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Upcoming Jazz Brunch dates

Sunday 15 May and Sunday 11 September - With live music and a delicious brunch menu.

Now taking bookings for sittings at 11am or 1pm on 017222 500200.

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Studio to Let

Are you a creative individual or business

looking for an inspiring environment to

work within? A private studio space has become available on the first floor, with affordable & flexible terms.

Call 01722 500200 or Email:

Summer Dining Evening

Saturday 30 July - With live music and a set price four course menu.

Call 01722 500200 to reserve a table.

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KaroSummer Exhibition

The Human Form - Main Gallery 1-30 July 2011; Private View Thursday 30 June 6-8pm

A selection of artists displaying a variety of work including sculpture and wall art in a multiplicity of mediums. The exhibition will explore and uncover the beauty and diversity of the human form. Join us for the private view, and help us christen the recently re-named Main Gallery with a glass of wine.

 

Industrial History of Fisherton Mill Inspires Renamed "Main Gallery"

We have recently renamed the Beams Gallery exhibition space as the Main Gallery to recognise the Mill’s heritage as a grain mill built in 1880 for W. Main & Sons Ltd and to signify that the space, on the first floor overlooking the historic courtyard, is the largest of a number of exhibition sites throughout the building.

The Main family dominate Fisherton Mill’s history and the building itself is an important part of Salisbury’s heritage as the only industrial building left in the city centre. William Main chose Fisherton Street as the location for his Mill as at the time it was situated directly on the Market House railway siding which ran from the station to the Market House, now the City Library. The Mill had several functions which included the bulk cleaning of seed corn and crushing of other grains together with supplying the company's shop in Salisbury’s market square, today the Nationwide Building Society. These goods were transported by horse and cart; the stables in the courtyard are now Fisherton Mill’s thriving studios housing independent businesses.

As the building was passed down through the Main family, social change made its mark. When William Main died, the business was inherited by his son, Leonard. The business was interrupted from 1914 to 1918 when the Mill was requisitioned by the War Department as bonded warehousing for the Australian Army. It then flourished between 1920 and 1950, but when Leonard’s son, Ronald, took over in the 1960s, mechanisation and great changes to farming methods forced the family to diversify into horticulture and by 1984 the decision was taken to close the business. The historic building has since been a carpet warehouse and an illegal rave venue, but in 1994 Michael Main, the great grandson of the original owner, rescued it and opened The Gallery.

FRonald and Dorothy Main and family outside the MillMichael Fox and I successfully ran the Gallery Cafe alongside and then, in 2005, bought Fisherton Mill from the Main family and developed it into the popular and thriving business it is today.

Pictured: Some of the Main family and staff outside the Mill

 

 

 

New Cafe Menu

We are now offering delicious mid-morning and afternoon tea options, including cream teas.

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NEW Fisherton Mill Gift Vouchers

Use the form below to order our Gift Vouchers. Your payment will be taken securely via PayPal and the vouchers sent to you.

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Fisherton Cook bookThe Fisherton Mill cook book

Many of you have already purchased one of our lovely cook books and enjoyed making some of Michael’s delicious recipes. We have just had to re-print it, such was the unexpected demand, and so have plenty of copies available should you not yet have one. At £12.95 they make a great gift too! A postal service is also available – £1.50.

 
     
 
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