Excellent design, architecture and craftmanship were the winners at the 2021 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards. Thirty Award winning projects were announced at the 2021 Sussex Heritage Trust Awards on Wednesday 15th September. Chairman of the Sussex Heritage Trust, Simon Knight presented the Awards to a sold-out ceremony and lunch at…

Catherine Bailey’s best-selling book Black Diamonds brought the plight of Wentworth Woodhouse and its fascinating story to worldwide attention. Now the author has again put pen to paper to help revive the Grade I listed Rotherham mansion’s fortunes. Catherine has created The Black Diamonds Tour, which takes visitors through the…

The North East Scotland Preservation Trust (NESPT) is working hard to convert two derelict buildings in the centre of Fraserburgh into a hotel. Phase 1 of the project is due for completion at the end of November, with phase 2 continuing into next year. Following a competitive tender process, the…

Congratulations to HTN Partner members Buttress Architects who have been awarded the RIBA North West Award 2021 and RIBA North West Conservation Award 2021 for their work on Wythenshawe Hall. The grade II* listed 16th century mansion house suffered a devastating fire in 2016 and Buttress had to undertake a…

Visitors to the gardens of Wentworth Woodhouse now have the unique opportunity to watch dancers creating a groundbreaking new ballet. Over the next three weeks, the gardens become a giant and inspirational ‘rehearsal room’ for five ballerinas. The producer of the ballet they will be shaping is Barnsley-born Tara Lee-Turton,…

Heritage Trust Network is recruiting new members to its Board of Directors. This is a unique opportunity to join the leadership of the fastest growing organisation in community-led heritage regeneration. You could help steer our ambitious strategy to strengthen our organisation and help our members succeed. We are recruiting new…

A young Barnsley designer is making her mark at Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse. Ellie Fisher’s intricate prints, which feature scenes from the house and grounds, are about to feature on everything from elegant scarves to tea towels and notelets for the mansion’s gift shop. Ellie’s talent shone through when she…

West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust (WMHBT) works closely with The Worcestershire Building Preservation Trust (WBPT) and The City of Wolverhampton Regenerating Buildings Preservation Trust (CoWRBPT) to develop and deliver projects across the West Midlands and Worcestershire region to bring historic buildings back in to use. May 2021 marked an important…

Build for the Future; East Midlands is returning for their annual event on Thursday 16th September 2021 at the Lincolnshire Showground. Hosted by Heritage Lincolnshire and Archaeological Project Services, sponsored by Arion & Arion Shop UK and working in partnership with the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce this event has already…

The Heritage Crafts Association (HCA) and the Sussex Heritage Trust (SHT) continue to provide Sussex-based applicants with grants of up to £2,000 to help save endangered crafts. The Endangered Crafts Fund was launched in 2019 to increase the likelihood of endangered crafts surviving into the next generation. In March 2021,…

Valley Heritage, Rossendale’s Heritage Development Trust, has been awarded £200,400 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for Alliance @ the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank, Thanks to National Lottery players, the project will help to transform Bacup’s currently unused Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank into a co-working space and apartments, and deliver…

Following our event in June 2021, HTN are now sharing the video presentations online for anyone to access for free! These fantastic presentations share a huge amount of information, guidance and ideas on how to be more inclusive in your heritage projects. How can we better involve underrepresented groups with…

The first stage of repairs and renovations at the Master’s House of Llanfyllin’s historic Workhouse is complete.  The roof is weatherproof and secure; masonry has been re-pointed and the new cupola can be seen from far and wide.  Inside the fine space on the top floor, to be known as…

As a place of huge historic value to the Great Grimsby community, there is little wonder that there is a buzz about town as the Kasbah’s website goes live, declaring the area now ‘Open for Business’. Attention is already drawn to the dock due to the exciting development plans for…

£1million of National Lottery funding is now available for heritage organisations to develop a strong network of digital volunteers – wherever their location. Applications to The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Digital Skills for Heritage initiative open today. This funding challenges organisations to remove barriers such as place and time restraints and…

Three Buildings Trusts from the West Midlands are reaching out to anyone connected with the area and the County of Worcestershire, who has an interest in local heritage and would like to help or learn more about it. They rescue, repair and re-use heritage buildings and deliver a programme of…

If walls could talk, what secrets would they tell? Visitors to Rotherham stately home Wentworth Woodhouse no longer have to ponder. From August 7, the grand state rooms will be whispering memories from their past. If These Walls Could Talk, a fascinating sound and vision experience, will take families back…

After funding from Lottery players, and extensive restoration works, the Historic Coventry Trust are really pleased to have completed the lease for Anglican Chapel in London Road Cemetery: Paxton’s Arboretum. They will be using the space for activities, events & volunteering, and it will be available for hire from later…

The SVR Charitable Trust has announced an impressive start to its Home & Dry appeal, having already secured £250,000, just six weeks after the launch of the appeal. “The appeal has gained considerable momentum since its launch in mid-May,” said Shelagh Paterson, the Trust’s director of development. “We’ve received donations…

Worcestershire Buildings Preservation Trust are delighted to report that work has commenced on site at Willow Court Farmhouse in Droitwich. This exciting project to restore a 16th Century Farmhouse, currently owned by Wychavon District Council, has only been possible with development phase funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and…

Three additional specialists have joined the board of trustees at Wentworth Woodhouse. The Preservation Trust’s expertise has been strengthened by the arrival of Matthew Hirst, who is Curator at Woburn Abbey, and Rotherham Council’s former Head of Planning Bronwen Knight. In addition, Rotherham’s youth champion Toni Paxford, who became a…

A range of historic, listed buildings at Portsoy Harbour that recently formed the backdrop to an episode of Peaky Blinders and featured in the remake of the film Whisky Galore, are to be conserved and revitalised by the North East Scotland Preservation Trust (NESPT). The four buildings, right beside the…

Fair Justice System for Scotland (FJSS) Group has recently been awarded a grant of £79 200.00 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for an exciting heritage project, (Windrush Scotland – The Experiences of People of African Caribbean Heritage – A Consultative Project). The project will be delivered from West Calder…

It’s a blooming great idea… Supporters can be part of what happens at Wentworth Woodhouse – by getting crafty and penning their best ideas on a hand-made camellia flower or carriage horse. Garden workshops making cute paper blooms and horses are some of the imaginative ways for the public to…