Bringing the past and future together
Work is well underway at the former Ockbrook School, our ‘forever home’ where we’ll run residential camps for children with serious illnesses and disabilities.
The first phase is creating bespoke, wheelchair-accessible accommodation and activity spaces in the Mount, the former nursery and junior school building.
We are very proud to have replaced all the windows with replica designs based on those seen on the original building, which dates back to the 19th century.
Keeping the history alive
Kevin Mathieson, Chief Executive, explained more:
“We needed to replace all the windows at the Mount to meet modern building regulations. We also wanted to make the building more thermally efficient.
“A Heritage Report uncovered some early photos of the building. These showed that the window frames in the original building were very different to those in place when we took on the lease of the school in 2024. At some point in the school’s long history, they’d been replaced.
“We’re very grateful to the Moravian Union, our landlords, for welcoming this change and sharing the additional costs of the site development with us.”
Ockbrook School has a long history of education dating back to 1799. The site is considered rare and of high historical value, as one of only four such settlements nationally.
Over The Wall Camp’s ‘Saving Ockbrook’s Heritage’ project is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players.