Landmark Trust
Formation | 1965 |
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Legal status | Building conservation and preservation charity |
Headquarters | Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
Region served | Predominantly UK |
Director | Dr Anna Keay |
Website | www.landmarktrust.org.uk |
The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then makes them available for holiday rental. The Trust's headquarters is at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire.
Most Trust properties are in England, Scotland and Wales. Several are on Lundy Island off the coast of north Devon, operated under lease from the National Trust. In continental Europe there are Landmark sites in Belgium, France and Italy. Five properties are in the United States—all in Vermont—one of which, Naulakha, was the home of Rudyard Kipling in the 1890s.
The Trust is a charity registered in England & Wales[1] and in Scotland.[2] The American sites are owned by an independent sister charity, Landmark Trust USA. There is also an Irish Landmark Trust.[3]
Those who rent Landmarks provide a source of funds to support restoration costs and building maintenance. The first rentals were in 1967 when six properties were available.[4] The Trust's 200th property, Llwyn Celyn, opened for rental in October 2018.[5] Landmark sites include forts, farmhouses, manor houses, mills, cottages, castles, gatehouses, follies and towers and represent historic periods from medieval to the 20th century.
Governance and administration
[edit]The Trust employs a 400 person workforce headed by a Director.[6] Anna Keay was appointed Director in 2012,[7] succeeding Peter Pearce (1995–2012) and Robin Evans FRICS (1986–1995).
The work of the Trust is overseen by a Board of Trustees chaired by Neil Mendoza.[8]
Prince Charles became Patron of the Landmark Trust in 1995.
A group of high-profile supporters act as Ambassadors for the Trust, helping raise awareness of the Trust's role in rescuing and preserving remarkable buildings. As at March 2017[9] these were: David Armstrong-Jones; George Clarke; Nicholas Coleridge; Simon Jenkins; Griff Rhys Jones; and Natascha McElhone.
In media
[edit]The Gothic Temple at Stowe was filmed in March 1999 as the Scottish Chapel in the Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.[10]
In May 2015 five life-sized sculptures by Antony Gormley, titled Land, were placed near the centre of the UK and at four compass points, in a commission by the Landmark Trust to celebrate its 50th anniversary. They were at Lowsonford (Warwickshire), Lundy (Bristol Channel), Clavell Tower (Dorset), Saddell Bay (Mull of Kintyre), and the Martello Tower (Aldeburgh, Suffolk).[11] The sculpture at Saddell Bay is to remain in place permanently following an anonymous donation and the granting of planning permission.[12] The sculpture on Lundy was relocated to Cambridge.[13]
The work of the Trust was the subject of a six-part Channel 4 television documentary, Restoring Britain's Landmarks, first broadcast in October 2015.[14]
Four Channel 4 programmes, Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year, transmitted from 23 March 2017, were co-hosted by Landmark Trust Director Anna Keay and Kevin McCloud. Buildings featured included Belmont, Lyme Regis.
Properties available for holiday lets
[edit]The following lists aim to be complete and illustrate both the variety of structures and geographical spread of the trust. In the Trust's early years, prior to the incorporation of the charity, properties were often bought with the support of the Manifold Trust. The Landmark Trust's current portfolio also includes properties bequeathed to the Trust, leased, or operated through a management agreement on behalf of other owners. Dates of acquisition and first lettings are shown where available from Landmark Trust or other published sources; time differences between dates often reflect previous/current ownership and the extent of restoration required.
