Extraordinary Ordsall Campaign
STOP PRESS! We're thrilled to announce that the Heritage Lottery Fund have awarded Ordsall Hall a grant of £4.13 million, taking us an important step closer to acheiving our goal of restoring and revamping Salford's historic hall. We need your donations even more than ever now to make sure these dreams become a reality.
What's in the pipeline?
The city council and The Friends of Salford Museums want to restore and preserve the building itself, while also making sure as much of the hall as possible is open for visitors to see.
We want Ordsall Hall to become the hub of its local community again as it was when the noble Tudor Radclyffe family were in residence.
Plans include:
- Restoration and conservation works. Download the Conservation Management Plan and the Gazetteer.
- Access improvements to open up more of the hall to all, including new rooms never previously open to the public
- A dedicated education room
- Beautiful landscaped garden, including orchard, nut walk, ornamental gardens and picnic area
- Improved interpretation & exciting interactive exhibitions
- A full training and volunteer programme
- Download the archaeological desktop survey
Can you help?
We still need your help to make these plans a reality - the overall cost for the project is £6.5 million..
We have raised £5.8 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Salford City Council and other sources, leaving £700,000 ($1.8 million*) still to be raised.
All donations from £1 to £1 million will be gratefully received. We'd be very happy to receive donations in any currency, not just pounds sterling! You can use our secure online donation facility from anywhere in the world right now. Find out how you can make a donation for the restoration of Ordsall Hall.
Or there is another way in which you can help the campaign - by purchasing one or more roof slates! Find out more about raising the roof.
About the Heritage Lottery Fund
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) was set up by the UK Parliament in 1994 to give grants to a wide range of projects involving the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom using funds obtained via the country's national lottery.
Since its creation HLF has awarded £4 billion ($6.1 billion*) to more than 26,000 heritage projects across the UK.
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
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