Heritage Funding Stories
Find out more about some of the country’s treasured sites that were awarded Culture Recovery Fund grants to help bring them back to life, safeguarding jobs and supporting expert craftspeople working in the sector.
Case Studies
The Covid-19 Emergency Heritage at Risk Response Fund has awarded grants to help fund urgent maintenance, repairs and surveys at some of England’s locally-cherished historic buildings and sites. Find out how the grants were used at these heritage sites.
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Dunston Staiths, Gateshead
Learn how the Culture Recovery Fund helped the Grade II listed building to begin to recover from an arson attack.
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Meopham Windmill, Kent
Find out about how funding has supported specialist craftworkers to repair a Grade II* listed windmill.
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St Michael and All Angels, Harnhill
An example of funding to churches which has helped to support conservation and construction professionals and preserve the historic environment.
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Newman Brothers’ Coffin Works
Newman Brothers Coffin Works was established as a brass founders in 1882. Read the case study.
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Pinnacle Tower, Great Yarmouth
Pinnacle Tower was awarded £24,844 through the Culture Recovery Fund. Read the case study.
#UncoverMore Films
Join famous faces from TV and radio as they #UncoverMore of the heritage that surrounds us and learn about the essential work that has been carried out thanks to the Culture Recovery Fund and emergency funding from Historic England.
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Ballroom: Oti & Marius
Oti Mabuse and Marius Iepure discover historic dancing spaces.
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Bellfoundry: Rev Kate Bottley
Reverend Kate Bottley visits Taylor's Bell Foundry.
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Lost Gardens: TV adventurer Monty Halls & Family
Discover the beloved gardens that were once lost to the world with TV adventurer Monty Halls and his family.
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Culture Recovery Fund Map of England
See where funding has been distributed to heritage near you.
More Funding Stories
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Blackpool Grand Theatre: Frank Matcham's Masterpiece
See inside the crown jewel of Blackpool's theatre scene.
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Wentworth Woodhouse: Skills for Restoring Heritage
A glimpse into some of the workmanship required to keep part of Rotherham's heritage standing for the community.
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Browsholme Hall: Creating an Archive
What does it take to create an archive that tells the story of a community over 500 years?
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Grinling Gibbons at Kensington Palace
#Uncovermore work by the master woodcarver of the Georgian era around the 300th anniversary of his death.
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Kensington Palace Orangery Brickwork
Discover the fine craftsmanship of brickwork and the hidden graffiti that was carved by a past bricklayer at Kensington Palace's Orangery.
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Repair Works at North Street, Cromford
The Grade I listed North Street is the earliest example of industrial housing where Richard Arkwright's mill workers lived.
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Tin Tabernacle: Kilburn's Hidden Gem
A Victorian church made from corrugated iron. A reconstructed battleship interior. Uncover the stories behind this fascinating building.
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Funding England's Heritage
Learn more about some of the sites that have been supported by the Culture Recovery Fund on our YouTube channel.
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Keeping churches open and in use
Learn how the Government's Heritage Stimulus Fund has helped the National Churches Trust save 32 historic churches and meeting houses for the future.
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Lion Bridge Restoration
Culture Recovery Fund enables Burghley House to complete vital restoration of iconic 18th-century Lion Bridge.
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Living Stones: A Celebration of Achievement
Heritage Stimulus Fund contributed towards 39 projects of repair to Grade I and Grade II* historic Catholic churches throughout England.
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St Paul's Bow Common
Key refurbishments taking place at the church thanks to a Culture Recovery Fund.
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