Detailed histories of each building are prepared by the Trust's Historian during its renovation. These include summaries plus before and after photographs of restoration works as carried out. Each building history is then left as an album in the property for visitors to peruse. All Trust property history albums were made available online for the first time in October 2018.[15]
Channel Islands
[edit]- Fort Clonque, Alderney
- Nicolle Tower, St Clement, Jersey
England
[edit]Lundy
[edit]The Landmark Trust manages the Island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel on behalf of the National Trust, and operates a number of holiday cottages there. The properties managed by the Trust include:
- The Barn
- Bramble Villa East
- Bramble Villa West
- Castle and Keep Cottages
- Government House
- Hanmers
- Millcombe House
- The Old House
- The Old Light
- The Old School
- The Quarters
- Radio Room
- St John's
- Square Cottage
- Stoneycroft
- Tibbets
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Jetty and harbour, Lundy
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The Old Light, Lundy
London and South East England
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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43 and 45a Cloth Fair | Smithfield | London EC1 | 1981 | Two properties. 43 is the former home of the late Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman. | ||
Cobham Dairy | Cobham | Kent | 2016/17 | 2019 | Grade II* ornamental dairy designed by James Wyatt in the 1790s in the style of an Italianate chapel, on the Buildings at Risk register.[16] The Trust launched an appeal in 2016 to rescue the building and had raised £200,000 by 31 March 2017, thereby securing a further £200,000 match funding from Ecclesiastical Insurance.[17] The full target of £954,000 was achieved by late 2017. Renovation started during 2018 and was completed in Autumn 2019.[18] | |
Fox Hall | Charlton | West Sussex | 1983 | |||
Goddards | Abinger Common | Surrey | 1991 | 1997 | Architect: Edwin Lutyens 1898–1900, 1910 | |
Gothic Temple | Stowe | Buckinghamshire | 1970 | 1977 | ||
The Grange | Ramsgate | Kent | 1997 | 2006 | Architect: Augustus Pugin | |
Georgian House, Hampton Court Palace | East Molesey | Surrey | 1993 | 1993 | Built as a kitchen, later housing Foreman of the Gardens and Clerk of Works.[19] | |
Hole Cottage | Cowden | Kent | 1969 | 1970 | ||
Laughton Place | near Lewes | East Sussex | 1978 | |||
Luttrell's Tower | Eaglehurst, near Southampton | Hampshire | 1968 | 1968 | ||
Obriss Farm | near Westerham | Kent | 1990 | 1996 | ||
The Old Parsonage | Iffley, Oxford | Oxfordshire | 1997 | |||
Oxenford Gatehouse | Elstead | Surrey | 2009 | 2010 | ||
Princelet Street | Spitalfields | London E1 | 2004 | 2005 | ||
The Prospect Tower | Belmont Park, Faversham | Kent | 1990 | 1992 | ||
St Edward's Presbytery | Ramsgate | Kent | 2010 | 2015 | ||
Sackville House | East Grinstead | West Sussex | 1995 | 1997 | Bequeathed by Ursula Honess, granddaughter of Sir Aston Webb.[20] | |
The Steward's House | Oxford | Oxfordshire | 1985 | 1986 | ||
Wilmington Priory | near Eastbourne | East Sussex | 1999 | 2000 | Leased from Sussex Archaeological Society who operated it as a museum until 1992. Appeal launched for restoration and renovation in 1995/1996.[21] |
East of England
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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The Ancient House | Clare | Suffolk | 1999 | Heritage Lottery Fund grant £82,200 towards restoration, 1997[22] | ||
Appleton Water Tower | Sandringham | Norfolk | 1976 | 1977 | ||
Cavendish Hall | Cavendish | Suffolk | 2010 | 2010 | ||
Freston Tower | Ipswich | Suffolk | 2001 | 2005 | ||
Houghton West Lodge | Houghton | Norfolk | 1990 | 1996 | ||
Keeper's Cottage | Shuttleworth | Bedfordshire | 2004 | 2007 | ||
Lynch Lodge | Alwalton, near Peterborough | Cambridgeshire | 1983 | |||
Manor Farm | Pulham Market, near Diss | Norfolk | 1979 | |||
Martello Tower | Aldeburgh | Suffolk | 1971 | |||
Methwold Old Vicarage | Methwold | Norfolk | 1998 | 2002 | ||
New Inn | Peasenhall | Suffolk | 1971 | Three separate lets prior to refurbishment in 2013 | ||
Peake's House | Colchester | Essex | 1995 | 1995 | ||
Purton Green | Stansfield | Suffolk | 1969 | 1971 | ||
Queen Anne's Summerhouse | Shuttleworth, Old Warden | Bedfordshire | 2004 | 2009 | ||
Stoker's Cottage | Stretham | Cambridgeshire | 2005 | 2007 | ||
