The latest exclusive update and photos from architect Sam in Teddington.

In the first week of February the 1,200 personalised bricks arrived on site ready to become part of the fabric of the new building forever. Natalie spotted her Dad’s brick in this photo – ‘He’s our most stoic supporter of all!’ Is yours here too?

Behind the street hoarding, our architect Sam and foreman Krystian are overseeing the building of the wall by four brickies. Below is an exclusive photo showing some bricks already in place, and the next course shown ready to be added (top of the photo). Named bricks are alternating with plain ones so that each one is given space to shine.

There’s been plenty of other progress too! The original wall was found to have no foundations, so has been rebuilt. Windows have been ordered, veluxes are in position in what will be our stunning new reception area, and stable frontages are due in the next few weeks. Seeing the stables take shape will be another exciting milestone!

We’d like to say a huge thank you again to all of you who believed in us, supported us, and made this possible. We’d also like to thank those generous people still enquiring about named bricks. The limited run of 1,200 were all made to order ahead of the build starting, and much as we’d like to offer more, this isn’t possible.

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