOR GROUND-SOURCE HEATING

1. Title: GRANT BOOSTS PLAN FOR GROUND-SOURCE HEATING2. Awarding Authority: Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, Historic England and the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport, GB. Web: (Sarah McLeod, CEO)3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: The specified location is going greener… and warmer.Thanks to a £331,200 grant, its Preservation Trust can forge ahead with plans to replace its old and inadequate gas central heating with a house-wide system powered by a ground-source heat pump.A large portion of the funds, received this month from the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund, will pay for plans to explore how and where to install the renewable energy system.The Trust will also use a portion of the grant to carry out urgent repairs to underground drainage, create a new water mains connection and remove asbestos from the mansion’s cellar.5. CPV Code(s): 71300000, 712400006. NUTS code(s): UKE, UKE3, UKE317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Warmly received! £331,000 grant boosts Wentworth Woodhouse’s plan for ground-source heating10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:12. Other information: In the first tranche of awards, 445 organisations received up to £1m from a £103 million pot.Wentworth was one of only six houses fortunate to benefit via the HHA bid.Sarah McLeod, CEO of Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, has thanked Historic England and the Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport for its ‘fantastic commitment’.“They have supported the Trust right from the start and have shown once again they are there for us.“We were up against some very deserving HHA properties and are incredibly grateful. We are in dire need of these repairs and are determined to forge ahead with plans for a heating system which will not only be much more efficient, but will be green and sustainable.”Duncan Wilson, Historic England’s Chief Executive said: “It is heartening to see grants, both large and small, from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund helping heritage sites and organisations across the country which have been hit hard by the effects of COVID-19.“These grants range from giving skilled craft workers the chance to keep their trades alive to helping heritage organisations pay the bills, and to kick-starting repair works at our best-loved historic sites. The funding is an essential lifeline for our heritage and the people who work tirelessly to conserve it for us all, so that we can hand it on to future generations.”# funding opportunity