Three full awards were presented at the ceremony:
Moorland Discovery Centre, Longshaw.
Moors for the Future Partnership and the National Trust won a Design Award for the sturdy wooden classroom that is heated by a ground source heat pump, has timber-enclosed sheep’s wool insulation and is built with untreated natural materials. The judges noted that it “sits squatly in a gently rising location, but is spacious and airy inside.” They called it a “worthy low carbon footprint gateway to the moorland experience for visiting schoolchildren.”
Golden Clough Footbridge, Grindsbrook.
Robin Wood and the Peak District National Park Authority won a Design Award for a new bridge to replace one worn out by walkers on their way to Kinder Scout or on the Pennine Trail. The massive curved beam of the bridge was cut from a carefully selected sweet chestnut growing nearby. The judges said “it seems to leap organically and gracefully from one bank of the stream to another.”
Wellhead Barn, Ashes Farm, Derwent.
The National Trust won the Peak District National Park Authority’s Special Award for Craftsmanship. This working barn was repaired by highly skilled stonemasons and workers using traditional techniques and local materials. It is used to store hay from meadows that have some of the richest diversity of grasses and flowers in the Peak District. The judges were impressed by the “exemplary standards of craftsmanship lovingly lavished on this humble building.”
Commendations:
The judges commended Friends of Grenoside Village Green in South Yorkshire for the enormous community effort that went into the project’s design and Peak District Mines Historical Society for the High Rake Mine project.