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📢 Have you heard the news about iconic Keelmen's Hospital? Built in 1701 as an almshouse for the city's sick and injured keelmen (who transported coal from the shallow river to ocean-going ships), this Grade II*-listed beauty has been vacant and deteriorating for 15 years. Now, thanks to a partnership between Heritage Development Trust Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust (TWBPT) Martin Hulse and Newcastle City Council, funded by Historic England and ourselves, Keelmen's Hospital will again bring much-needed affordable homes to Newcastle. Historic buildings can help us address our housing crisis and promote pride in our cities and their diverse histories. But these complex projects require partnerships and experienced heritage-regeneration leaders, such as TWBPT. At The Architectural Heritage Fund, we believe every town and region needs such a leader, and that's why we are supporting 19 Heritage Development Trusts across the UK. Thanks to Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Historic England, and The National Lottery Heritage Fund for supporting the grants towards this project and our Heritage Development Trust programme. https://lnkd.in/etAC632Y #heritage #regeneration #housing

We are delighted to hear that Colchester’s Balkerne Water Tower has secured an £8m grant from the The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Create have been providing multidisciplinary technical services and specialist advice as part of a project team led by Purcell. A planning application was submitted in October with a decision due early this year. The Grade II-listed structure is the largest Victorian municipal water tower in England. Sam Ward was in Colchester early this morning and took this shot of "Jumbo". 📷 For more on this heritage scheme, please visit: https://lnkd.in/ekBUpEjk #Heritage #Funding #NLHF #Planning #Victorian #Architecture #Colchester #Essex

Support Beauty in the Built Environment: make a tax deductible Donation to Street Level Australia (link below). Great time for organisations in this industry to support building better, and make a pledge to a registered Australian charity before the end of financial year. They’ve already made such a big impact and proved what they can do with a small amount of resources, including the running of the Sydney is Beautiful architectural competition (involving a site attracting interstate and international entries), and here in Perth the Urban Architecture Studio (challenging the next gen of architects to physically model a mid rise site in Claremont using traditional proportions and facades inspired by local precedent). Street Level’s guiding principles: 01 Beauty. We exist to advance beauty in the built environment. 02 Longevity. We advocate for buildings and developments that will last hundreds, if not thousands, of years. 03 Tradition. We believe that there is an abundance of wisdom, knowledge and technology that our culture and institutions must rediscover. 04 Localism. We believe that decision-making should take place at the most local level possible. https://lnkd.in/gPqe9DsF

The Historic Structures Fund 2025 will invest essential capital in our valuable built heritage and help the owners and custodians of historic structures to safeguard them into the future for the benefit of communities and the public. For 2025, The Historic Structures Fund will offer grants from €50,000 up to €200,000 only, and focus on larger enhancement, refurbishment or reuse projects involving heritage structures, where: A clear community or public benefit has been demonstrated, or A clear residential benefit has been demonstrated (such projects must be advanced through the planning process as necessary) Read more: https://lnkd.in/e7eGdsr5 To be informed of new grants and funding opportunities for your sports club, community group or not for profit organisation subscribe to our Grants and Funding Newsletter, visit https://lnkd.in/eR42FPFZ #grantsandfunding #grantsandfundingireland #grantsireland #fundingireland #grantapplications #communitygroups #historicstructures #heritage #heritagefunding

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New Community Fund Surrey fund linked to National Lottery Heritage, built around a partnership with Surrey Cultural Partnerdhip - worth a read

Building works have commenced this November at St Mary Magdalene Parish Church in #Newark as part of ‘The Reawakening of St Mary Magdalene: Supporting Newark’s Communities’; a project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I listed church dating back to the 12th century. It is a nationally significant building which is currently on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register. Grants of £3,064,126 from National Lottery players through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, support from Historic England, the Church of England, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will enable vital repairs to be made to the Church, removing it from the Heritage at Risk Register, breathing new life into the visitor experience, and saving the building for future generations. The work will be led by Thomas Ford and Partners Architects and experienced contractors, ASBC (Alan Staley Building Contractors). The building work will include the repair of centuries worth of weather damage to the church; replacing the lead roof with a hard-wearing modern metal alternative, and installing 40 solar panels on the church’s southern roof, which will be hidden from street level and will help secure an eco-friendly future for St Mary’s. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZxBgCW

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Colchester’s Holy Trinity Church is set to enter a new chapter as a vibrant Community Hub, with St Helena Hospice taking the lead in its redevelopment 🧡 Colchester City Council is delighted to announce that St Helena Hospice has been selected as the new partner for the Holy Trinity Church project. Following a successful tender process, St Helena Hospice will take responsibility for managing activities in this building and its future vision. To read more, visit our website at https://lnkd.in/e_sSyRtr

Among the list of the most endangered buildings in the UK is the Former Bramcote Tennis Pavillion in Scarborough 🎾 Built in 1885, it is listed for both social and architectural interest. Described as a "charming" Arts and Crafts influenced building, it is also a "particularly good example of the bungalow-with-veranda form of sports building which epitomised the late Victorian and Edwardian period". As it has changing rooms for both sexes, the building illustrates "a particularly significant social historical aspect" of the sport. The 10 sites on the list, drawn up annually by the Victorian Society, are the ones the charity deems most in need of rescue. All are at least Grade II listed, signifying their historical or architectural importance. ⛪ An amusement park, a gothic coastal villa and a former board school have been named as some of the country's most at-risk Victorian buildings. 🚸 Their listed status means the structures are already subject to protection, but the society warned the regulations may not be enough without further action. #Yorkshire #HistoricRestoration #GradeII