Ham House (image from the National Trust website) For those of you who (like myself) love the peace and quiet of a historic building or garden, but sometimes begrudge having to share this tranquility with other visitors, the National Trust recently released an ...
read moreAn English Heritage guidance document ‘Understanding Place: Historic Area Assessments – Principles and Practice was published this month which provides a method of understanding the heritage of an area. All places have a story and identity. Historic cities, towns and villages have ...
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Click to view this title on Amazon Architecture for Beginners! For someone who is fascinated by historic buildings, I know very little of the many architectural eras and correct terminology! There are plenty of guides to historic architecture out there, such as the Pevsner ...
read moreThese are our links for May 3rd through May 20th: BBC News – National Lottery to give more cash for arts and sport – Sport, the arts and heritage are to get more National Lottery funding, under plans announced by new Culture ...
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Winterbourne House From the 1st May Winterbourne House is now open to the public after being restored to its Edwardian splendour. Winterbourne House and garden is an example of an Edwardian Arts and Crafts property on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Campus, 15 ...
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Manor House, West Bromwich. Image courtesy of Sandwell Council website The Manor House, a medieval building in West Bromwich, has been closed to the public for years and is only open for designated events and open days – including this Sunday and Monday ...
read moreThese are our links for April 25th through April 27th: Hartlebury Castle Trust – The Trust has been formed with the express intention of preserving this wonderful building and its surroundings which has been left to this generation by ...
read moreThese are our links for April 2nd through April 15th: Aston Hall in frame for awards double | birminghamnewsroom.com – Aston Hall is in the frame for two prestigious awards less than a year after the completion of a £12.5 million revamp. ...
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Ghost sign on the Stratford Road. Photographed by Caroline Bunford, image courtesy of The History of Advertsing Trust Something that has always fascinated me are the faded, years old painted adverts one can occasionally spot on the sides of buildings. Some are more obvious, ...
read moreThese are our links for March 26th through March 30th: Over £4m funding goes to nine projects! | Community Spaces – Kings Heath and Dudley Canal Trust all get big chunks of money from Big Lotter and the Community Spaces programme The Heritage ...
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