Planning Success For Bantons Barn

Planning Success For Bantons Barn

The Duchy of Lancaster has secured planning consent for the conversion of a disused barn, stable block and cart-shed on its Wyreside estate in Lancashire into three new residential dwellings. The buildings in question are located at Bantons Farm, a steading which includes a two-storey farmhouse with an attached bank barn, as well as a […]

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Lancaster Castle Popular Heritage Destination

Lancaster Castle is enjoying record numbers of visitors this month with numbers up 90 per cent on last year and 60 per cent on 2019. During August, our weekly visitor numbers reached almost 5,000 and over the last two weekends in August we recorded a total of over 2,000 visitors to the Castle – a […]

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Open Day At Wood End Farm

The Whitaker family at Wood End Farm on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire hosted a highly successful Open Day last month under the LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) banner. Some 500 people attended over the course of the day, viewing the displays at the farm and taking part in a series of tours, walks and […]

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Historic Lancashire Barn Converted Into Sustainable Homes

The Duchy of Lancaster has successfully converted a historic farm building on its Wyreside estate into two spacious and energy-efficient family homes. Due to complete before the end of April, it is hoped that the development will achieve one of the highest EPC ratings of any Duchy development project to date. After the roof of […]

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Bringing Redundant Farm Buildings Back Into Use

The Duchy of Lancaster has this month applied for planning permission to convert a redundant disused barn, stable block and cart-shed at Bantons Barn on the Wyreside estate in Lancashire into three new residential dwellings. Bantons Farm is located on Chipping Road approximately half a mile south of the picturesque village of Dolphinholme and seven […]

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