Carrie Marks, Imaging Technician Trainee for our John Laing Breaking New Ground project, decided to re-shoot some of the old photographs in the collection to highlight how the buildings have changed (or not) over time.Read more
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9 Stunning Country Houses You Need to Visit
This summer, heritage is reopening. Here are nine of our favourite country houses and gardens from around the country.Read more
Elsecar’s Historic Past in 10 Images
Elsecar is an industrial village in South Yorkshire to the south of Barnsley. The village, its heritage centre and the surrounding landscape has been one of Historic England’s Heritage Action Zones since 2017. Read more
Top 5 blogs of 2019
In case you missed them, here are our most-read blogs of 2019. Thanks for following, we’ll be back with more great reads in the new year.Read more
A Brief Introduction to Terraced Housing
The terrace is one of the most recognisable styles of housing in England.Read more
5 Places That Tell the Story of Kensington and Chelsea
Once a predominantly rural area, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was officially created in 1965 and over time has evolved into one of London’s most diverse and historic neighbourhoods.Read more
100 Years of Council Housing: Six Responses to the 1919 Addison Act
The 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act was signed into law on 31 July 1919Read more
Home from the war: what happened to disabled First World War veterans
Around 2 million soldiers, sailors and airmen came home with some level of disability: over 40,000 were amputees; some had facial disfigurement or had been blinded.Read more
In Suburbia: Cottage Exhibitions
During the 20th century a number of houses have been built for demonstration purposes as much as occupation. One idea that caught the public imagination was for an area of dwellings in a variety of designs that could be visited as a temporary exhibition. The purpose of such displays was often to show examples of well-designed, low-cost housing or showcase innovation in planning and building methods and materials. There were precedents for this kind of display but it was theRead more
From Factory to Fireside: 6 Marvellous Model Villages
The later years of the industrial revolution brought about a radical change in living conditions for a lucky few.Read more