Visitors to Chirk Castle in Wales have the opportunity to see for themselves how specialist conservators and cleaners get to work on historical …
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English Heritage Angel Awards – winners announced
Presented at a gala ceremony in London the winners of the first English Heritage Angel Awards have been announced. Founded earlier this year by …
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Experts on hand to help historic home owners
Owners and occupiers of historic buildings in the Yorkshire Dales National Park will have a chance later this month to get expert advice on how to …
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London Underground stations ‘listed’
A number of London Underground stations have been listed at Grade ll by Tourism and Heritage Minister John Penrose. This status indicates that …
Ritual burial theory overturned in Maryport
Archaeologists and Roman experts may have to re-write history due to finds in Cumbria during a recent excavation. The excavation, on land adjacent …
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Ravenglass Roman bath house
Thousands of visitors arrive at the small village of Ravenglass in south west Cumbria every year to travel on the narrow gauge railway. However, many …
Old St Helen’s church in Hastings gets conservation grant
The Old St Helen's church at Ore, Hastings is set to be protected thanks to a £470,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Abandoned in 1869, the …
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Carlisle and Cumberland Bank – Wigton, Cumbria
Following a recent walk around the town of Wigton, in north Cumbria, we were curious to learn more about some carved stonework we spotted with the …
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Celebrating Edinburgh’s post-war architecture
The Forth Road Bridge, the Scottish Widows Head Office Building and the Royal Botanic Gardens Greenhouse are all to be featured in a new book …
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Winter Gardens restoration reveals secrets
Plasterwork designed by Andrew Mazzei has been found during the restoration of the Winter Gardens in Blackpool. The plaster had been covered up …
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