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Stowe house lions
WMF Britain
Breathing new life into extraordinary buildings
Skills training in Yemen
Skills training in Yemen
Grant announced for conservation skills training, post-conflict planning and physical restoration in Taiz.
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station
The Rise, Fall and Rise of Battersea Power Station
Christ Church Cathedral, Zanzibar
Christ Church Cathedral in Zanzibar
Protecting the legacy of Zanzibar’s past and building a successful future.
Newstead Abbey great hall
Newstead Abbey
The ancestral home of Lord Byron urgently needs your help.
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Standing up for historic buildings, sites and monuments

A conservator repaints the shield at Knill's Monument in St Ives

A conservator repaints the shield at Knill’s Monument in St Ives

For the past 20 years WMF Britain has helped to conserve exceptional works of architecture and monuments, supporting partners and local communities to ensure that endangered sites in their care have a long term future

 

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Featured Event

VIRTUAL EVENT: The battle to save Grimsby’s Historic Kasbah and what happened next

Jul 152020 5PM (UK TIME)
Join SAVE Britain’s Heritage and World Monuments Fund Britain for a special live event, delving into the past, present and future of Grimsby’s historic Docks. Henrietta Billings, Director of SAVE and John Darlington, Executive Director of WMFB will reflect on the hard fought battle to save the docks from demolition, following its inclusion on the 2014 World Monuments Watch, and the subsequent creation of the new ‘Kasbah’ conservation area.

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VIRTUAL EVENT: The battle to save Grimsby’s Historic Kasbah and what happened next

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Colin Amery, 1944 – 2018 News

John Julius Norwich, 1929 – 2018 News

Soft Power and Heritage Comment

Fake Heritage: In a world growing used to fake news, we now have fake heritage Comment

WMF Britain awarded grant to train Syrian refugees in stonemasonry News

Wentworth Woodhouse purchased for the nation News

A small charity supporting British icons Comment

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Trading stories, past and present Comment

The Rise, Fall and Rise of Battersea Power Station Comment

To Restore or not to Restore Comment

Capability Brown, a London gardener Comment

A small reminder of ancient Palmyra in the English countryside Comment

A Vision for Newstead Abbey Comment

Featured project

Bennerley Viaduct

Bennerley Viaduct was built in 1877 to carry a new railroad line across the Erewash River. Spanning the valley was a necessity for the new line, but the structure needed to be lightweight in order to prevent underground mining tunnels from collapsing from the weight. This engineering challenge was met through the use of wrought…

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Bennerley Viaduct

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