Warden Abbey | Old Warden | Bedfordshire | 1974 | 1976 | Remodelled 2017 | |
The Warren House | Kimbolton | Cambridgeshire | 2004 | 2012 |
North of England
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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The Banqueting House, Gibside | Gibside | Tyne & Wear | 1977 | 1981 | Winner in Sunday Times / Jackson-Stops & Staff "Country House Awards", April 1988[23] | |
Beamsley Hospital | near Skipton | North Yorkshire | 1983 | 1983 | ||
Brinkburn Mill | near Rothbury | Northumberland | 1990 | 1992 | ||
Calverley Old Hall | Calverley | West Yorkshire | 1981 | 1984 | See also Projects under Development | |
Causeway House | Bardon Mill | Northumberland | 1988 | |||
Cawood Castle | Cawood, near Selby | North Yorkshire | 1985 | |||
Coop House | Netherby, near Carlisle | Cumbria | 1992 | |||
Cowside | Langstrothdale | North Yorkshire | 2011 | |||
Culloden Tower | Richmond | North Yorkshire | 1981 | |||
The Grammar School | Kirby Hill | North Yorkshire | 1973 | 1975 | ||
Howthwaite | Grasmere | Cumbria | 1986 | |||
Morpeth Castle | Morpeth | Northumberland | 1988 | 1991 | ||
The Music Room | Lancaster | Lancashire | 1974 | 1977 | Negotiations to purchase started 1970.[24] Refurbished 2013 | |
The Pigsty | Robin Hood's Bay | North Yorkshire | 1988 | 1991 | ||
The Ruin | Hackfall, Grewelthorpe | North Yorkshire | 2001 | 2005 | Hackfall Gardens acquired by the Woodland Trust in 1989 who invited Landmark Trust to restore this building, then known as Mowbray Point. Appeal for purchase (£10,000) and restoration (£250,000) launched 1990.[25] |
Midlands
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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Abbey Gatehouse | Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 1986 | Built 1500, standing guard over Tewkesbury Abbey | ||
Alton Station | Alton | Staffordshire | 1970 | 1972 | Former railway station for Alton Towers | |
Astley Castle | Nuneaton | Warwickshire | 1995 | 2012 | First lease surrendered 2001.
Winner of the 2013 Stirling Prize | |
The Bath House | Near Stratford-upon-Avon | Warwickshire | 1987 | 1991 | ||
The Birdhouse | Badger Dingle | Shropshire | 2015 | 2016 | ||
Bromfield Priory Gatehouse | Near Ludlow | Shropshire | 1990 | 1993 | First listed as opening in 1992[26] | |
Bush Cottage | Near Bridgnorth | Shropshire | 2011 | 2011 | ||
The Chateau | Gate Burton | Lincolnshire | 1981 | |||
Field House | Minchinhampton | Gloucestershire | 1986 | |||
The House of Correction | Folkingham | Lincolnshire | 1982 | 1986 | ||
Ingestre Pavilion | Tixall | Staffordshire | 1988 | 1991 | ||
Iron Bridge House | Ironbridge | Shropshire | 1972 | 1977 | ||
Knowle Hill | Near Ticknall | Derbyshire | 1989 | 1994 | Building restoration started 1992[27] | |
Langley Gatehouse | Near Acton Burnell | Shropshire | 1992 | 1993 | Repairs funded by English Heritage[28] | |
Lengthsman's Cottage | Lowsonford | Warwickshire | 1992 | 2006 | Located on the towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal | |
Lock Cottage | Stoke Pound | Worcestershire | 1991 | 1993 | Built between 1790 and 1815, located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal | |
North Street | Cromford | Derbyshire | 1974 | 1987 | Earliest piece of planned industrial housing in the world, at the heart of a designated World Heritage Site. | |
Old Campden House – East Banqueting House | Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | 1987 | 1990 | ||
Old Campden House – West Banqueting House | Chipping Campden | Gloucestershire | 1998 | 2003 | ||
32 St Mary's Lane | Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 1982 | |||
St Winifred's Well | Woolston, near Oswestry | Shropshire | 1987 | |||
Shelwick Court | Near Hereford | Herefordshire | 1981 | 1984 | ||
Swarkestone Pavilion | Near Ticknall | Derbyshire | 1985 | |||
Tixall Gatehouse | Near Stafford | Staffordshire | 1968 | 1977 | ||
The Tower | Canons Ashby | Northamptonshire | 1980 | |||
The White House | Aston Munslow | Shropshire | 1990 | 1991 |
Southwest
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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Anderton House | Goodleigh | Devon | 2000 | 2003 | Architect: Peter Aldington, 1969 | |
Arra Venton | Lower Porthmeor | Cornwall | 1991[29] | First listed as opening in 1989[23] | ||
Beckford's Tower | Bath | Somerset | 2000 | 2000 | ||
Belmont | Lyme Regis | Dorset | 2006 | 2015 | ||
Bridge Cottage | Peppercombe | Devon | 1988 | |||
