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The latest issue of the Surrey Historic Buildings Trust’s newsletter ‘Preserving Surrey’s Heritage’ is out now, with latest news about the Trust’s work, the Surrey Heritage Awards and SHBT’s recent grants for building conservation projects.SHBT Newsletter Autumn 2019 (web)  

Surrey’s best heritage conservation projects were on show at a major event held at West Horsley Place, one of Surrey’s most significant historic buildings. The winners of the Surrey Heritage Awards 2019 were announced by Mr Matthew Slocombe, Director of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), and the trophy for the overall winner was presented by Mr Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey and the Patron of the Surrey Historic Buildings Trust. Scooping the top prize was the Parklands Farm Granary in Ockley, an unusual agricultural building dating back over three hundred...

Surrey Historic Buildings Trust has announced the shortlist for the Surrey Heritage Awards. The six shortlisted nominations are: Lythe Hill Hotel, Chiddingfold Manor Cottage, Shere Oatlands Park Gates, Weybridge Parklands Farm Granary, Ockley Sunt Farmhouse, Oxted, Yew Tree Cottage, Wrecclesham These properties date from between the 15th and 18th centuries and represent some of the most interesting historic buildings in Surrey and ‘Best Practice’ in building conservation. The overall winner will be announced at the Surrey Heritage Awards Ceremony at West Horsley Place on Wednesday 27th...

The Surrey Heritage Awards Ceremony 2019 will take place at West Horsley Place on Wednesday 27 March by kind permission of Mr Bamber Gascoigne and the Mary Roxburghe Trust. The biennial Awards, organised by Surrey Historic Buildings Trust, recognise ‘Best Practice’ in historic building conservation in Surrey. Among the heritage properties in the running for the top trophy are several timber-framed buildings dating back over five hundred years – including Manor Cottage in Shere, Sunt Farmhouse in Oxted, Yew Tree Cottage in Dockenfield and the Lythe Hill Hotel in Chiddingfold – as well as an unusual...