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Commemorating the fire which destroyed the old mill
Easter Sunday April 2023 Our first Open Day of the season attracted a record number of visitors. The highlight was the fascinating story of the fire on 8th April 1923 which destroyed the old mill. Read the full story here
Wind in the Willows Theatre – July 2022
As part of The Petworth Festival, Coultershaw hosted a promenade style performance of The Wind in the Willows. A beautiful blend of theatre, story telling and audience interaction. With nearly every performance sold out a great day was had by all. See our Facebook...
Make A Difference
Make a Difference is a BBC Radio Sussex programme featuring local community projects. Listen here to an interview with Coultershaw's Hilary Brookes discussing our new History Group. Broadcast on 18 January 2022. If you would like to join our History Group, please...
Newsletter January 2022
Friends of Coultershaw Newsletter No. 27 January 2022 Happy New Year from Coultershaw! We would like to wish you a very happy New Year from Coultershaw Heritage Site and to thank you for your continued support during these challenging times. We have exciting...
Researching the Power of the Rother
Article first published in Winter 2021 edition of the Petworth Society Magazine Interesting things are happening at Coultershaw. There are plans for the heritage site to become a centre of research and education for the length of the Rother valley, and while...
Coultershaw receives Lottery Grant
We are delighted to say that we have been successful in an application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and have been awarded £36,200 to help us recover from the impact of Covid over the last year and to make us stronger for the future. The NLHF funding will help...
Road Roller to find new home at Coultershaw
This wonderful old road roller which has been unused for around 30 years is to be loaned to Coultershaw by the Leconfield Estate. Our volunteers will bring it back into working order for occasional demonstration.
Lottery Heritage Fund bid
To help us re-engage and rebuild relationships we have submitted a £36,200 bid to the National Lottery Heritage Fund's Covid Recovery scheme. This will allow us to take on a Community Engagement & Research Worker, whose role will be to support the Trustees and...
Coultershaw Vision 2020
November 2020. The Coultershaw Trust has created a new vision for the Heritage Site: Coultershaw Vision
Demolition Photos – 1973
Michael Smith was responsible for the demolition in 1973 of the old concrete mill. He recently called at the mill - for the first time since 1973 - to pass on some photos he took during the demolition. At the time Michael worked for British Crane Hire wielding the...