The Captain's House | Lower Porthmeor | Cornwall | 1995 | 1995 | Previously leased to National Trust; Lease transferred to Landmark Trust 1995[30] | |
Castle Bungalow | Peppercombe | Devon | 1988 | 1991 | ||
Cawsey House | Great Torrington | Devon | 1989 | 1998 | Opened in April 1998 as 28 South Street.[31] | |
The Chapel | Lettaford, North Bovey | Devon | 1978 | |||
The China Tower | Bicton | Devon | 2013 | 2013 | ||
Clavell Tower | Kimmeridge, Wareham | Dorset | 2006 | 2008 | Appeal for restoration, including re-siting away from cliff edge, launched February 2003. | |
The College | Week St Mary | Cornwall | 1976 | 1978 | ||
Coombe | A hamlet of eight properties situated next to a confluence of two streams and 1/4 mile from Duckpool Beach. The ford adjacent to Ford Cottage is the location for occasional rubber duck races. | |||||
Coombe – The Carpenter's Shop | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1966 | 1969 | ||
Coombe – Chapel Cottage | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1966 | 1967 | ||
Coombe – Coombe Corner | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1984 | |||
Coombe – Ford Cottage | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1966 | 1969 | ||
Coombe – 1, Hawkers Cottage | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1969 | 1985 | ||
Coombe – 2, Hawkers Cottage | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1968 | 1968 | ||
Coombe – 1, Mill House | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1966 | 1968 | ||
Coombe – 2, Mill House | Coombe, Bude | Cornwall | 1966 | 1968 | ||
Crownhill Fort | Plymouth | Devon | 1987 | 1995 | ||
Danescombe Mine | Calstock | Cornwall | 1972 | 1973 | ||
Dunshay Manor | Worth Matravers | Dorset | 2006 | 2019 | Bequeathed to the Trust in 2006 by Mary Spencer Watson.[32][33] Initially part of the Trust's Legacy Estate, proposed for a 20-year lease from 2013, much repair work was undertaken in the subsequent four years. In Spring 2018 the Trust announced further renovation would take place during the Summer to enable the Manor to be available for lets from 2019.[34] Bookings for the manor from May 2019 onwards were opened on 9 March 2019.[35] | |
The Egyptian House | Penzance | Cornwall | 1968 | 1971 | ||
Elton House | Bath | Somerset | 1982 | 1996 | Bequeathed by Philippa Savery, 1982[36] | |
The Farmhouse | Lower Porthmeor | Cornwall | ||||
Frenchman's Creek | Helford | Cornwall | 1987 | 1990 | ||
Gurney Manor | Cannington | Somerset | 1984 | 1992 | ||
Kingswear Castle | Near Dartmouth | Devon | 1987 | 1990 | ||
The Library | Stevenstone | Devon | 1978 | |||
Margells | Branscombe | Devon | 1975 | 1976 | ||
Marshal Wade's House | Bath | Somerset | 1975 | 1976 | ||
The Old Hall | Croscombe | Somerset | 1975 | 1976 | ||
Parish House | Baltonsborough | Somerset | 1990 | 1995 | First listed as "Church House" for opening in 1992[26] | |
Peters Tower | Lympstone | Devon | 1979 | |||
Pond Cottage | Endsleigh, near Tavistock | Devon | 1983 | 1984 | ||
The Priest's House | Holcombe Rogus | Devon | 1984 | |||
Robin Hood's Hut | Halswell, Goathurst | Somerset | 2000 | 2004 | ||
Sanders | Lettaford, North Bovey | Devon | 1976 | 1978 | ||
Shute Gatehouse | Near Axminster | Devon | 1978 | |||
Silverton Park Stables | Silverton | Devon | 1987 | 2008 | ||
Stogursey Castle | Stogursey, Bridgwater | Somerset | 1982 | 1983 | ||
Swiss Cottage | Endsleigh, near Tavistock | Devon | 1977 | Designed by Jeffrey Wyatville | ||
The Wardrobe | Salisbury | Wiltshire | 1979 | |||
Whiteford Temple | Callington | Cornwall | 1984 | |||
Winsford Cottage Hospital | Halwill Junction | Devon | 2019 | Grade II* former Cottage Hospital designed by CFA Voysey in 1900, also on the Buildings at Risk register.[37] After being declared surplus to needs by the NHS in 1999, the hospital was acquired by the Winsford Trust who gained some support for renovation from English Heritage and the Pilgrim Trust.[38] Proposals for joint community use and a Landmark Trust holiday let were presented to the local community in November 2016.[39] In June 2017 an appeal was launched to save the hospital by raising £355,000 within twelve months, adding to an initial £96,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and money raised through other groups and supporters.[40] By April 2018, the appeal was within sight of its target, needing a final £40,000 to unlock a total Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £486,000.[41] The Trust announced on 19 July 2018 the full required sum of £1.5m had been raised. | ||
