But I did not forget this blog or my readers while we were there. I did a bit of research. Because the Millcroft wasn't built as an inn. Originally, it was a knitting mill, specializing in the manufacture of long woollen underwear. The mill closed in 1965, leaving a solidly-built stone building in a beatiful location.
Someone had the vision to turn this into something good. It is now an Inn, Spa, Conference Facility, using buildings originally on the site, including a warehouse and the owner's quarters.
Here in Canada, the practice is usually to tear down a building once its original purpose is finished and build something new. I'm always heartened to see instances of preservation and repurposing.
I'd love to take on a project of this scope someday. But for the next little while, I'll content myself with sorting through the stuff in the basement and seeing what I can make of it.
4 comments:
pretty pics! I would love to own a spa:)
I would just like to live in one!
Thank you for writing about this topic! While we just don't get it over here, much of Europe has it right - the recognize the beauty in old things...and they build them properly in the first place, so that they DO last long enough to become beautifully old. Yes - while a project of that scope may be too much for right now, your own "repurposing" of smaller things is a perfect rendition of the exact same concept! You'll change peoples minds, one milk glass vase at a time! : )
You make me blush....
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