Ben Ellwood

Repairing and repurposing historic properties could play a significant role in helping the UK government meet its target of providing 1.5m homes over the next 5 years. Read more from @HE_ChiefExec in the latest @RICSnews 'Built Environment Journal' ⬇️ ww3.rics.org/uk/en/journals…

Get on your bikes and ride!🚴 We've only got a few spaces left for our fabulous and FREE England on Two Wheels evening at the Historic England Archive, Tuesday 19 November. Pump up your tyres, put on your clips and book here👇 bit.ly/4eYDPEs #CyclingHistory

1/3💰Did you know that music is a form of cultural heritage and our #HeritageFundingDirectory has funds for musicians too! This #FundersFriday is all about #ClassicalMusic. Browse 400 more funds at heritagefundingdirectoryuk.org. Image: Christopher Ison via English Heritage.

Grade II* Birnbeck Pier & announcement of £10m to refurbish & reopen it to the public thanks to @HeritageFundUK. We @HistoricEngland have been working in partnership with @RNLI @NorthSomersetC Weston Super Mare and @BirnbeckTrust for over a decade. Excited about this milestone!

NEWS // From the Firestone Factory to Robin Hood Gardens, Sainsbury's Eco store to Dorman Long tower - far too many outstanding 20th century buildings have been lost to demolition, when they could so easily have been reused ♻️ Now the Government (@mhclg) is asking architects and others in the industry for their advice on whether it should change national planning rules regarding demolition and retrofit. Do not miss this opportunity to send a strong message! ✍️🏼Take part in the survey here: horizons.confirmit.eu/wix/p563510324…

The heritage sector is an integral part of England's national economy. We commission a detailed economic study each year to capture the heritage sector's economic footprint, and the results for this year are now available. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/HeritageEconom…

How can you spot a genuine 15th or 16th-century building? We joined @DrJaninaRamirez for a tour of Gloucester's Westgate Street and discovered some of the key architectural features found on medieval English buildings. #HistoricHighStreets @GloucesterCity

A Spotter’s Guide to Your High Street’s Architecture - Gloucester youtu.be/u0oP1mwe9Es?si… @HistoricEngland @VisitGloucester @GloucesterBID @GlosCathedral @squeakypedal @DrJaninaRamirez @GlosHeritageHub

Here's a clip from the new film by @HistoricEngland A Spotter's Guide to Your High Street Architecture (Gloucester). It will be premiered in full at #GlosHistFest24 on Sun at the Great Gloucester Buildings talk! gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/great-g… @drjaninaramirez @squeakypedal

Thanks so much to @ArchitectsJrnal for naming us Client of the Year at the AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2024 for our repair and transformation of @FlaxMaltings. 🙌

It was great to welcome @Heidi_Labour to the Cricketers today, where we were pleased to showcase the restoration works completed by the Trust. Much more to do, but looking forward to working with Heidi to attract more investment into the Railway Village and beyond!

@CeliaRichards0n He seems awfully convinced you should be able to find a 5 million capacity venue for all members. Quite quite mad.

2) no-one is ‘banned’ from our AGM. It is a hybrid event. Everyone can attend but only so many people can be in the auditorium. we are using charitable funds and we book the biggest, best and most accessibly places we can, using charitable funds.

2 things. 1) You can not buy the National Trust. You can not buy shares in it. We members are supporters, not owners. It is a national institution and it’s owned by and for everyone. EVERYONE … This is very important for offshore funders to understand.

Well this was very easy to buy tickets for! Hurry up October 2025. Saw @daraobriain at @theCentre last year and he was brilliant so I'm going back for more.

News | @historicengland Chair says historic buildings could be repurposed into 670,000 homes across the country museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/…

The difference in price of @Oasis tickets from what was advertised, and what @TicketmasterUK felt like charging, is delusional. The only seats I was actually offered were £489.70 for section 216. What a waste of a morning queueing.

'It was a melting pot of different subcultures... so let's remember it.' 💬 In 2023, we funded @homeofmetaluk to interview people who were part of the Mermaid scene in 1980s Birmingham as part of our #EverydayHeritage grant programme. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/AtTheMermaid

New funding is available for our #EverydayHeritage grants programme, celebrating working class histories. 📢 This time, we're focussing on buildings or places in rural and coastal locations. Find out more ➡️ historicengland.org.uk/EverydayHerita…

Good news! 🎉 The wreck of the Earl of Abergavenny, captained by John Wordsworth, brother of renowned Romantic poet William Wordsworth, has been granted protection! 👏 Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/EarlOfAbergave…