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Client	Earby Mines Research Group Museum Trust
Location	Earby, North Yorkshire
Status	Grade II* listed
Summary	Conversion of building following repair of fabric
Completion	2005
Build Value	£300,000

Tucked away in a corner of a small mill town in the Colne valley is this remarkable old building dating from the 16th century.

The Old Grammar School was founded in 1591. It is a mullioned-windowed stone building and is Grade ll* listed. Since the 1970's it has housed a museum – now known as The Yorkshire Dales Mining Museum.

In 2000, following lengthy discussions with English Heritage, the trustees of the museum secured a Heritage Lottery funded grant to enable them both to carry out essential repairs to the fabric of the external envelope of the building and also to adapt it internally to its new use.

Lloyd Evans Prichard was commissioned as architects for this work, which was undertaken in two phases. In Phase 1, the stone slate roof was re-laid, a new stone flagged floor was laid and repairs were carried out to the stonework and principal timber elements.

In Phase 2, the (missing) first floor was reinstated together with a new stair and a lift. However the building, though delightful, is still quite small and needed careful space planning. The new internal interventions are simple and contemporary leaving the integrity of the ancient 16th century shell intact.