Category: Heritage Spaces
National lottery to invest £100million in religious building over next three years
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) has announced a three-year strategic initiative to invest £100m to help UK places of worship meet long-standing repair and conservation challenges. In their Heritage 2033 strategy NLHF...
Read MoreGreat Yarmouth Catholic church roof repairs allow mural to be restored
Completed church roof repairs have been described as a “blessing from God”, as it means the restoration of a 100-year-old mural can also be carried out. The image of the Virgin Mary at St Mary’s Roman Catholic...
Read MoreArchitect Christopher Alexander mined mathematics to find patterns for good living
Architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander died at age 85 on March 17. “The end of an era,” one of my colleagues remarked. She was perhaps referring to Alexander’s influential trajectory of over 30 years at the University...
Read MoreHistoric England Announces New Listings to Celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Six historic sites have been listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Historic England’s advice, in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Ranging from a theatre and an archive...
Read MoreCADW lists Old Market Hall, Blaenau Ffestiniog that was a centre for democracy and entertainment
The newly listed Old Market Hall is at the heart of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Snowdonia’s ‘City of Slate’ surrounded by quarries and spoil tips. It stands alongside the Ffestiniog Railway which once carried slate down to the harbour...
Read MoreSnape Maltings concert hall in Suffolk that was opened by the Queen granted Grade II* listed status by Historic England
A concert hall that was opened by the Queen and has hosted an Ed Sheeran performance has been granted listed status. Snape Maltings Concert Hall, on the bank of the River Alde, is close to Sheeran’s Suffolk home and was chosen...
Read MoreStoke-on-Trent high street shops to be restored with £400k funding
Historic high street buildings in Stoke-on-Trent are set to be restored through more than £410,000 of funding. The money from the city council and Historic England aims to support property owners with historic building repairs...
Read MoreDiébédo Francis Kéré: how first Black winner of architecture’s top prize is committed to building ‘peaceful cities’
Burkina Faso’s Diébédo Francis Kéré has become the first African and the first Black person to win the Pritzker prize, architecture’s equivalent of the Nobel. Kéré’s work has consistently highlighted the role of design in...
Read Morereport sheds light on crisis facing some of Britain’s most beautiful department stores
Britain’s department stores are facing an existential crisis thanks to the pandemic and rapidly changing shopping patterns. A report released from SAVE Britain’s Heritage documents some of the country’s finest examples, the...
Read MoreHistoric Essex cinema to reopen after two-year restoration
One of the UK’s oldest cinemas is to reopen to the public following a two-year restoration project. The Electric Palace Cinema in Harwich, Essex, was built in 1911, just two years after the introduction of the Cinematograph Act...
Read MoreHay Castle to open to the public for first time
A historic castle, unopened to the public since it was built, is set to throw open its doors in May. Work is currently ongoing to restore Hay Castle, in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, in time for its official opening in May. It will...
Read MoreSussex: Restoration work begins on iconic Saltdean Lido Art Deco building
Work has begun to fully restore Saltdean Lido in East Sussex. The latest renovation will cost £7.5m, with the money coming from the National Lottery, Historic England, the local council and community fundraisers. The...
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