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Plans to convert the Victorian Bestwood Winding Engine House, in Bestwood Country Park, Nottingham, into a visitor attraction has been given the go ahead. The restoration of the Grade 2 listed building will preserve one of the few remaining twin-cylinder, vertical winding steam engines used for English coal mining. It is funded by a £1.1 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, £300,000 from the Greater Nottingham Partnership and additional funding from the county council. A nearby electrical sub-station, Dynamo House, will also be restored and the remaining structure will be extended and converted into a visitor centre, with historical exhibition on the Winding House. Construction will be begin in August 2008 and is expected to be completed by summer 2009.

More than £4m is needed to turn Croome Court, in Worcestershire, into a tourist attraction by the National Trust. Croome Court was the former home of the Earls of Coventry but last year it was brought by the Croome Heritage Trust and will be managed by the National Trust. It is hoped that the house will be opened to the public later this year.