INTRODUCTION

photo of Assington Mill

Photo: Brenda Hochachka

Assington Mill in Suffolk offers short one to three-day courses on over 50 different topics. We focus mainly on rural and traditional crafts; subjects that fit in with our rural location, but it could be anything that we think people might like to do and that is not available nearby or even elsewhere. Being privately run, we have the flexibility to respond to demand from our students. Qualifications are not given, or exams held, but we aim to help people if they want to take the skills to a higher level.

Our objectives are to provide a friendly and welcoming setting where people can enjoy learning something new which will enrich their lives, and have a great day out with like-minded people. Assington Mill, on a small 70-acre organic farm, lies in one of Suffolk's beautiful secret valleys, which you can explore after the course is over. This is the most likely site for the mill mentioned in the Domesday Book, and again in historic records for 1588. Click on ABOUT ASSINGTON MILL for more details.

We provide home-made and locally-sourced food, much of it grown in the kitchen garden here, and can cater for any diet. Gluten-free food and cakes are a speciality. Click on FOOD to see more.

NEXT COURSE

Upholstery

This is a two-day course on traditional upholstery. Bring your own furniture to be re-upholstered under the supervision of a professional, Gary Phipps of Danbury Upholsterers. Learn the tricks of the trade and save money at the same time! There are only nine places, so early...

Cost: £195 including home-made lunch, biscuits & cakes

Tutor: Gary Phipps

Date: 20 June 2013 - 21 June 2013

Time: 10.00 - 4.30

About

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ASSINGTON MILL

ASSINGTON, NEAR SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, CO10 5LZ

01787 229955

ABOUT US

Anne Holden used to run the Essex County Council Traditional Building Skills courses, as part of her job as a conservation officer. Earlier, she offered furniture conservation weekends from her own workshop. Needing a retirement project Anne, with her husband Bob Cowlin, bought Assington Mill in January 2003 after a four-year search for a watermill with its machinery intact in Essex and Suffolk. As luck would have it, they fell in love with a tiny derelict watermill with no machinery which came with a small farm in a most beautiful setting. To make the whole enterprise financially viable, Anne runs the courses and the holiday cottage, and Bob runs the farm, as well as going out to do real work as a chartered surveyor three days a week. Click on the button above to see the current list of topics and dates.