The Barn in the Media
Phoenix FM
On 1 September 2007, Brian Smith (then Volunteer Coordinator) was interviewed on Phoenix FM (the community radio station for Brentwood and Billericay, Essex) by Ian MacGregor on his Weekend Breakfast show. Click here to hear the interview.
Heritage in Our Hands
The following article appeared in the November 2006 edition of the Essex Journal. Permission to re-publish it has been requested.
BBC Essex at the Barn
In May 2006, to celebrate twenty years of broadcasting to the county, two presenters from BBC Essex walked the Essex Way, breaking their journey at Coggeshall Grange Barn. Some photos of the event can be seen on the Essex Way Day Seven Gallery.
The Volunteer's Tale
The following article appeared in the October 2004 edition of Best of British. Permission to re-publish it has been requested.
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Coggeshall village provided extras for the cast of the film, which remains controversial to this day. Initially banned in Pasolini's native Italy for obscenity and blasphemy, the film is available on DVD and VHS with a surprisingly lenient 15 BBFC certificate. |
Coggeshall Grange Barn
played a prominent role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1972 film version of The
Canterbury Tales, based on Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th Century
classic. The Barn was part clad in a half-timbered style to portray the Talbard Inn, Southwark, from which the pilgrims departed for Canterbury.
