The Workshop itself has four rooms.

The upstairs workshop

This is where Jonathan has his workbench; where the jewellery-making is done during the day; where the jewellery reference books are stored; and where there’s a rather old and lovely Colchester Bantam lathe.

The floor is wide-boarded in elm. Jonathan and Jamie’s bench is made from Rock Maple, that used to belong to Winston Churchill. (It stood on the grounds of his house at Chartlwell but was blown down in the 1987 gale).

The upstairs backroom has a large rotating silversmith’s forge, with the sink, the tea and the coffee (rather importantly). My god I almost forgot the toaster!

The downstairs workshop

The downstairs back workshop has an upwards view of the Castle, and nine bench spaces made from old telegraph poles; the draw-plates for making wire; the hammer vice; the drills; dust; and – most importantly – about 20 000 tracks of music. (The Old Albanian Field Recordings being the most unpopular).

The downstairs front workshop is the oldest part, and full of equipment: a hand draw-bench; a power-drill bench; a saw-horse that looks as if it was made by Brunel; casting-stuff; enamelling stuff; a wood lathe; some rather asthetic hammers and anvils (called stakes); a polishing booth; a drill-press; a Roman brick; and Jonathan’s twisting machine.