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Guidelines for Heritage Applications
We help fund historic building restoration projects that provide employment and training in traditional building crafts, including niche crafts such as carving, marbling, graining, stucco and scagliola work, mural and fresco work, leadwork, thatching, gilding, stained glass conservation and encaustic tiling and tile restoration. The term ‘historic building’ includes twentieth century buildings of architectural interest.
Alongside buildings, we welcome applications for the restoration of historic fixtures and fittings, curtilage structures and structures in designed landscapes, especially where opportunities for heritage skills training are provided.
We are particularly interested in projects in less affluent areas that can act as a catalyst for socio-economic improvement.
Before confirming an offer of funding, we will require information on the proposed restoration methodology and evidence that necessary permissions (such as planning and listed building consents) have been obtained.
Please note that we do not consider applications:
- for movable heritage (such as steam trains and boats)
- for heritage crafts unconnected to the physical fabric of buildings and structures
- for buildings and structures in private ownership where there is no current or intended public access
- for new buildings, including extensions to historic buildings
- for routine repair and maintenance