Wheatstone House, Leintwardine - 21st and 22nd October

Energy-saving improvements

Low-cost improvements
'Big' insulation works
Glazing
High spec heating
Renewables: heat
Water management
Sustainable building materials
Lifestyle change

Location

Earthworm Housing Cooperative
Wheatstone House, High Street
Leintwardine
Craven Arms
SY7 0LH

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Opening times

Dates: 21st and 22nd October
Opening times: 10.30am - 4pm with tours starting at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Access: There are 2 tours, one which is fully accessible and one which involves steps and walking on grass/rough ground.
There is ground floor toilet which has some adaptations for those with limited mobility but not wheelchair accessible.

This event has now finished.

Just turn up

Earthworm Housing Cooperative welcome you their home in Leintwardine, rural north Herefordshire on the Shropshire border. Together 11 adults live in, renovate and maintain their 3 buildings, static caravan and 7 acres to to reduce their impact on the planet.

Find out more here: https://earthwormhousingcooperative.org.uk/

The home
3 buildings:

1 x large house 17 rooms Built 1909
1 x 3 bed lodge house built 1850's, extended 1909 and 2020
1 x workshops GF/accommodation FF built 1909.

We are a housing cooperative so there is private and communal space.

Modifications:

Installed WET system for sewage and grey water
Wood fired (log) district heating system serving all 3 buildings
Internal insulation (roof, wall, underfloor)
Double glazing (lodge house) and secondary glazing (Large house)
Electric vehicle charging point
Extension to lodge house built using modern insulation, local wood clad and reuse of flooring and other materials
Compost toilets
Draft proofing to sash windows
We have also used lime plaster extensively inside the lodge house