This is the Foxlowe Creative Hub’s meeting room, it was the Bathroom built for the industrialist Davenport (Big Mill Davo!). We didn’t have to do to much to this room although Cliff our Maintenance Volunteer repaired and replaced some of the damaged tiles (we found some replacements stored in the cellar). Cliff worked as a conservator lecturer and trained Will off the BBC’s Repair Shop. #repairshop #listedbuildings #georgianinteriors #georgianrenovation #victorianrenovation #victorianhome

We are quite proud of the Thunderbox on the top floor in the Creative Hub...wonder if Oscar Wilde ever used it! #oscarwilde #thunderbox

A live performance from the Arts Centre I hear you say? Well you’re dam well right! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-leek-midwinter-tickets-138135181045

......and there’s more than one room in the cellar #potterystudio #musicroom #cellarbar #loveleek #secretcellarsessions

Did you know that the Arts Centre has cellars, we think they could be an amazing pottery studio what do you think? Some smaller rooms in the cellars are already used for storing signs for the Leek Blues and Americana Festival. #potterystudio #potterystudiolife #ceramics #greatbritishthrowdown #throwdown #cellar #winecellar #musiccellar #secretrooms

Lockdown has given the Maintenance Volunteers time to do a record of the hidden details, this is a detail of the moulded wallpaper on the top floor that is now the Foxlowe Creative Hub. #creative #victorian #anaglypta #wallpaper #georgianhouse

Looking from a window above it’s like a story of? #artscene #artscentre

With 90% of the roofs repaired maintenance volunteers can now start to repair, clean and paint the hidden areas that the public don’t normally see. #georgianinteriors #creativehub #artcentre #musicvenues

Lockdown Dragon Drawing Competition. Draw or paint your Leek Dragon on an A4 piece of paper and pop it through the Foxlowes Letterbox remember to put your name on the front and address on the back and age if your under 16. We will display them when we are allowed to open and announce what the prizes are and the winners. Why Dragons? Well apparently Leek was riddled with them! This is the list we’ve uncovered so far (from old documents) where dragons could have been found- Dragon Street (the first name of Picton Street) Dragons Field (Queen Street/Regent Street area) Dragon Acre Far Dragon Acre Dragon Land (the area behind the Green Dragon, West Street, Westwood Rec) Dragons Croft Dragons Croft Farm We assume you will be safe on Saint Georges Street...