Landmark Trust

The Landmark Trust
Formation 1965
Legal status Building conservation and preservation charity
Headquarters Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Region served
 Predominantly UK
Director
 Dr Anna Keay
Website www.landmarktrust.org.uk

The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then makes them available for holiday rental. The Trust's headquarters is at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire.

Most trust properties are in England, Scotland and Wales. Some are on Lundy Island off the coast of north Devon, operated under lease from the National Trust. In continental Europe there are Landmark sites in Belgium, France and Italy. Four properties are in the United States — all in Vermont — one of which, Naulakha, was the home of Rudyard Kipling in the 1890s.

The Trust is a charity registered in England & Wales[1] and in Scotland.[2] The American sites are owned by an independent sister charity Landmark Trust USA. There is also an Irish Landmark Trust.[3]

Those who rent "Landmarks" provide a source of funds to support restoration costs and building maintenance. The trust has 190 properties,[4] of varying sizes. Landmark sites include forts, farmhouses, manor houses, mills, cottages, castles, gatehouses, follies and towers and represent historic periods from medieval to 20th century.

In May 2015 five life-sized sculptures, Land, were placed near the centre and at four compass points of the UK in a commission by the Landmark Trust to celebrate its 50th anniversary. They were at Lowsonford (Warwickshire), Lundy (Bristol Channel), Clavell Tower (Dorset), Saddell Bay (Scotland), and the Martello Tower (Aldeburgh, Suffolk).[5][6]

The following lists aim to be complete and illustrate both the variety of structures and geographical spread of the trust.

Properties in the Channel Islands

Fort Clonque, Alderney
Appleton Water Tower, Norfolk
Manor Farm, Norfolk
Morpeth Castle, Northumberland
The Pigsty, North Yorkshire

Properties in the United Kingdom

England

Lundy

Main article: Lundy

The Landmark Trust manages the Island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel on behalf of the National Trust and operates a number of holiday cottages there. The properties on Lundy managed by the Trust include:

Rest of England

The Trust operates the following properties in other parts of England:

North

Name Image Town County Country Status Notes
Causeway House Bardon Mill Northumberland England

Midlands

Name Image Town County Country Status Notes
St Winifred's Well Woolston, near Oswestry Shropshire England
Bush Cottage Near Bridgnorth Shropshire England
North Street Cromford Derbyshire England Earliest piece of planned industrial housing in the world, at the heart of a designated World Heritage Site.
The Tower Canons Ashby Northamptonshire England
St Mary's Lane Tewkesbury Gloucestershire England
Lock Cottage Stoke Pound Worcestershire England Built between 1790 and 1815, located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Lengthsman's Cottage Lowsonford Warwickshire England Located on the towpath of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal
Swarkestone Hall Pavilion Near Ticknall Derbyshire England
Knowle Hill Near Ticknall Derbyshire England
Abbey Gatehouse Tewkesbury Gloucestershire England Built 1500, standing guard over Tewkesbury Abbey
Iron Bridge House Ironbridge Shropshire England
The House of Correction Folkingham Lincolnshire England
The Bath House Near Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire England
The Chateau Gate Burton Lincolnshire England
Langley Gatehouse Near Acton Burnell Shropshire England
Ingestre Pavilion Tixall Staffordshire England
East Banqueting House Chipping Campden Gloucestershire England
West Banqueting House Chipping Campden Gloucestershire England
Bromfield Priory Gatehouse Near Ludlow Shropshire England
Tixall Gatehouse Near Stafford Staffordshire England
Alton Towers
railway station		 Alton Staffordshire England
Shelwick Court Near Hereford Herefordshire England
The White House Aston Munslow Shropshire England
Field House Minchinhampton Gloucestershire England
Astley Castle Nuneaton Warwickshire England Winner of the 2013 Stirling Prize