Wolveton Gatehouse | Near Dorchester | Dorset | ||||
Woodsford Castle | Near Dorchester | Dorset | 1977 | 1992 | ||
Woodspring Priory | Near Weston-super-Mare | Somerset | 1969 | 1992 | Priory Church, Infirmary and Farmhouse acquired from National Trust, 1969. Restoration completed in phases:[42]
a) Priory Tower: 1969–1971 b) Priory exterior; removal of Priory interior additions; Infirmary: 1971–1976 c) Farmhouse roof: 1980–1983 d) Farmhouse window plan; South front; Interior: 1983–1992 | |
Wortham Manor | Lifton | Devon | 1969 | 1974 | 2 flats let until 1990 |
Scotland
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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Ascog House | Ascog | Isle of Bute | 1989 | 1993 | ||
Auchinleck House | Auchinleck | East Ayrshire | 1999 | 2001 | Acquired from Scottish Historic Buildings Trust with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland and an anonymous benefactor.[43] Built by Lord Auchinleck, father of James Boswell. | |
Berriedale, Shore Cottages | near Wick | Caithness | 2010 | |||
Castle of Park | Glenluce | Dumfries and Galloway | 1990 | 1993 | ||
Collegehill House | Roslin | Lothian | 2002 | 2002 | ||
Gargunnock House | Stirling | |||||
Glenmalloch Lodge | Newton Stewart | Dumfries and Galloway | 2004 | |||
Mackintosh Building | Comrie | Perthshire | 1985 | 1985 | ||
Old Place of Monreith | Port William | Dumfries and Galloway | 1983 | |||
The Pineapple | Dunmore | Central Scotland | 1973 | 1974 | ||
Rosslyn Castle | Roslin | Lothian | 1977 | 1985 | ||
Saddell Castle | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1978 | |||
Saddell House | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1998 | 2004 | ||
Saddell Lodge | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1984 | 2001 | ||
Saddell – Cul na Shee | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1978 | |||
Saddell – Ferryman's Cottage | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1990 | |||
Saddell – Shore Cottage | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1978 | |||
Tangy Mill | Kintyre | Argyll and Bute | 1973 | 1981 |
Wales
[edit]Name | Image | Town | County | Acquired | Opened for lets | Notes |
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Bath Tower | Caernarfon | Gwynedd | 1967 | 1969 | ||
Church Cottage | Llandygwydd | Cardiganshire | 1966 | 1967 | Landmark Trust's first property | |
Clytha Castle | near Abergavenny | Monmouthshire | 1974 | |||
Coed y Bleiddiau | Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog | Gwynedd | 2014 | 2018 | Built in 1863 as an intermediate stop on the Ffestiniog Railway for the railway's Superintendent. Later used as a holiday home by Sir Granville Bantock. Renovated following a joint appeal with the railway.[44] Opened for lets April 2018. Retains a private platform to the railway as its main access. | |
Dolbelydr | Trefnant | Denbighshire | 1999 | 2003 | ||
Llwyn Celyn | Llanvihangel Crucorney | Monmouthshire | 2014 | Medieval Hall House, formerly part of the Llanthony Priory Estate in the Brecon Beacons Black Mountain area. Under scaffolding from 2009, acquired 2011. Opened for lets October 2018 after two years' on site restoration.[45] | ||
Maesyronnen Chapel | near Hay-on-Wye | Powys | 1985 | |||
Monkton Old Hall | Monkton | Pembrokeshire | 1979 | 1982 | ||
Paxton's Tower Lodge | Llanarthney | Carmarthenshire | 1966 | 1967 | Lodge to Paxton's Tower | |
Plas Uchaf | near Corwen | Merionethshire | 1971 | 1973 | Leased from Merionethshire County Council, 1971. Updated 2010 including underfloor heating, new kitchen and reconfigured bathroom. | |
Poultry Cottage | Leighton, Welshpool | Powys | 1988 | |||
Stockwell Farm | Old Radnor | Powys | ||||
Tower Hill | St David's | Pembrokeshire | 1965 | Dilapidated cottages replaced by new building for first lets | ||
Ty Capel, Rhiwddolion | near Betws-y-Coed | Gwynedd | 1967 | |||
Ty Coch, Rhiwddolion | near Betws-y-Coed | Gwynedd | 1968 | |||
Ty Uchaf, Rhiwddolion | near Betws-y-Coed | Gwynedd | 1998 | 2001 | ||
West Blockhouse | Dale | Pembrokeshire | 1969 | Palmerston Fort, protecting Milford Haven |
Belgium
[edit]- Hougoumont, close to the site of the Battle of Waterloo. The Trust contributed to the Chateau Hougoumont farm's £3M restoration, from 2013. An apartment in the former gardener's cottage over the south gates has been let since 2015.
