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  1. Abbotsbury, Dorset
    Abbotsbury, Dorset
    An affordable housing development on the edge of the village of Abbotsbury, a picturesque historic village in West Dorset.
    DESIGN IN CONTEXT
  2. East Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset
    East Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset
    An affordable housing scheme within one of Dorset’s most picturesque villages. The development is a good example of the use of vernacular materials in a sensitive historic area, a designated conservation area.
    DESIGN IN CONTEXT
  3. Simsay Fields, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
    Simsay Fields, Cerne Abbas, Dorset
    A development of four affordable homes on the edge of the village of Cerne Abbas, within the Dorset Downs AONB.
    DESIGN IN CONTEXT
  4. Wimborne St Giles, Dorset
    Wimborne St Giles, Dorset
    Four affordable houses which respect the pattern and low density of housing in this Dorset village.
    DESIGN IN CONTEXT
  5. Iwerne Minster, Tower Hill, Blandford Forum
    Iwerne Minster, Tower Hill, Blandford Forum
    Small affordable housing scheme in a rural settlement integrating a traditional form and vernacular materials with a contemporary feel.
    DESIGN IN CONTEXT
  6. Boscombe Pier
    Boscombe Pier
    Restoration and improvement of pier head buildings associated with public realm enhancement, including additional development and the creation of a breakwater for a new water sports venue.
    DESIGNATION
  7. England's Past for Everyone - Wiltshire
    England's Past for Everyone - Wiltshire
    England’s Past for Everyone (EPE) is a Heritage Lottery funded project run by the Victoria County History (VCH). They run fifteen local history projects in ten counties across the country. The Wiltshire project looks at the history of the rural parish of Codford, from Anglo-Saxon settlement to important military garrison.
    EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCESS; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH & ARCHIVES
  8. England's Past for Everyone - Bristol
    England's Past for Everyone - Bristol
    England’s Past for Everyone (EPE) is a Heritage Lottery funded project run by the Victoria County History (VCH). They run fifteen local history projects in ten counties across the country. The Bristol project is a study of the lives of ethnic minorities in Bristol, over the past 10 centuries.
    EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCESS; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH & ARCHIVES
  9. England's Past for Everyone - Cornwall Religious Sites
    England's Past for Everyone - Cornwall Religious Sites
    England’s Past for Everyone (EPE) is a Heritage Lottery funded project run by the Victoria County History (VCH). They run fifteen local history projects in ten counties across the country. The religious sites project in Cornwall is a study of the religious history of Cornwall up to the mid-sixteenth century.
    EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; SOCIAL INCLUSION AND ACCESS; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH & ARCHIVES
  10. Former Great Western Railway Works & Village
    Former Great Western Railway Works & Village
    Swindon’s historic railway Works and Village is increasingly recognised as an exemplar for the regeneration of heritage industrial buildings. Only fourteen years ago the buildings in Swindon’s 19th-century Railway Works lay empty and derelict. Today they form the UK’s, and perhaps Europe’s, main railway-engineering heritage showpiece.
    Regeneration; Education and Outreach; Sustainability
  11. Somerset County Council HER
    Somerset County Council HER
    A project to make available online Somerset County Council's 'Historic Environment Record' A comprehensive list of 21,000 records concerning all known archaeological sites in the county and also including Scheduled Monuments, Listed Buildings, Registered Battlefields and Registered Parks and Gardens.
    Education and Outreach; Social Inclusion and Access; Research and Archives
  12. Royal William Yard
    Royal William Yard
    Royal William Yard: working closely with English Heritage and Plymouth City Council, developers achieved a combination of high quality design in an historic setting with good commercial returns.
    Design in context, Re-use, Sustainability
  13. St Margaret's Almshouses
    St Margaret's Almshouses
    St Margaret's Almshouses, Taunton- successful reuse of Grade II* listed building ensures its survival in a way that is sustainable and excavation provides an opportunity for education and outreach.
    Education and Outreach, Re-use, Research & Archives
  14. HMS Colossus
    HMS Colossus
    The extent and extraordinary preservation of the HMS Colossus is under threat of erosion caused by a reduction of sand levels over the site since 2001. A Stabilisation Trial has been established to ascertain whether it is possible to protect the timber which is currently exposed and to prevent buried timber from becoming exposed.
    Assessment and Characterisation
  15. Nine Maidens Stone Circle
    Nine Maidens Stone Circle
    The Nine Maidens Stone Circle have suffered from severe erosion in the past, however work to restore and repair this stone circle was undertaken in June 2004 and has had an amazing effect in restoring the overall appearance of the monument.
    Preservation and Maintenance, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
  16. Cornwall Monument Management Scheme
    Cornwall Monument Management Scheme
    Established in 1994, the Cornwall Monument Managment Scheme has allowed essential conservation works to be carried out on scheduled monuments at risk throughout Cornwall.
    Funding , Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance
  17. Picture House
    Picture House
    Picture House, Exeter- enhancing a varied historic context through confident modern design.
    Design in context, Re-use, Social Inclusion & Access
  18. Tewkesbury Market Town HERS
    Tewkesbury Market Town HERS
    Tewkesbury- realising the potential to attract visitors in a medieval abbey town through the aid of the Conservation Area Partnership scheme (CAPS) and Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme (HERS).
    Funding, Regeneration, Repair, Reconstruction & Restoration
  19. Clayhanger Roman Fort
    Clayhanger Roman Fort
    Clayhanger Roman Fort- protection of the historic environment in a rural farming environment through agri-environmental schemes.
    Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance ,Sustainability
  20. Braunton Great Field
    Braunton Great Field
    Braunton Great Field- protecting and managing a medieval open field through a Countryside Stewardship Scheme Special project.
    Funding, Management Plans, Preservation and Maintenance
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