 It is now owned by Cullompton Walronds Preservation Trust which was registered as a charity and as a private company limited by guarantee in the spring of 1997 . It inherited half the building in 2005 from Miss June Severn and bought the other half . In 2008 the building became the only building in Mid Devon to be put on English Heritage 's Buildings at Risk Register and received £ 250 @,@ 000 from Devon County Council and £ 100 @,@ 000 from Mid Devon District Council for restoration work . Emergency repairs costing £ 15 @,@ 000 were carried out during 2008 . In July 2010 the Heritage Lottery Fund announced that it would provide a grant of £ 1 @.@ 75 million to help complete the restoration . Work began with the erection of scaffolding in August 2011 . Restoration including restoring the rendering on the house . This had been removed in 1898 causing water to penetrate the fabric of the building . The house re @-@ opened to the public following the restoration on 29 March 2014 with a display of kersey cloth and costumes made by the Walronds Costume making group . 
