Heritage of London Trust

The Tom Ryland Award for Conservation unveiled at the Leaning Woman statue, with Liz Ryland in attendance. The project was fantastic with 400+ young people involved.

Thanks to all supporters, SPRA, Hammersmith & Fulham Historic Buildings Group, @hammersmithsociety.org.uk and @hfcouncil.bsky.social

HOLT is thrilled to work with Royal Borough of Greenwich, @c20society.bsky.social, Dr Dawn Pereria and Brooklands Primary School to save this rare William Mitchell mural – One of three public artworks by Mitchell that HOLT will be restoring in his centenary year.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

More images from the successful unveiling of the restored Christ Church fountain in Southwark.

That makes 14 historic fountains now working again across London and three more coming up shortly 🎉

Dr Nicola Stacey unveiled our latest completed restoration project: the Christ Church drinking fountain in Southwark 🌟

Thanks to HOLT, @lb-southwark.bsky.social and Delancey, there’s now fresh, free drinking water available from this beautiful Victorian fountain 💧

@mayoroflondon.bsky.social @thegentleauthor.bsky.social @whithealth.bsky.social @londonist.com

All of London’s Mayors turned out on a glorious Sunday morning at the Whittington Stone in Highgate! 🐈‍⬛ We will be beginning restoration work soon on the Stone working with
@islington-council.bsky.social ✨ More info here: heritageoflondon.org/projects/whittington-stone

25th Dec – Happy Christmas! Here’s the Woman of Samaria from the Guilford Place Fountain in Bloomsbury 🎄 Thanks to all our supporters this year – we can’t wait for more projects in 2025! ⭐️

24th Dec – Leaning Woman model ✨

Our partner modelmakers from Arts University Bournemouth made this beautiful scale model of Karel Vogel’s Leaning Woman for our conference on public art.

Read more about the Leaning Woman project here:
www.heritageoflondon.org/projects/lea...

23rd Dec- Lord Byron Statue, Park Lane 🖋
 
Next year we will be helping restore the only public statue of the poet, who died 200 years ago this year.

Read our Poet for Places Kira Nelson’s poem inspired by Byron here: www.heritageoflondon.org/_files/ugd/a...

22nd Dec – HOLT’s Public Art Conference @ RIBA 💫
 
The biggest event of our year was our conference in November - 300 people gathered to discuss public art, its history, creation and future. Thanks to everyone who made it such a success!

Read more here: www.heritageoflondon.org/post/holt-s-...

21st Dec – Southgate Parade Clock, Southgate 🕓

In July we restored this iconic 1930s clock opposite Southgate Tube Station. It was installed in 1932-33 as part of Charles Holden’s design for Station Parade, now Grade II listed.

HOLT advent day 19 - Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham 🏰

In May we visited Walpole’s Gothic Revival masterpiece, the entrance to which was restored by us last year.

Read more here: www.heritageoflondon.org/projects/str...

A group of young people wearing high-vid clothing and hard hats outside a one-storey brick structure

Students learn about the history of the building from one of our Proud Places team

A young person and one of our Proud Places team looking at the site through a doorway

Young people sitting and drawing parts of the site

HOLT advent day 18 ⭐️

New River Head Windmill, Islington 💧

St Andrews Youth Club learning about the history of the New River in the old 18th century windmill, soon to be the home of the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration!

Read more here: www.heritageoflondon.org/projects/the...

Dec 17 – Cranford Park Stables, Hillingdon 🎠 These 18th-c stables are all that remain of Cranford House, the country seat of the Earls of Berkeley from 1618-1918. Our restoration is part of an ongoing project improving the site, and our Proud Places team have brought lots of young people to visit

Thanks for the lovely spotlight @c20society.bsky.social 🥳 what a way to start our Bluesky account!

Great to have restored so many 20th century sites this year and lots more on the list for next year ⭐️