Italy
[edit]- Casa de Mar, San Fruttuoso – from summer 2016
- Casa Guidi, Florence – from 1995
- Piazza di Spagna, Rome – from 1982
- Sant'Antonio, Tivoli – from 1995
- Villa Saraceno, Agugliaro – restored 1984–1995
- Villa dei Vescovi, Padua (two apartments) – from 2006
United States
[edit]- Amos Brown House, Vermont
- The Dutton Farmhouse, Vermont
- Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House), Vermont
- Kipling's Carriage House, Naulakha, Vermont
- The Sugarhouse, Vermont
Properties under restoration
[edit]As at March 2020, the following properties were being restored by the Trust for future lettings:
- Semaphore Tower, Chatley Heath, Cobham, Surrey. Only remaining semaphore tower from the Napoleonic era, listed Grade II*. An appeal for £160,000 representing the remaining 25% of its restoration cost was launched on 19 March 2019.[46] The appeal has reached its target, and restoration work is now underway.[47]
Projects in development
[edit]As of March 2019, plans for restoring and renovating the following properties were under active development:
- Calverley Old Hall, Main Wing – adjacent to existing property let. The pre-qualification stage of an architectural competition for the Hall's restoration closed on 1 August 2017, when likely construction costs were estimated at £2.3m.[48] On 13 February 2018 the Trust announced that the competition had been won by Cowper Griffith. Consultation with local residents on the proposed designs took place in March 2018.[49] Awaiting appeal launch, previously planned for 2019.
- Fairburn Tower, Inverness. Category A listed Tower House, built in 1545 for Murdo Mackenzie, Gentleman of the Bedchamber for King James V. Restoration proposals developed by Simpson and Brown as Project Architects. £500,000 grant pledged by Historic Environment Scotland. Appeal for £800,000 launched May 2018.[50] By autumn/winter 2019 all but £89,000 had been raised. Restoration work was expected to start soon thereafter for a planned completion in late summer 2021.[51]
New potential projects announced by February 2020 for development were:[52]
- Ibsley Watch Tower, Ibsley, Hampshire – Derelict watch tower at one of the twelve RAF airfields in the New Forest. Held on a 99-year lease by RAF Ibsley Heritage Trust.
- Mayor's Parlour Block, Maison Dieu, Dover, Kent – Part of 1835 transformation of Grade I complex of civic buildings dating to 1204.
- Mavisbank, nr Edinburgh, Midlothian – Joint project with Historic Environment Scotland for Scotland's first Palladian villa.
Other projects previously considered for restoration
[edit]Other properties previously considered by the Trust, but not progressed to completion, include:
- Almshouses, Denton, Lincolnshire[53] – demolished by then owner Sir Bruno Welby, subsequently convicted in 1980 of unauthorised demolition of historic buildings and fined £1,000 plus costs[54]
- Falsgrave Signal Box, Scarborough, North Yorkshire – under consideration from 2016 to March 2019[55]
- The Master's House, Maidstone, Kent – rejected 2002 on grounds of size
- Mausoleum, Seaton Delavel – rejected for risk of repayment of Department of the Environment grant[53]
- Warder's Tower, Biddulph, Staffordshire – leased from Staffordshire County Council 2008–2010, returned when no acceptable solution could be found for dealing with four colonies of bats
Former properties
[edit]Properties formerly run as holiday lets and owned, leased or run by the Landmark Trust on a management arrangement basis include:
- All Saint's Vicarage, Maidenhead – First floor flat in Vicarage complex designed by G.E. Street. Advertised as being prepared for opening for lets in 1990[56] and in 1991 but not listed in 1992.
