REPAIR work to a treasured building steeped in literary history has finally been completed after over a year of its ground floor being held up by scaffolding. The team at Allan Bank house in Grasmere has made the most of time closed during the pandemic to tackle longstanding woodworm damage to structural timbers in the cellar and ground floor of the former residence of William Wordsworth. Thanks to a financial boost from the government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, the £45,000 project was able to go ahead between January and March this year. For over a year and a half the ground floor of the building has been supported by scaffolding in the cellar, where the damp environment resulted in serious woodworm issues.