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Preston, Oxford and Torbay benefit from £7.4m Heritage Lottery Fund investment
Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding¹ of £7.4m to Preston’s impressive Harris Museum and Art Gallery, the Grade I listed University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford and the stunning 800-year-old Torre Abbey in Torbay.Read more: Preston, Oxford and Torbay benefit from £7.4m Heritage Lottery Fund investment
Preston, Oxford and Torbay benefit from £7.4m Heritage Lottery Fund investment
Today, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced confirmed funding¹ of £7.4m to Preston’s impressive Harris Museum and Art Gallery, the Grade I listed University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford and the stunning 800-year-old Torre Abbey in Torbay.Read more: Preston, Oxford and Torbay benefit from £7.4m Heritage Lottery Fund investment
Didsbury Library Set For Overhaul
Didsbury's Grade ll listed library will undergo a renovation programme following consultation with a specialist heritage officer.
The work will include some re-plastering, painting the interior and replacing carpets. A heritage officer from the council's planning team will be consulted throughout the renovations to ensure they reflect the building's history. The interior of the building will be painted in similar colours to what it would have been in 1915 when it was built.
Heritage Lottery Fund announces an additional £45m investment
HLF has today announced an overall budget of £250m for new grants next financial year (March 2011-12) – £45m more than the budget for the current year.
Read more: Heritage Lottery Fund announces an additional £45m investment
Shapps Moves To Stop Bulldozers Demolishing Ringo Starr's Birthplace
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has called for a temporary reprieve to the demolition of Ringo Starr's birthplace to ensure the people of Liverpool have a chance to have their say in what happens to what many consider to be a culturally important building.
Mr Shapps has written to Liverpool City Council asking them to halt the planned demolition to give the local community and other interested organisations an opportunity to put forward alternative viable preservation options.
Read more: Shapps Moves To Stop Bulldozers Demolishing Ringo Starr's Birthplace
Low cost heritage training for the construction industry
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Read more: Low cost heritage training for the construction industry
Recreating the historic Kent Peg Tile
by Paul Lythgoe, Managing Director of Tudor Roof Tile Co LtdKent Peg Tiles hold a special place in the English architectural landscape – particularly in the South East of England, where they were once seen on nearly every town house, country residence, barn, oast house, church and farm property.
Dating back as far as the 12th and 13th centuries, the name ‘peg tile’, originally came from the softwood pegs, which were driven through two square holes in the top edge of the tiles, attaching them to the laths or battens.
xWales Gets £3m Restoration Fund
The construction industry is a winner too with news that a restored classical Georgian church and a former temperance hall are among projects to benefit from winning £3.2m in funding for two Pembrokeshire towns.
Chester Castle
Recclesia Ltd at Chester Castle
Recclesia Ltd, historic building conservation specialists based in Chester, have been awarded Phase VI of conservation work at Chester Castle for English Heritage. The contract started this week and will see the Half Moon Tower and Frobisher’s Workshop consolidated, conserved and repaired.
Full Steam Ahead For Expansion Of Industrial Park
A former Kent railway station which once echoed to the sounds of thousands of hop-pickers making their annual visit to the county is on track to provide more new business opportunities for modern-day companies.
Read more: Full Steam Ahead For Expansion Of Industrial Park
Bees, Boats and Trains projects scoop three Lottery awards
Three projects funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) won first prize at the National Lottery Awards. The winners were announced at a special star-studded event, broadcast live on BBC One from London's Roundhouse.Read more: Bees, Boats and Trains projects scoop three Lottery awards
Mansell Wins £2.8m Contract
Mansell has won a £2.8 million contract to repair and restore a Grade I Listed Monument, Hadlow Tower in Kent for Vivat Trust.
The contract requires work to the existing octagonal and square towers which together form Hadlow Tower. It includes the reinstatement of render and missing precast and moulded decoration and the reconstruction of the dismantled lantern at the top of the octagonal tower. A new steel support structure will replace the existing timber frame on several levels.
Park Life: ‘Rollerbladers’ photo wins Lottery competition
Today, Mat Ricardo’s eye-catching photo taken in Battersea Park, London, has been chosen as the winner of the UK-wide ‘Postcards from the Park’ photo competition. The competition has been organised by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) in partnership with parks charity GreenSpace.
Read more: Park Life: ‘Rollerbladers’ photo wins Lottery competition
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