Just before the UK General Election was called on 23 May 2024, the Government announced that it had abandoned plans to lift a ban on the use of a new Permitted Development (PD) policy in national parks and landscapes. While the new PD policy that will enable the conversion of agricultural buildings and barns into…
Category: industrial archaeology
(Industrial) Heritage on the Brink – New Report From the Heritage Alliance
A new report from The Heritage Alliance highlights the severe financial threats facing the heritage sector. Following 18 months of data gathering, the ‘On the Brink: Heritage in the the Cost of Living Crisis‘ report demonstates how new challenges in energy bills, staffing, public engagement, and funding, have deepened cracks in the foundations of the sector…
CBA ‘Trowel & Error’ Survey Live
The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is running a survey exploring people’s experiences and understanding of archaeological content and outputs. The aim of ‘Trowel & Error: Figuring out the past together through archaeology’ project is to help the CBA and the archaeological community to better understand what varying audiences hope to gain from archaeology. There are…
Lottery Funding to Highlight Northern England Lead Mining History
The North Pennines National Landscape (NPNL) team has been awarded £2m of lottery funding to chronicle the history of lead mining in Northern England through the ‘Land of Lead and Silver’. Along with the £2m National Lottery funding, the NPNL said a further £576,000 would follow from other funders, including £221,000 from Historic England. The…
NHLF Announce Funding for Seven Industrial Heritage Sites
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced £14.8m in new funding for seven industrial heritage sites across the UK. In England the projects include the Old Town Hall in the Isles of Scilly which has been awarded £4.6m to reopen as a museum and cultural centre to share the unique culture, rich history, and diverse ecology of…
Industrial Heritage in England Survey, 2024
The IHSO project is pleased to announce that Heritage Innovation have been appointed to undertake a re-survey of the c.600 publicly accessible and protected industrial heritage sites in England. This appointment follows an open tender process managed by Historic England. The 2024 resurvey follows on from earlier projects delivered by PLB Consultancy in 1998, and by Sir Neil Cossons in 2008. These bodies…
Industrial Heritage Sites Added to the National List in England During 2023
Several dozen industrial archaeology and industrial heritage sites are amongst the 227 listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and parks and gardens added to the National List in England for 2023 through Historic England. There were also several industrial sites which had their protection upgraded. These sites include: Amongst the industrial sites to have their protection increased…
Tonedale Mill & Tone Works to Benefit From £20million Through the Levelling-Up Fund
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced on November 20 the results of the third round of the Levelling Up Fund. Amongst the projects included is the ‘Vision for Tonedale’. A £19,987,663 grant will see the redevelopment and restoration of the Tondedale Mill and Tone Works textile sites in Somerset. Somerset Council…
AIA 5th East-West Workshop on Industrial Archaeology, 25 November 2023
There are still free places available on the next online East-West Workshop on Industrial Archaeology, run by the AIA. This 5th workshop explores the architecture created for or by industry, and how the post-industrial society transforms and repopulates the spaces of the industrial period. The focus will be on China, England, Greece, and Spain to…
Former Electrical Substation in Bristol Listed
The 1906 Underfall Yard substation, on Avon Crescent, Bristol, had been designated as a Grade II Listed Building for it’s early and innovative use of concrete construction and as a rare survivor from a pioneering period of electricity development. It was built to service the adjacent docks. The listed substation is among a number of…
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