Campaigners keen to protect Sutton’s historical and cultural heritage, have come together amid concerns for the future of Carshalton’s Old Rectory. The group fear the Grade II listed building in Festival Walk will be sold off by Sutton Council, claiming council chiefs see it as surplus to requirements. Save The Old Rectory Carshalton spokeswoman Sue Horne, who would like the rectory to remain in community use, and fear cuts from central Government Read more [...]

Campaigners keen to protect Sutton’s historical and cultural heritage, have come together amid concerns for the future of Carshalton’s Old Rectory. The group fear the Grade II listed building in Festival Walk will be sold off by Sutton Council, claiming council chiefs see it as surplus to requirements. Save The Old Rectory Carshalton spokeswoman Sue Horne, who would like the rectory to remain in community use, and fear cuts from central Government Read more [...]

A Grade II listed property that was once the location for the Michelin starred restaurant Jessica’s, is being reinvented as a set of nine bespoke apartments. Asquith House in Portland Road, Edgbaston, was built in 1854 as a private residence but has had a variety of uses since, including its time as the popular restaurant from 2003 to 2007. The handsome double fronted property has a columned porch entrance and decorative quoins at the side, contrasting with the red brick. Some of the apartments Read more [...]

Plans to save a treasured demolition-threatened building on the River Mersey have been boosted with confirmation heritage chiefs are treating it as a “priority case”. More than 3,600 people have signed a petition to save Andrew Gibson House, an Edwardian home for sailors’ widows on Seabank Road, Egremont. It has been empty and derelict for over a decade and the Seafarers’ charity that owns it, Nautilus Welfare Fund, has applied to demolish it. English Heritage today said it had made the Read more [...]