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The Architectural Heritage Fund
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Helping communities across the UK to reuse and regenerate historic buildings, with grants, loans and advice.

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It’s Crossed Finger Selfie Day and we’re joining @heritagefunduk.bsky.social to celebrate the difference made by #NationalLottery players.

#BecauseOfYou we’re able to support inspiring #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts across the UK to reimagine, repair and reuse historic buildings in their communities.
AHF staff and trustee doing the Crossed Finger pose to celebrate Crossed Finger Selfie Day. Heritage Development Trust representatives posing on some steps next to an old building on Portsoy Harbour. Heritage Development Trust representatives gathered in Leicester for a workshop. Heritage Development Trust representatives gathered in Glasgow for a walking tour of the city.
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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#GivingTuesday is in 2 weeks!

Your support enables us to help communities across the UK find enterprising ways to revitalise the old buildings they love, just like The Ladder, Redruth. 👇

On 2 Dec, consider donating to help us continue this important work in the future.
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Joshua Nawras, Director of The Ladder, said: “The AHF provides a level of ongoing and wrap around support that has been fundamental to this project, from conception to acquiring funding and managing the phased delivery. We are very very grateful for your faith and continued support.” The Ladder, space for a new creative community in the heart of Redruth. The community comes together to celebrate the old library's new future as The Ladder. Credit - Jenna Hinton.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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🔎🏚 #YmddiriedolaethauDatblyguTreftadaeth Sbotolau – Treftadaeth Hwlffordd.

Nod @haverfordwestheritage.org.uk yw adfywio adeiladau treftadaeth allweddol sydd wedi’u hesgeuluso yn Hwlffordd a’u hailddefnyddio er budd y gymuned, gan greu lle gwell i fyw, gweithio, dysgu ac ymweld ag ef.
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Neuadd Ddirwest, Hwlffordd. Delwedd trwy garedigrwydd Treftadaeth Hwlffordd.
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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🔎🏚 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts Spotlight – Haverfordwest Heritage.

@haverfordwestheritage.org.uk aims to revive key neglected heritage buildings in Haverfordwest & bring them back into use for community benefit, creating a better place to live, work, learn & visit.

Read more:
👉 bit.ly/3LDmasr
Temperance Hall, Haverfordwest. Image courtesy of Haverfordwest Heritage.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Find out more about Craven Arts and go and check out their latest exhibition: 👇
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The entrance to Craven Arts House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The new spaces available inside the restored building include artist studios, gallery spaces, a club room, an education room, a main hall, music rooms, and a recording studio.
The corridor of the artists' studios inside Craven Arts House. The main hall inside Craven Arts House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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We recently visited #AHFsupported Craven Arts House to see their collaborative exhibition with Skipton Civic Society. The building is looking wonderful after its transformation from a disused Victorian school building into a flagship community arts facility for Craven’s artists and young people.
The exterior of Craven Arts House. A board outside the entrance to Craven Arts House, which has information about the latest exhibition at the community arts facility: 'Traces - Skipton's History in Focus'. There are some pictures hanging on the wall, all of which show the history of the building. The main hall inside Craven Arts House, which is hosting the 'Traces - Skipton's History in Focus' exhibition.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Save the date for #GivingTuesday!

Want to support our work helping communities across the UK to breathe new life into historic buildings? On 2nd December, consider making a donation to the AHF.

You can also become a Friend and help all our work carry into the future. ⬇️
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The exterior of John O'Groats Mill, which has been restored for the community. Credit - The John O'Groats Mill. People dancing inside the restored John O'Groats Mill. Credit - The John O'Groats Mill.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🚨 New funding for a project to restore and conserve Hynish Shore Station!

We have awarded a #HESsupported Project Development Grant to the Hynish Trust to support an initial phase of this project, which will include the renovation of the Signal Tower.

Learn more:
👉 bit.ly/43Y5L83
A view of Hynish Shore Station from the Signal Tower. Credit - Hynish Trust. The Signal Tower at Hynish Shore Station. Credit - Hynish Trust.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Many thanks to Heritage Manager, Vicki, for showing us around – it was fantastic to hear how well Harper Street is doing and to learn all about its important work with the local community. (5/5)
The AHF Investment Team in the kitchen inside the Harper Street interpretation space. The courtyard at Harper Street.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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It offers an immersive interpretation space exploring how people once lived and worked in the area, a collections space for the Middleport Pottery archive, a home for the Middleport Matters community hub, offices for Re-Form Heritage, and workshop and retail units. (4/5)
A video playing in the immersive interpretation space at Harper Street. Inside the 'How We Lived at Harper Street' exhibition. There is a table set up for dinner. The courtyard at Harper Street, where you can access the retail and workshop units.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Harper Street terrace in Middleport, Burslem, is a small section of what was once a large Victorian residential area. The 11 houses, which sit directly opposite the entrance to the Grade II* listed Middleport Pottery site, were originally home to pottery industry workers. (2/5)
The exterior of the Harper Street terrace. Credit - Jenny Harper. The view of the Middleport Pottery entrance through a window of one of the Harper Street terraced houses.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A day well spent in Stoke-on-Trent!

Last week, our Investment Team visited @middleportpottery.bsky.social and were particularly excited to look around Harper Street - a project that we have supported with both loan investment and development grant funding. (1/5)
The entrance to Harper Street with signage on the front brick wall. The end house on the Harper Street terrace. The AHF Investment Team looking at the photo archive inside the Harper Street interpretation space. The AHF Investment Team looking at historic photographs on the wall inside the Harper Street interpretation space.
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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🔔 New trustees join the AHF!

