The Landmark Trust: Recent Episodes
The Landmark Trust
A look into the work of The Landmark Trust, a conservation charity that restores historic buildings at risk by turning them into holiday accommodation.
The textile industries are of particular importance to the social, political and financial history of the country and via our Landmarks it is possible to trace this history and tell the story of both the trades and crafts associated with it.
The textile industries are of particular importance to the social, political and financial history of the country and via our Landmarks it is possible to trace this history and tell the story of both the trades and crafts associated with it.
The textile industries are of particular importance to the social, political and financial history of the country and via our Landmarks it is possible to trace this history and tell the story of both the trades and crafts associated with it.
Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley (near Calverley Old Hall), keeps a nationally important archive of weaving machinery, fabrics and documents. Meet Curator Rachel Moaby and weaver Agnis Smallwood and discover more about how traditions are being kept alive.
Furniture makers Alice Blogg and Alasdair Kilpatrick were both commisioned to make furniture for the community rooms at Winsford Cottage Hospital. Here they talk about following in the footsteps of the hospitals designer, CFA Voysey.
Every year Landmark gives away 50 stays in our buildings to the beneficiaries of other charities. Here, Caroline Standford talks with Beverley Lord, a volunteer from River House Trust, a community based centre in Hammersmith for people living with HIV, and what their stay at Woodsford Castle meant to them.
The mysteries of the quantity surveying are exposed in this one to one between Historian Caroline Stanford and Quantity Surveyor Adrian Stenning.
Our propery surveyors and project managers reminisce about some of their favourite Landmark projects.
Caring for the books in Lundy's Landmarks involves some special challenges, as Lundy Librarian Michael Williams explains.
Well-stocked bookcases are an essential ingredient of a Landmark stay. Who looks after them? How are they chosen? Two of Landmark's Librarians, Ros Taylor and Elizabeth Jurd, talk books.
Conservation architect Martin Stancliffe remininsces about Culloden Tower and its restoration in Landmark's early days.
Cy Neil and Marilyn Donohue reflect on their lives as Regional Property Managers caring for Landmark's buildings in Scotland and South West England.
Will and Jude Gaches, both apprenticed to their father Philip, worked on our recent restoration of Cobham Dairy. Here they reflect on what drew them to learn decorative plastering as a traditional craft skill - and what it's like working for Dad.
Master plasterers Philip and Anna, who both worked on Cobham Dairy, reflect on their different routes into their craft and the satisfactions of creating fine decorative plasterwork.
The story unfolds in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fife. Two newly donated portraits prompt the telling of the tragic death in a duel of Alexander Boswell, son of the celebrated 18th-century diarist James Boswell of Auchinleck House.
North Argyll Carers provide support for those acting as full time carers in and around Oban. A 50 for Free stay at Saddell House turned out to be a transformative respite for them, as Mairi, Joan and Kim explain here.
A classic tale from George Eliot specially dramatised and performed for us by Sudden Impulse Theatre Company.
Some of our best kept secrets lay beneath our feet. Discover the ghostly remains of landscapes, whose traces tell stories of design genius, playful pastimes and even a place on the stage of rock and roll history.
Actor and Landmark Ambassador Natascha McElhone reads a dramatic extract from John Fowles' famous novel The French Leiutenant's Woman, a work completed by Fowles when he lived at Belmont.
Every year Landmark gives away 50 free stays in our buildings to the beneficiaries of other charities. Here, Sonia and Robert, both diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, explain what staying at Belmont meant to them, hosted by their inspirational mentor Elaine Nicholson.
Recorded at a Landmark Trust open day at Morpeth Castle, this audio clip captures the delight of visiting this building during our open days which we hold in collaboration with the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering.
The story unfolds in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fife. Two newly donated portraits prompt the telling of the tragic death in a duel of Alexander Boswell, son of the celebrated 18th-century diarist James Boswell of Auchinleck House.
Join Dr James Fox as he talks about the fascinating history of our newest Landmark property, Dunshay Manor in Dorset.
West Midlands poet Liz Berry reads her poem 'Tixall Gatehouse Angel' from her Landmark Trust stay in Staffordshire.
In this episode, Landmark Ambassador Kirsty Wark takes us through the incredible history and delicate future of the crumbling Fairburn Tower in Ross-shire, Scotland.
In this episode, thanks to the BBC we are sharing an episode of Open Country, first broadcast on Radio 4. We invited David Lindo, presenter and nature enthusiast, and Helen Lennard, radio producer, to sail over to Lundy with us for its first-ever marathon. Hear some of the runners' motivations for tackling Lundy's compact but challenging terrain and listen to David as he joins Dean Jones, the wildlife warden, on a nature walk and catches Kevin Welsh, Lundy's resident farmer. Open Country is Radio 4's countryside magazine featuring the people and wildlife that shape the landscape of Britain. All rights for this podcast belong to the BBC.
Landmark's Historian Caroline Stanford delves into the history behind the former residents of Coed y Bleiddiau, a tiny 19th-century cottage on the Ffestiniog Railway.
Written and read by Caroline Stanford. Introduction read by Landmark Ambassador Dominic West.
This substantial house overlooks the spectacular Severn gorge. It sits right at the point where the world’s first entire iron bridge was built. Iron Bridge House is an ideal base to explore the museums, sites and the beautiful landscape that provided the wood, ore and water of this cradle of the Industrial Revolution. Written by Caroline Stanford. Read by Will Brown.
An imaginative conversion has made Danescombe Mine, the engine house of a former mine, a lovely and interesting Landmark. Anna Keay explores the history behind the building and the Cornish mining industry. Written and read by Anna Keay.
Landmark Historian Caroline Stanford delves into the history of Lengthsman's Cottage, a snug barrel-roofed 19th-century cottage on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal. Written and read by Caroline Stanford.
Built in 1776 at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, North Street in Cromford, Derbyshire is the earliest example of industrial housing, where Richard Arkwright's mill workers lived (and often worked). Written by Caroline Stanford. Read by Vanessa Shaw.
In a loop of the River Coquet in a quiet wooded valley in Northumberland is Brinkburn Mill. It has a long working past, having been built in about 1800 near the site of its medieval predecessor. Written by Clayre Percy. Read by James Tynan.