The North Porch of Durham Cathedral was conceived as part of the great Norman building campaign of Durham Cathedral, complete by 1133.
Conservation project to restore Rosslyn Chapel completed after 16 years
September 20, 2013 By
Rosslyn Chapel is no longer obstructed by scaffolding, as a major conservation project to restore the Scottish historic site has been finished after 16 years.
Reading the unreadable: New X-ray technology can now read rolled-up scrolls
May 21, 2013 By
Scientific breakthrough will allow historians to virtually read medieval scrolls to fragile to open.
Is the Conservation of the United Kingdom’s Built Heritage Sustainable?
July 31, 2012 By
How does one put a price on the priceless? What is the cost of protecting and preserving this multitude of homes, castles, industrial buildings and urban social history and, more importantly, is it sustainable?
Researchers look to save deteriorating Viking treasures of Oseberg
June 6, 2012 By
Conservation experts in Norway are conducting tests to see if a solution can be found on how to save important archaeological finds from the Viking Age that were discovered in Oseberg in 1904.
Iron and sulphur compounds threaten old shipwrecks
May 16, 2012 By
Sulphur and iron compounds have now been found in shipwrecks both in the Baltic and off the west coast of Sweden.
Caring for the castles and abbeys of the Welsh princes
March 12, 2012 By
Gwilym Hughes – Cadw’s assistant director, historic environment – outlines the achievements of the Welsh Cultural Heritage Initiative.
Emergency repairs to medieval gatehouse set to begin
March 7, 2012 By
A medieval monastic gatehouse at Pentney Priory in Norfolk is to be saved, following a £200,000 English Heritage grant for emergency structural repairs.
Westgate Towers in Canterbury to be blocked from traffic
March 5, 2012 By
The massive 14th-century Westgate Towers in Canterbury will no longer see cars passing through its gate, as city officials start a 12-month experimental project to make the roadway accessible only for pedestrians.
World Monuments Fund lists 67 heritage sites “most at-risk”
October 7, 2011 By
The World Monuments Fund’s President Bonnie Burnham has announced the 2012 World Monuments Watch. Since 1996, the biennial Watch has drawn international attention to cultural-heritage sites in need of assistance, helping to save some of the world’s most treasured places. The 2012 Watch includes 67 sites, representing 41 countries and territories. The list of most-at-risk […]
Videos released on the Staffordshire Hoard conservation program
April 6, 2011 By
The Conservation Team at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery have started video blogging about their conservation work on the Staffordshire Hoard. Three videos have so far been released on the museum’s Youtube page. The first one introduces the three person team carrying out the conservation work: Deborah Cane, the project manager, Cymbeline Storey and Deborah […]
Medieval Churches in England receive funding for repairs
February 22, 2011 By
Several medieval churches in England have received funding the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage as part of their joint Repair Grants for Places of Worship program. In an announcement made earlier this month, over 153 Grade I and II listed places of worship across England were granted £15.7 million to support urgent repair work. […]
Conservation work begins on the medieval village of Barforth
July 12, 2010 By
Urgent repairs to three buildings that are the last traces of a lost medieval village in the English county of Durham are now underway, and this week there is a chance for the public to join the restoration experts at work. The current conservation work at the deserted village of Barforth on the River Tees […]
Recession hurts efforts to preserve heritage buildings in England
July 7, 2010 By
English Heritage has published its annual Heritage at Risk Register today, which shows a significant slow-down in the number of historic buildings being saved from neglect and decay prompting fears that England might lose the very thing which makes it most special in the eyes of the world and could help to underpin economic recovery. […]
The Medieval Peasant House
October 4, 2008 By
The excavations have exposed a very interesting series of building techniques and revealed that the medieval peasant houses at Wharram Percy were rebuilt about every generation suggesting that they were very flimsy structures.
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