An open letter to Andy Burnham calling for a 'Markenfield test' — ensuring policy strengthens the historic places that define communities

Country houses have been slightly glibly described as ‘prisons’, usually due to the restrictive social conventions, which stifled the freedom of the occupants. However, country houses h…

For the last three weeks, a team of archaeologists has been at work in the village of Clavering in Essex, uncovering new facts about the med...

The planning application is free at present — scrapping this perk would discourage the preservation of some beautiful properties

Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2). The Heritage Sector Resilience Plan provides a clear roadmap for partnership working to deliver a robust and resilient heritage sector.

Podcast Episode · Your Places or Mine · 05/06/2025 · 51m

But young people value heritage sites as places to unplug from technology, according to report

@heritage_lizzie: Good morning from an exciting day ahead celebrating architectural heritage from 1975 to 2025 & ahead to 2075. Hosted by @HTF_ @Historic_Houses @SAVEtoReuse with @ArchHFund Europa Nos...

The contest now draws in more than 3,200 entries from as far afield as the Czech Republic and South Korea

Baroness Twycross was appointed Baroness in Waiting (Government Whip) on 11 July 2024 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 23 July 2024.

Abstract. The English (or British) country house has enjoyed an under-appreciated social and economic revival in the last 25 years as a result of changes i

In a matrix of climate, housing and energy crises, managing Europe’s oldest housing stock grows ever more complex. What does protecting historic homes mean? And how do we balance responsibility for th...

Two years of tinkering made a heat pump feasible in this 15th-century cottage

More Than 160,000 Family Businesses Call on Government to Consult on Inheritance Tax Change.

From Hampton Court Palace to Forde Abbey in Somerset, these are the filming locations used in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Great Estates: At 40, Caroline Magnus was bequeathed the country estate where Atonement was filmed

The changes to inheritance tax announced in the 2024 Autumn Budget have created more questions than answers. Read our simple break down of how you can navigate the changes