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Plans have been drawn up to refurbish Grade 1 Llwyd Mansion, a medieval grain merchants house, built in 1460 in Oswestry, #Shropshire. The plans would see it become a visitor centre, exhibition gallery, offices & shops. 👇
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with repairs completed in 2018. The church was Grade 2 listed in 1951. /4
funds for refurbishment. Around 2004 cracks began to appear in the columns of the church & it was clear the church was beginning to subside. The church was placed on the "Category A at risk" register. Long term structural repairs were required & in 2017 the Heritage Lottery fund awarded £181k /3
dressings & a pitched slate roof to eaves. The site was partly given by the Dean & Chapter of Westminster Abbey & the developer Stephen Phillips. By the 1980's the church was in decline & attendances falling & one of the recommendations was demolition. The National Heritage Memorial Fund provided /2
St. Stephen's Church, Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, London dates from 1856 & was designed by brothers Frederick John & Horace Francis was at the bottom of Kildare Terrace where my 2 x great grand uncle lived in 1861. It was built in Geometrical Gothic style from coursed rubble stone, ashlar /1
St. Stephen's Church, Talbot Road, Westbourne Park, London dates from 1856 & was designed by brothers Frederick John & Horace Francis was at the bottom of Kildare Terrace where my 2 x great grand uncle lived in 1861. It was built in Geometrical Gothic style from coursed rubble stone, ashlar /1
The remains of six soldiers who died together in WW1 at near Geluwe, Belgium who were identified based on DNA investigations have been buried in Belgium, more than 100 years after their death. 👇
BBC News - WWI soldiers buried in Belgium a century after their deaths
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Volunteers sought to help restore Carlisle last electric tram which was taken off the tracks in 1931. 👇
BBC News - Carlisle's last tram needs volunteers to get it running again - BBC News
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Further renovation to take place at the Grade 2* listed George Hotel, Huddersfield which dates from 1851 as part of the revamp to a 108 bedroom hotel. The hotel saw a meeting in 1895 leading to the formation of the Rugby League. 👇
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A life long collection of Doctor Who memorabilia fetches £49k at auction. 👇
BBC News - Lifelong fan's Doctor Who collection fetches £49,000 at auction - BBC News
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