A Week on the Estate: Harvest Home, Autumn Arrives & Swapping Houses

Even away from the arable land, there’s plenty of hard work going on. We host several thriving Massingberd-Mundy businesses and new ones will join them over time. We began work on the unused Manor Farm stables 18 months ago and we’re almost ready to start using them. They now boast well-insulated floors, walls, roofing and windows and they’ll provide four high-quality, energy-efficient office spaces for new and existing commercial operations.

Nearby, Manor Farm House is also being given a state-of-the-art makeover, respecting its heritage while giving it the best possible standard of thermal efficiency. You can read more about our heavy investment in future-proofing our properties – and keeping our tenants’ fuel bills low – in our feature blog HERE.  Construction work is also underway to convert 12 stables at Harden’s Gap into six office units which should be ready by next spring.

Speaking of future-proofing, we’ll soon start moving staff and residents out of the Hall so that we can comprehensively updating the electrics and make the heating and hot water as efficient as possible. You may be aware of the substantial work done in 2021 to reinforce one floor, but there are two more to go! We’ll also be returning the roof to its original, intended shape.

Both Manor Farm and the Old Rectory form part of the plan, and we’ll be giving the latter a new lease of life as a family home while the Hall is under wraps. We had a lovely house-warming party there with family and friends; with laser clay, kids enjoying the outdoors and Mark Vines on barbecue duties, a fine time was guaranteed.

Finally, we thought you might appreciate some news from the Massingberd-Mundy Distillery. Filling Tristan’s big shoes is a challenging task and one that we take seriously. We’re scouring the land for the distiller best able to maintain our brand’s legacy and thrill our discerning customers with their own audacious vision.

We apologise for the delay, we appreciate your patience and we’ll keep you posted. We hope to announce some good news very soon and hopefully we’ll reunite you with your favourite gin in the not-too-distant future.

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