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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Sep 15

Snow Graffiti has started work on the mural at Andy's All Day Breakfast in Ashton-in-Makerfield. This is part of the Public Art Project aimed at improving the street scene (funded by UK Government). We can't wait to see the final result! @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Aug 4

Didn't expect to be wowed by Chelmsford but have enjoyed the town trail this evening, learning about Marconi, ballbearings, Roman roads & 19thC feminist Anne Knight.
#heritage #HighStreet
@chelmsfordessex.bsky.social @chelmsford.gov.uk @chelmsford.guide

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jul 30

Scaffolding is officially up at The Cupcakery and Vapour Trader! This is the first project to start on site as part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Town Centre Building Grant Scheme. @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social #heritage #highstreets

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jun 20

As part of the Ashton-in-Makerfield Building Grant Scheme, we are producing a series of blog posts exploring the history of some of the town's shops and pubs. Our first one is about the Brian Boru Club, the oldest Irish pub in Great Britain! You can give it a read at: shorturl.at/3mtpv

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · May 30

We're very pleased to be working with Richmondshire BPT again at the Old Grammar. Great new project to create a Centre for Creativity and Digital Enterprise.
That pesky ivy has grown since we were last involved! 🤣Asset transfer in progress. See www.rbptrust.co.uk/Projects/Old....

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Stone gable of the hall of the Old Grammar with large traceried window; adjacent secondary, older gable with oriel bay window of the former headmaster's office. Ivy, vegetation and heras fencing in the foreground.

Small section of the 2-storey stone Old Grammar School building - recess between two gabled bays, with a green painted door and two square windows on the ground floor, and a 6-section gothic-looking window all the way across at first floor. (3 pairs of pointed-arched windows, with stone mullions in between.) This first floor window lighted a large room that used to be the Common Room of the original Victorian Old Grammar School. Ivy growing in the corner, up a drainpipe, as far as the top of the ground floor windows - and dead ivy higher up, suggesting that it has previously been cut back. Snowboards at eaves level, with vegetation growing in the gutter. Photo taken in 2018, when the building has been vacant for 5 years.

Small section of the 2-storey stone Old Grammar School building - recess between two gabled bays, with ivy growing in the corner, all the way to the eaves, covering the windows of the first floor Old Common Room. Boarded-up door at ground floor but can’t see windows beside this, as they are covered in ivy. Photo taken in 2025, when the building has been vacant for 12 years. It looks very unloved.

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Mar 24

One advantage of being on a very long train (for a very long time) is the ability to photograph the back end of it, from the front! Here the 15.19 from Plymouth crosses Brunel's bridge over the River Plym.
#heritage #engineering
@railwayarch.bsky.social @gwr.com

Two arches of an iron lattice railway bridge, sailing high over a wide river, with boats in the foreground and buildings on the shore beyond. The portal of the bridge says "I.K. Brunel 1859 Engineer" in large white letters, above the end carriages of a train which is passing over the bridge.

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Mar 14

Good to meet with Trustees at Gedling Old Station this morning - it was warmer outside than inside the building, so we held our discussions on the old platform!
@gedlingeye.bsky.social @railwayheritage.bsky.social @heritagefunduk.bsky.social

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Mar 12

Watched an excellent WHUK webinar last night about climate change mitigation in #Edinburgh #WHS. Made me appreciate how beautiful my home town is.. #RefreshinglyBuxton
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

Park with blue sky; war memorial and Georgian urn

Street scene, looking over Buxton's town centre, with Victorian baths arcade and terrace of Georgian 3-storey houses and shops, stepping up the hill to the huge Palace Hotel

View down towards Buxton's Opera House, with blue sky and copper dome of St John's church tower rising above. Pavilion Gardens park to the left and historic Old Hall Hotel to right. Beautiful stone-built buildings. One bright red car in a sea of tarmac in front of the theatre!

Buxton's Georgian Crescent, with open arches of ground floor arcade and two floors of Georgian windows over. Skyline dominated by Palace Hotel behind. Slopes park and Pump Room in the foreground

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Mar 10

We're proud to have switched Banks, choosing one with an Ethical Policy that matches our values. This completes one of our @carbonliteracy.bsky.social pledges!
@heritagenetwork.bsky.social #netzero

Image is a screenshot from a letter with the Cooperative Bank heading, saying 'Welcome'

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Mar 3

Had to have a coffee in this wonderful coffee shop in Kendal - rude not to when it has such a lovely shopfront!
Farrers have been trading here since 1819 (tho the building dates from 1639). Grade 2 listed primarily on account of its historic shop interior.
#heritage #HighStreet
@ihbc.bsky.social

Bow fronted shopfront, painted black with white Georgian windows and 'Farrer, 'Tea' and 'Coffee' hand-painted in gold lettering on the fascia. Central door with two glazed panels above the midrail with narrow margin lights. Ornamental glazed overlight. Oval hanging sign.