Southwest

Name Image Town County Country Status Notes
Whiteford Temple Callington Cornwall England
The Egyptian House Penzance Cornwall England
Peters Tower Lympstone Devon England
The Chapel Lettaford, North Bovey Devon England
The Captain's House Lower Porthmeor Cornwall England
The Farm House Lower Porthmeor Cornwall England
2, Mill House Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
The Parish House Baltonsborough Somerset England
Danescombe Mine Calstock Cornwall England
Arra Venton Lower Porthmeor Cornwall England
Sanders Lettaford, North Bovey Devon England
Bridge Cottage Peppercombe Devon England
The Library Stevenstone Devon England
Swiss Cottage Endsleigh, near Tavistock Devon England Designed by Jeffrey Wyatville
The Old Hall Croscombe Somerset England
Robin Hood's Hut Halswell, Goathurst Somerset England
Frenchman's Creek Helford Cornwall England
The College Week St Mary Cornwall England
Shute Gatehouse Near Axminster Devon England
1, Mill House Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
The Carpenter's Shop Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
Chapel Cottage Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
Ford Cottage Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
The Priest's House Holcombe Rogus Devon England
The China Tower Bicton Devon England
Pond Cottage Endsleigh, near Tavistock Devon England
1, Hawkers Cottage Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
Castle Bungalow Peppercombe Devon England
Wolveton Gatehouse Near Dorchester Dorset England
Cawsey House Great Torrington Devon England
The Wardrobe Salisbury Wiltshire England
2, Hawkers Cottage Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
Coombe Corner Coombe, Bude Cornwall England
Beckford's Tower Bath Somerset England
Margells Branscombe Devon England
Anderton House Goodleigh Devon England 1970's architecture
Crownhill Fort Plymouth Devon England
Stogursey Castle Stogursey, Bridgwater Somerset England
Clavell Tower Kimmeridge, Wareham Dorset England
Marshal Wade's House Bath Somerset England
Woodspring Priory Near Weston-super-Mare Somerset England
Woodsford Castle Near Dorchester Dorset England
Kingswear Castle Near Dartmouth Devon England
Gurney Manor Cannington Somerset England
Belmont Lyme Regis Dorset England
Elton House Bath Somerset England
Silverton Park Stables Silverton Devon England
Wortham Manor Lifton Devon England

Scotland and Wales

Name Image Town County Country Status Notes
Ascog House Ascog Isle of Bute Scotland
Auchinleck House Auchinleck East Ayrshire Scotland
Cul na Shee Argyll and Bute Scotland
Dunmore Pineapple Falkirk Scotland
Gargunnock House Stirling Scotland
Hill House Helensburgh Scotland Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Mackintosh Building Comrie Scotland
Old Place of Monrieth Port William Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Castle of Park Glenluce Dumfries and Galloway Scotland
Collegehill House Roslin Scotland
Saddell Castle Argyll and Bute Scotland
Bath Tower Caernarfon Gwynedd Wales
Clytha Castle Monmouthshire Wales
Dolbelydr Trefnant Denbighshire Wales
West Blockhouse Dale Pembrokeshire Wales Palmerston Fort protecting Milford Haven
Church Cottage Llandygwydd Ceredigion Wales
Rhiwddolion Betws-y-Coed Gwynedd Wales
Plas Uchaf Corwen Denbighshire Wales

Properties in Belgium

Properties in France

Properties in Italy

The Spanish Steps, seen from Piazza di Spagna, Italy. John Keats lived in the house in the right foreground.

Properties in the USA

Archives

The Landmark Trust Lundy Island Philatelic Archive was donated to the British Library Philatelic Collections in 1991 and is located at the British Library.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Landmark Trust, Registered Charity no. 243312 at the Charity Commission
  2. ↑ Landmark Trust, Registered Charity no. SC039205 at the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
  3. ↑ "Irish Landmark". Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Handbook - History to Discover". The Landmark Trust. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Land - An art installation for all to mark Landmark’s 50th year". Landmark Trust. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sir Antony Gormley sculptures placed at five UK beauty spots". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  7. ↑ Philatelic Research at the British Library by David Beech

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