We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new trustees to our Board: Ben Stirling, Mary Walsh, Joshua Meek, and Stephanie Hall-Stead.

Learn more: ⬇️
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Exhibition space inside BACKLIT Gallery at Alfred House. People are stood around the room, looking at the space and talking. Credit: BACKLIT.
October 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Millport Town Hall was built in 1878 & although unlisted, this historic building has always been a hugely important place for the Cumbrae community. The project restores the historic main hall & adds a new accessible entrance making it a welcoming place for all on the island - visitors and locals.
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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AHF has supported Millport Town Hall with over £40k in #HESsupported grants since 2018 supporting its regeneration.
Closed since 2012, the 1878 hall officially reopens today under community ownership as a vital island hub, meeting & performance space & income generating flats for Cumbrae community.
October 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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📣 We have just published our October 2025 newsletter!

It includes:
- A round-up of the latest #Heritage news.
- A focus on Inner City Trust.
- An article from Robert Burns Ellisland Trust about Saving the Home of Auld Lang Syne.
- A #HeritageImpactFund spotlight.

Read it here: 
➡️ bit.ly/47lip1S
The exterior of 17-20 Magazine Street, Derry. Credit: Jim McCafferty for Inner City Trust. The café at Liskeard Library. Courtesy of Real Ideas Organisation. The gate leading into Ellisland Farm, north of Dumfries. The community gathered to celebrate Redruth old library's new future as The Ladder. Credit - Jenna Hinton.
October 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🚨 The #HeritageImpactFund (HIF) has reached a major milestone, with £10 million in loan offers now approved to support the reuse and regeneration of historic buildings across the UK!

Learn more about the HIF and this landmark achievement:
➡️ bit.ly/47nGS80
Liskeard Library. Credit - Sean Hurlock. The Port House, Jedburgh. Credit - Jason Baxter Media. Alliance at the Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Bank, Bacup. Credit - Valley Heritage.
October 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Did you know that alongside grants and loans, we provide advice and support to help communities across the UK find sustainable new uses for much-loved historic buildings?

To find out how we can help you, take a look at our website and get in touch:
👉 ahfund.org.uk
“Having ongoing support from AHF through all the stages of what can be a long project development period has been invaluable to us” - Andrew Prendergast, Isle of Canna Community Development Trust. The exterior of Coroghan Barn on the Isle of Canna. Credit: Andrew Prendergast.
October 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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🔔 Funding announcement - a new life ahead for the Old Store!

We have awarded a grant to Redruth Revival CIC, one of our #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts, to support plans to repurpose the Old Market Store on Fair Meadow in Redruth as a new community-facing cycle hub.

Learn more:
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Concept proposal for the Old Market Store and Fair Meadow Car Park, Redruth. People can be seen walking and sitting down outside the building as children run around and play on the newly landscaped path. One person walks past the building with their bicycle. Credit: Redruth Revival CIC and SEED Landscape Design.
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Delighted to have awarded a Capital Works Grant towards emergency roof repairs to Tŷ Nesaf & Tŷ Bach, a pair of farmhouses on Ynys Enlli.

Bardsey Island Trust is restoring Tŷ Nesaf and bringing it back into use to support the future of the island’s heritage & increase visitors.
👉 bit.ly/46J0e64
Tŷ Nesaf and Tŷ Bach, Ynys Enlli, undergoing re-roofing work. Credit: Ymddiriedolaeth Ynys Enlli / Bardsey Island Trust. A banner with the AHF logo hangs from some scaffolding over Tŷ Bach, Ynys Enlli. Credit: Ymddiriedolaeth Ynys Enlli / Bardsey Island Trust.
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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The Heritage Network Conference 2025 is in full swing at St George's Hall. Our Director of Programmes & Deputy CEO Kelcey Wilson-Lee explores the enduring relevance of historic buildings’ former functions and shares some of our exciting 50th anniversary plans for 2026. #50xAHF
AHF Director of Programmes and Deputy CEO Kelcey Wilson-Lee gives a presentation on the stage at St George's Hall, Bradford.
September 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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We've arrived in Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture, for this year's Heritage Network Conference.

Excited to connect with colleagues from across the heritage sector today. @heritagenetwork.bsky.social
A sign that says Bradford 2025. The Heritage Network Conference programme. The inside of St George's Hall, where people are sitting down and looking at a stage. On the stage, there is a screen that says 'Heritage Network Conference 2025.'
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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All aboard as we celebrate #Railway200! 🚂

On the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway – an event widely recognised as the birth of the modern railway – we’re sharing a selection of #AHFsupported historic railway buildings.

Take a look:
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A train passes behind Wingfield Station, Derbyshire. Credit: Laura Firth / MiniAperture Photography. The former Cumberland Street Station, Glasgow. Llanelli Railway Goods Shed and adjoining office building. Credit: The Llanelli Railway Goods Trust. Station South, Manchester. Credit – Jody Hartley for Station South.
September 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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We are inviting tenders for an evaluation consultant for the #HeritageRevivalFund, delivered in partnership with @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social and Historic England.

🗓 Deadline: 10th October 2025

Find out more and read the full brief:
➡️ bit.ly/48wEg8K

#Tender #Heritage
A group of people posing for a photo in front of Alice Billing House North Block, a project by Creative Land Trust. Credit - Monika Szolle (@monikaszolle).
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM