DOZENS of apprentice carpenters will camp on the Kinecroft next summer to hand-build a new extension for Wallingford Museum.
The museum wants to double its exhibition space by contracting trade body the Carpenters’ Fellowship to construct a new timber-framed building, while teaching people about traditional building methods.
To fund the work, the museum must raise £350,000 by April 1.
Curator Judy Dewey said: “Wallingford is really emerging on the heritage map. Now we need a museum that’s fit to reflect the importance of what is going to become a really talked-about town. This could be such a draw.”
If the project wins planning permission early next year, 20 tonnes of oak and traditional wattle and daub building methods will be used to create the extension, which will house a display area, kitchen, toilets and education suite.
On Monday night, town councillors unanimously backed the plans for the extension.
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