Historic England

Barry and Maureen had their first date at Prescot Picture Palace in 1956. 💗 Ahead of Valentine's Day, we'd love to hear about your dates in historic places. Add your comments below. 👇

30 new projects will be funded in 2025 by our Everyday Heritage grants programme. ✨ The projects will include: 👮 The people connected to England’s oldest prison in Hexham. 🚂 Liverpool’s Overhead Railway, known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella. ⚽ The tradition of ‘Shrovetide Football’, an annual medieval football game in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. 💙 The colourful past of Brockweir, Gloucestershire. The full funding awarded is almost £500,000. Every funded project is community-led, linking people to their local overlooked historic places and leaving a lasting legacy for the communities involved. Find out more. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eP_-u48k

Have you heard of Sphinx Hill house in Moulsford, Oxfordshire? 🤩 The house was designed in 1994 by John Outram Associates for Henrietta McCall, an Egyptologist, and her husband Christopher. It was built between 1998 and 1999. The McCalls wanted a house that reflected their shared interest in ancient Egypt and a work of modern architecture that would withstand the test of time. In 2024, the house was listed at Grade II*, making it the youngest building on the National Heritage List for England. These photos were taken in 2022.

A new report makes recommendations to support the regeneration of Exeter, capitalising on its remarkable history and architecture. Exeter City Council invited the Historic Places Panel to advise on the city’s growth and regeneration as it prepares for an unprecedented expansion of 12,000 new homes over the next 20 years. Following a two-day visit to Exeter in September 2024, the Panel has made a series of recommendations, including that: 👩🏭 The necessary skills, capacity, and baseline studies are available to successfully deliver the city council’s Exeter Vision 2040. 🚗 A study to better understand Exeter’s future transport needs and actively help to reduce car parking in the city centre. 🌱 An updated green infrastructure study to support the delivery of the city’s carbon-neutral targets. 🧱 Bold adjustments are made to the inner bypass to reconnect the historic link between the walled city with the River Exe. 🙋♂️ Through community engagement, the people of Exeter are at the heart of the city council’s aspirations. 🧑🤝🧑 The city is better connected to wider audiences. The Historic Places Panel is a team of development, planning and conservation industry experts who voluntarily give their time to help councils regenerate and revitalise historic places. The Panel and its recommendations are independent of Historic England’s advice on planning matters. Read the report (PDF). ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eUG3Dzg4

The Grade II listed Victoria in Great Harwood is a fine Edwardian pub of 1905 with an intact northern 'lobby plan' arrangement. 🍻 5 rooms lead off the lobby, mostly with original fittings. 4 are named in the door glass – the Commercial Room, Parlour, Public Kitchen and the Bar Parlour. The lobby, drinking corridor and staircase all have full-height Art Nouveau tiling with flower motifs.

This bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, is the oldest LGBTQ+ bookshop in England. 📚 Opened in 1979, Gay's the Word has been a bookshop and a site of pilgrimage and community building for decades. In 1984, it was raided by HM Customs & Excise, which seized thousands of imported books, such as works by gay authors, and brought charges against staff and directors. The charges were eventually dropped after a major campaign and support for the community institution. The shop also served as a meeting place for Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. The group helped raise funds for miners in South Wales during the year-long strike. In return, miners and their families led the 1985 Pride march. Happy #LGBTplusHM25! 🏳️🌈

The Pleistocene, often referred to as the 'Ice Age', is one of the most transformative periods in Earth’s history. 🧊 Advances in scientific dating have revolutionised our understanding of the Pleistocene, allowing us to better understand past climate changes and how early humans adapted to changing environments. Our new guidelines provide an authoritative guide, written by leading experts, to the most used scientific dating technique on British Pleistocene sites. Learn more ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eGhijpBm

This Tudor timber-framed house, dating back to the early 1500s, is at risk. As one of only 48 Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Hall I'th' Wood represents a rare and valuable example of Tudor architecture. 🤩 Bolton Council and Historic England have joined forces to restore the building and improve its energy efficiency, reducing operational costs and carbon emissions. #GreaterManchester #HiddenHistory #HeritageAtRisk

I will be at The Listed Property Owners' Club Show this week at Olympia London hosting the Historic England stand. There will be many of my experienced specialist colleagues with me, covering a wide range of expertise, ready to answer questions and give advice - so drop by for a chat! https://lnkd.in/eHiD8RhN #lpocshow #listedbuildings #advice #guidance #london #historicengland

The Henry Tudor Inn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is one of the oldest pubs in England. 🍺 The building is said to have hosted Henry Tudor (the future Henry VII) during the Bosworth campaign against Richard III in 1485. Built for the local MP, Hugh Wygan, in the 15th century, tree-ring dating shows that the oldest part is the rear wing, dated to 1426, with the front dated from 1430 to 1431. The original building included shops, a brewhouse, taproom and accommodation which attracted guests entering the town from the east over the English Bridge. Read more about England's oldest pubs. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e-Zzuu3x