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Feb 25

The pigeon holes in Marrakech's city walls were apparently left by the scaffolders. Should make it easy to put up scaff in future, for maintenance. Alternatively, there may have been a dispute with the contractor over making good....
@historictownsvf.bsky.social @archhfund.org.uk @ihbc.bsky.social

The terracotta pink-rendered 12th century historic walls around Marrakech were built of rubble, straw and mud. A series of regular 150mm square holes are now used by nesting birds, but are scaffolding putlogs. Bright blue February sky, with shadows cast by palm trees

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Richard MacDonald @tourguideliverp.bsky.social · Feb 11

Had a great day with the @heritagecomment.bsky.social team at Wigan Local Studies and Leigh Library as part of our upcoming Building Grant Scheme work.

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Feb 11

It’s been a great day researching the history of Ashton-in-Makerfield and Leigh in the local archives! As part of the Building Grant Schemes, we will be producing blog posts exploring the history of a selection of buildings, so stay tuned! @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Feb 11

Check out this beautifully illustrated @veluxglobal.bsky.social case study. We were project managers for the re-roofing of Paradise Mill in Macclesfield, home of the Silk Museum's amazing historic jacquard looms. Great credit to architect Simon Revill.
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View over mill roof, with new rooflights to each side of valley gutter, and extensive views of the townscape beyond

Interior of Paradise Mill, with timber machinery under a sloping roof, with light shining down from new rooflights

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Feb 10

The gutter cleaning works have started in Ashton-in-Makerfield!
Orb Rope Access have been appointed to complete the #maintenance works to 12 properties on the high street. This has been organised as part of the Building Grant Scheme. @wigancouncil.bsky.social @tourguideliverp.bsky.social

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Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are hiring!

Thanks to funding from NLHF, Historic England, HES and NTS, we are expanding our team. If you are interested in heritage and building restoration, we have jobs throughout the UK.

For more information and to apply head to our website: heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/exciting-new...

Exciting new opportunities to join our staff team - Heritage Trust Network

We are delighted to announce some exciting opportunities to join our staff team as the Network enters a new phase of its development thanks to funding from the National Lottery...

heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk

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Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social · Feb 6

We're one of 17 heritage organisations with a stall in Ocean Terminal, Leith, tomorrow from 12-4pm, as part of the Edinburgh Local Heritage Network Fair

If you want to hear about our ongoing church recording project and other work, do pop by and say hello!

Info here 👇
edinburgh.org/900/event/ed...

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jan 31

We’re so proud of our colleague Kate Mitchell, who has joined the board of Leeds BPT. She’ll be a re-energising force! Look out Leeds #heritage at risk! @heritagenetwork.bsky.social @buttressarchitects.bsky.social @archhfund.org.uk @leedscivictrust.bsky.social @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jan 29

Introducing Tyldesley, the office draught excluder (named after our Tyldesley HAZ project). When it comes to #ClimateAction, we have to do every little thing we can.

Proud to be Carbon Literate, thanks to Carbon Literacy Project course offered through @heritagenetwork.bsky.social & @HistoricEng

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Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social · Jan 27

New locations of #Bradford Local Studies and Bradford branch of West Yorkshire Archive Services still to be decided. 📜

'Archive of Bradford's history still looking for new home' - @bradfordtanda.bsky.social

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2488304...

Important archive of Bradford's history still looking for new home

THE future home of an important archive of Bradford and West Yorkshire’s history has yet to be decided.

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk

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Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jan 27

The term 'pattern book' concerns me. Whilst exemplars are useful, all older buildings need to be studied & retrofitting considered on an individual basis, together with external factors such as aspect & wind direction.
Hope this book builds on Historic England advice & doesn't contradict it.

Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · Jan 27

NEWS | 5th Studio launches retrofit pattern book
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/5th-stu...

5th Studio launches retrofit pattern book

The book, which looks specifically at flat-fronted Victorian terraced house types, is the first in a...

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

Creative Heritage Consultants Ltd @heritagecomment.bsky.social · Jan 23

Looks like you're in a great #heritage building - where is it?

@Northern Soul Consultancy CIC @northernsoulcic.bsky.social · Jan 23

Hello Blueskiers 👋

We’re excited to be here & excited to share that SPARK, our new leadership development programme funded by the Virgin Money Foundation & @tnlcomfund.bsky.social, has officially launched 💫

You can read more about it on our LinkedIn page - www.linkedin.com/posts/northe...

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@Northern Soul Consultancy CIC @northernsoulcic.bsky.social · Jan 23

Hello Blueskiers 👋

We’re excited to be here & excited to share that SPARK, our new leadership development programme funded by the Virgin Money Foundation & @tnlcomfund.bsky.social, has officially launched 💫

You can read more about it on our LinkedIn page - www.linkedin.com/posts/northe...

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Jan 10

The National Trust turns 130 this year! While celebrating our past, we're focused on the future.

This new strategy is our plan for the next decade, shaped by feedback from 70,000 partners, members, visitors, volunteers and staff asking, 'How can we serve you?'

Here it is: https://buff.ly/40upATu

Celebrating 130 years of nature, beauty and history with the National Trust

In 1895, three pioneering social reformers set about establishing the National Trust, to protect nature, beauty and history, for everyone, for ever.In this v...

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Heritage Network @heritagenetwork.bsky.social · Jan 10

Did you know we host member only events?

Network Days & events like advice sessions with Partner Members allow members to get expert information & ask questions about projects & organisations.

These events are one of many benefits, find out more & join:

Join Us - Heritage Trust Network

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