AFTER nearly a year of work, repairs to a Cullompton building which closed a road in the town centre are finally set to end.

Scaffolding around the Manor House Hotel has meant Tiverton Road has had to be at least partially closed since January.

A spokesperson for Devon County Council said: "The repair of the wall on the Tiverton Road frontage is now complete.

"A protective scat coat has been applied to give weather protection, over which a coat of lime render has been added."

However, this may not be the end of the saga for the Grade II* listed building.

Further works are scheduled to take place in the spring and will require the scaffolding to return.

It is estimated that it will take between four and six weeks to apply further lime render coats, although this is dependant on weather.

"We urge the property owner to design the scaffolding so that it does not project into the highway and cause a further closure of Tiverton Road in the spring," the council spokesperson added.

Replacement rainwater goods are currently being installed, which is expected to be completed by November 16, before scaffolding is then removed.

Once these are complete, stone will be used to finish the corner pier and the metal ties will be inserted into it in accordance with the structural scheme designed for the building.

The scaffolding on both the building scaffolding and interior of the building can then be removed.

The council have said they are also trying to have this completed by November 16.

The licence for the scaffolding on Tiverton Road is due to run out on November 19, and the council has advised that no further extension be made to this deadline.

The council initially served a building repair notice on the Manor House Hotel on December 2, last year after they identified significant cracking.

This was then seen to have increased and in January repair work was set to start.

For this work, Tiverton Road and part of Fore Street were closed to traffic.

Fore Street has since reopened, with parking restrictions put in place in August for 18 months, or until Tiverton Road reopens.