- Edale Mill, Edale, Derbyshire – The Trust bought the mill in 1969 and converted it into seven flats. Six were sold after conversion with one being retained for holiday lets until c. 2012.
- Fish Court, Hampton Court Palace – owned by Historic Royal Palaces. Withdrawn from property portfolio in 2014.
- The Harp Inn, Old Radnor, Powys
- Higher Lettaford, North Bovey, Devon – sold in 2013 as no longer appropriate to the Trust's property portfolio
- Hill House, Helensburgh – top floor flat returned to National Trust for Scotland in 2011.
- The Master's House, Gladstone Pottery – The Gladstone Pottery Museum was transferred to Stoke-on-Trent Museums in 1994.
- Meikle Ascog, Ascog, Argyll & Bute – sold in 2013 as no longer appropriate to the Trust's property portfolio
- Le Moulin de la Tuilerie, Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France (formerly let as three properties: La Célibataire, Le Maison des Amis and Le Moulin) - sold in 2020 by the landowner
- Sandford House, 7 Lower High St, Stourbridge, West Midlands[53]
- 30, St Mary's Lane, Tewkesbury – bought in 1969 and let to local tenants from 2006
- Wellbrook Beetling Mill, Cookstown, Co Tyrone – returned to National Trust
Legacy Estate – other properties owned by the Trust
[edit]In addition to properties let for holiday rentals, the Trust has been bequeathed other properties which it has refurbished and managed in other ways, through its Legacy Estate. These include:
- Fountain Hotel, 92 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight – acquired 2010
- The Tower, Netherne Hospital, Netherne-on-the-Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey – bequeathed 2015[57]
Handbooks
[edit]Details of each property available to rent are available online, on the Trust's website, and in a Handbook. Twenty-five editions of the Handbook have been published to December 2016:
Edition number | Year | Editor | Cover |
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1 | 1966 | ||
2 | 1968 | Green | |
3 | 1970 | Moss/Lime Green | |
4 | 1971 | Red | |
5 | 1972 | Blue | |
6 | 1973 | Moss Green | |
7 | 1977 | John Smith | New Inn, Peasenhall |
8 | 1988 | Charlotte Haslam | Laughton Place |
9 | 1989 | Charlotte Haslam | Cawood Castle |
10 (25 years anniversary edition) | 1990 | Charlotte Haslam | Swarkestone Pavilion |
11 | 1991 | Charlotte Haslam | Kingswear Castle |
12 | 1992 | John Smith and Charlotte Haslam | The Bath House |
13 | 1993 | John Smith and Charlotte Haslam | Prospect Tower |
14 | 1994 | Charlotte Haslam | Woodspring Priory |
15 | 1995 | Charlotte Haslam | Beamsley Hospital |
16 | 1996 | Constance Barrett | Tixall Gatehouse |
17 | 1998 | Old Light, Lundy | |
18 | 1999 | Constance Barrett | Banqueting House |
19 | 2001 | Constance Barrett | Swarkestone Pavilion |
20 | 2003 | Sophie Horton and Katherine Oates | Prospect Tower |
21 (40 years anniversary edition) | 2005 | not credited | Freston Tower |
22 | 2006 | Gothic Temple | |
23 | 2008 | The Pineapple | |
24 | 2011 | Culloden Tower | |
25 (50 years anniversary edition) | 2014 | Helen Hartstein | The Library |
26 (published November 2018) | 2018 | St Winifred's Well |
Archives
[edit]The Landmark Trust Lundy Island Philatelic Archive was donated to the British Library Philatelic Collections in 1991 and is located at the British Library.[58]
Further reading
[edit]- Landmark, A History of Britain in 50 Buildings. 2015. Keay, Anna and Stanford, Caroline. Francis Lincoln Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7112-3645-5
References
[edit]- ^ "Landmark Trust, registered charity no. 243312". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ "Landmark Trust, Registered Charity no. SC039205". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- ^ "Irish Landmark". Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ Landmark Trust Handbook 2014. Landmark Trust. 2014. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9533124-8-1.
- ^ "Holiday at Llwyn Celyn in Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire | The Landmark Trust". landmarktrust.org.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Staff". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Biography – Dr Anna Keay". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Trustees". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Ambassadors". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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External links
[edit]- Landmark Trust – official site
- Landmark Trust properties' photos on Flickr