We've launched a new photography project in Leeds, which will capture the African and Caribbean community in the suburb of Chapeltown.

The project is being led by photographer Solomon Charles-Kelly in collaboration with Lens Lab.

Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/Chapeltown

A wallpaper firm is to return to its original factory in west London almost a century after it left.

bbc.in/4drMKy9

Nearly 100 years after leaving, Sanderson is returning to Voysey House in Chiswick, London.

The Grade II* listed former wallpaper factory has been sensitively renovated by dMFK Architects, supported by us, improving its energy efficiency. ➡️ bit.ly/VoyseyHouse

Funded PhD with Newcastle University & Historic England:
'Historic landscape character & climate change adaptation: modelling impacts & opportunities.'

Apply by 21 June 2024.

ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…

St Anne's Church in Haughton, Denton, has been saved and removed from our #HeritageAtRisk register. 👏

The Grade I listed church has been restored thanks to a grant from National Highways.

We advised on the design and delivery of the restoration project.

This unusual building was constructed in 1923 to house a water tank for the village of Thorpeness in Suffolk. 🔺

The House in the Clouds was built by architect Frederick Forbes Glennie as part of Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie's Arts and Crafts-style village design.

The Historic England Archive holds over 14 million photos, showing many aspects of life.

If you zoom into this image from 1866, you will see a sign in the shop window reading 'hair bought', presumably one of the options for the people of Bristol in hard times.

Happy #StarWarsDay ! 🌌

Designed by Richard Seifert and Partners in the 1960s, Space House in London garnered attention for the innovative use of a precast concrete grid.

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

Barkway Carriage Wash in Hertfordshire is believed to be the earliest known example of a ‘modern-day car wash’.

A carriage wash served 2 purposes: cleaning coach wheels and nameplates while also soaking the wheels to prevent wood shrinkage from metal rims.

Who here loves a yellow house? 💛

📍 3 Smithsons Court, Ripon, North Yorkshire | Grade II listed.

'Inspiring people not just to learn about historic figures of the past, but to inspire them to know that they too can go on to do things that change the world.'

That's what the Historic England national blue plaques scheme is all about ⬆️

Last week Arts and Heritage Minister…

Traditionally, on May Day, celebrations included dancing around the maypole and crowning a May Queen. 🌺

The earliest recording of dancing around the Maypole was in Wales in the 14th century, and this tradition soon spread.

📷 Thaxted, Essex, between 1947-1955.

If you were to see the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore, you may not give it a second thought, let alone realise that it is a rare early example of fully accessible architecture.

Read our latest blog to find out more ➡️ bit.ly/StanmoreCrippl…

#WeAreHistoric

Near Holme in the Peak District National Park, architect Arthur Quarmby designed this environmentally sensitive underground house between 1973 and 1975 as a home for himself and his family.

Named Underhill, it was the first modern earth-sheltered house constructed in England.

On 27 April 1944, United States Army Air Forces recorded events during Exercise Tiger, a series of practice exercises on the coast of Devon.

Explore aerial photographs capturing Exercise Tiger in action ➡️ bit.ly/WitnessingExer…

Today, Historic England are unveiling a blue plaque in Stoke-on-Trent dedicated to Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), one of the most influential ceramics artists of the 20th century.
To celebrate her ceramic legacy, we’re sharing recently catalogued 1930s Clarice Cliff pieces.

🔵Today we unveiled only the 2nd blue plaque of the Historic England national blue plaques scheme.

🌞It honours Clarice Cliff - one of the most influential pottery designers of the 20th century.

🔶It's located at 20 Snow Hill, Shelton, Cliff's first independent home.