Architectural Heritage Fund
Encyclopedia
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is a registered charity (No. 266780) founded in 1976 to promote the conservation of historic buildings in the United Kingdom. It provides information, advice and finance to Building Preservation Trust
s and other charities in the U.K..
As at 2005, the fund had provided grants of over £3.5 million and loans of over £73 million to over 1000 eligible projects.
over five years and an additional £1 million from English Heritage
. The buildings targeted will be Grade I and Grade II* status buildings on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk register.
List of all case studies:
Building Preservation Trust
A Building Preservation Trust is an organisation whose main aims include the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings. BPTs normally have charitable status....
s and other charities in the U.K..
Scope
In order to apply for finance, organisations must have charitable status. The building must be listed, scheduled or in a conservation area and of acknowledged historic merit and projects must involve a change either in the ownership of a property or in its use. The AHF does not provide finance to private and commercial owners and buildings in long-term ownership or use.As at 2005, the fund had provided grants of over £3.5 million and loans of over £73 million to over 1000 eligible projects.
Legal status
The fund is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee without a share capital and registered at Companies House number 01150304.The Challenge Fund
In June 2011 it was announced that the AHF would be administering the new £2 million Challenge Fund to rescue historic buildings at risk. The fund is to be formed by a donation of £1 million from the Andrew Lloyd Webber FoundationAndrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
over five years and an additional £1 million from English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
. The buildings targeted will be Grade I and Grade II* status buildings on English Heritage's Heritage at Risk register.
Example projects
Some of projects the AHF has helped finance include:- Community theatre: The Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Suffolk.
- Community and Education resource, Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.
- Arts and cultural venue: Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, East London.
List of all case studies:
- http://www.ahfund.org.uk/cases.html
Selected publications
- Weir, Hilary. How to Rescue a Ruin - by setting up a local buildings preservation trust. 1990. ISBN 0951546805
See also
- Building Preservation TrustBuilding Preservation TrustA Building Preservation Trust is an organisation whose main aims include the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings. BPTs normally have charitable status....
- Building Preservation and Conservation Trusts in the UKBuilding Preservation and Conservation Trusts in the UKThe National Trust and English Heritage are the best known building conservation trusts in the United Kingdom for the protection of listed buildings and buildings of architectural importance. However, there are many buildings within the United Kingdom that are not under the care of either trust but...
- U.K. Association of Building Preservation TrustsU.K. Association of Building Preservation TrustsThe United Kingdom Association of Building Preservation Trusts acts as the representative body for Building Preservation Trusts in the U.K. Membership is open to charities whose principal objective is to preserve historic buildings...