Success for 14 AHF-supported Projects in Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund

Historic England has announced 37 grants awarded through its £15 million Heritage at Risk Capital Fund. Supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the special one-year fund is part of the government’s wider £270 million investment in arts and culture. It will help people in the most deprived areas rescue their locally cherished, at-risk historic sites and buildings, creating new jobs and community spaces.

Congratulations to all the projects that have received Heritage at Risk Capital Fund grants from Historic England. Today, we at the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) are celebrating with you and your communities.

In particular, we are celebrating the following 14 successful projects, which have previously benefitted from our early-stage support, receiving advice and funding to explore and develop plans for the restoration and sustainable new use of these historic buildings. 

• Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Stoke-on-Trent - Re-Form Heritage
• Gaumont Cinema, Plymouth – Nudge Community Builders
• Greenland Fishery House, King’s Lynn – King’s Lynn Preservation Trust
• Laurel Court, Peterborough – Peterborough Cathedral Development and Preservation Trust
• Lowestoft Town Hall – Lowestoft Town Council
• Market House, Penzance – The Penzance Regeneration Company
• Morecambe Winter Gardens – Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust
• MusicAbility Centre, Penzance – MusicAbility Foundation
• St Mary’s, Somers Town, London
• Spilsby Sessions House, Lincolnshire – The Sessions House CIC
• The Folk Pin Factory, Gloucester – Gloucester Civic Trust
• The Golden Lion, Birmingham – Birmingham Conservation Trust
• The Tyre Shop, Sunderland – Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust
• Toll House at Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare – North Somerset Council

Funding from the AHF has supported these projects over many years through various programmes.

In particular, many of them received support through our Transforming Places through Heritage programme. Also made possible with funding from DCMS, this programme aimed to help communities in England revive their high streets and town centres by restoring and reusing historic buildings. Through expert advice and grant support, the projects were able to assess the viability of their plans and develop them to the point where they could then apply for further funding for capital works.

Now, having collectively been awarded £6,656,159 from the Historic England Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, the projects each move one step closer to making their vision a reality and securing vibrant futures for these significant, at-risk buildings.

For more information on all 37 projects awarded funding from the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, please visit: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/heritage-at-risk/capital-fund-projects/