20 years of saving heritage at risk
A celebration of 20 years of Heritage at Risk project which first started in 1998.
Tag: Historic Buildings
6 Historic Sites To Look Out For During Notting Hill Carnival
It’s the 69th Notting Hill Carnival this weekend and the streets of Kensington and Chelsea will be full of Soca music, steel pan bands, sizzling Caribbean food stalls and an array of dazzling costumes and parade floats.
Top Tips for Maintaining Your Listed Building
We take a look at 5 top tips for planning the maintenance and repair of your listed property.
Dickens at Christmas: 7 Places to Visit Around England
Is there any novelist more closely linked with Yuletide than Charles Dickens? His story, A Christmas Carol, was an instant hit in 1843 and helped make Christmas fashionable again.
8 Historic London Shopfronts
London streets are lined with colourful shops, clamouring for our attention. Many are of considerable age, and have survived forContinue Reading
A Brief Introduction to Vernacular Houses
Vernacular houses were built to reflect local customs and traditions using locally available materials like wood, stone and brick.
How to do… Buildings Archaeology
Buildings: we live and work in them, use them and ignore them. But are they wallpaper to you or areContinue Reading
8 Classic Features To Help You Recognise an Old Woolworth’s Store
Woolworth’s bright red signboard was a beacon on British and Irish high streets for nearly a century.
Can social media help us better understand our relationship with historic buildings?
Cities are carpeted with pictures, but these pictures are not public art or the work of a subversive street artist.Continue Reading