Tender: Mount Edgcumbe Barrow Centre – Fire Repair and Refurbishment of Northern Wing (Yew Tree & Horseshoe Cottages, Workers Flats)

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Cornwall Council is seeking a contractor to deliver fire repair and refurbishment works at the Mount Edgcumbe Barrow Centre following fire damage to the accommodation block on 04 February 2025. The project’s primary objective is to re-establish the commercial operations of the fire-damaged parts of the Barrow Centre while respecting the site’s surroundings, heritage and constraints. The Barrow Centre is the historic service yard for the Mount Edgcumbe Estate and is used as a visitors centre for the park and gardens; its central U-shaped stable block is a two- and three-storey mixed-use building housing a café, shops, workers’ flats and two holiday lets. The fire-damaged area is the split-level northern wing, which contains two holiday cottages (Yew Tree Cottage and Horseshoe Cottage) and two workers’ flats (numbers 3 and 6), together providing eight bedrooms. The Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park are jointly owned by Cornwall Council and Plymouth City Council; PCC are the insurance policyholders and beneficiaries, and an agreement states Cornwall Council will progress the refurbishment works.