Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust

Want to find out more about our plans to restore and breathe new life into Keelmen’s Hospital, an iconic eighteenth-century almshouse in Newcastle-upon-Tyne? Next month, JDDK Architects will be sharing their designs with the local community. This FREE event is on the 12th of March at St. Mary's Heritage Centre in Gateshead, doors open at 530pm, with the talk starting at 6pm. While attendance is free, donations and membership to the Trust is encouraged to support this vital project. Tickets can be registered by following this link: https://lnkd.in/e4MTbzH7 We hope to see you there!

St Mary’s Heritage Centre, All Saints Church and the former Keelmans Hospital with Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Absolutely beautiful and intriguing buildings being or been brought back into use!

Our first project to hit site at sunny Dunston Staiths. We're working with EDable Architecture , CK21 Ltd and Artis Consulting Ltd to provide a new home for Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust at Dunston Staiths. BCE NORTHERN LIMITED are our northern powerhouse delivering the project and we're delighted to get moving. The staiths birthed the keelmen who used to motor mighty loads of coal from here in the industrial boom and now are home to fascinating habitat in the rare salt marsh on the Gateshead Tyne. We're working with several collaborators at the moment to think about how we better work with these important ecologically industrial multi-species sites of post industry.

Last month, the team went to visit Keelmen's Hospital (some of us for the first time!) to have a look around the building and monitor current works like brick samples being taken for analysis, and the search for a well that appears on early plans for the courtyard area. Exciting times are ahead for this building, for both its past and its future. Head to our website and Patreon to find out more 🧱👷♀️

A magnificent view of Gateshead,Newcastle and the Tyne from the top of St Mary's Heritage Center tower. Thanks to Government funding and skillfull work by Stone Technical we can now safely climb to carry out maintenance and enjoy the views.

An exciting update from Martin about Keelmen’s Hospital. Projects like these need your support so head to https://lnkd.in/eiqt4xNQ to become a member 🧱

Happy Birthday to the The National Lottery Heritage Fund #nationallottery30 #thankstoyou. The Trust received its first grant in 1996 for Alderman Fenwick's House and it latest last month for Keelmen's Hospital both in Newcastle. Other projects include St Hilda's Pit Head, South Shields; Old Low Light, North Shields; and St Mary's Heritage Centre, Gateshead. #heritagedevelopmenttrusts

Can you tell where our Office Manager Corrina was recently? She headed over to Derry for the Heritage Development Trust Program gathering, hosted this time by the Inner City Trust! The event was a 2 day study tour, where Corrina got hands-on knowledge from experts in community and heritage-led regeneration in practice; took part in engaging workshops based on Derry's historic buildings, looked at fascinating case studies and, as you can see, went on a walk-and-talk tour of Derry Walls. Don't forget to check out our website (twbpt.org.uk) to find out more about our own projects and how you can support our team in breathing new life into old buildings for years to come 🧱🏛 #HeritageDevelopmentTrusts #HeritageRegeneration #TheArchitecturalHeritageFund #TheNationalLotteryHeritageFund

Restoration work is underway at St Mary's Heritage Centre! This Grade I listed former church originally dates back to the turn of the fourteenth century and is getting some much needed TLC, particularly focusing on the tower, south porch, and boundary walls. The project will cost a total of £300,000 and we're almost there but need your support to make it over the finish line. By becoming a member of the Trust, you can join our community in giving this old building a new lease of life and get exclusive behind the scenes updates and news about upcoming events. To find out more about how you can support us in saving this fascinating building, head to twbpt.org.uk/membership

Restoration work is underway at St Mary's Heritage Centre! This Grade I listed former church originally dates back to the turn of the fourteenth century and is getting some much needed TLC, particularly focusing on the tower, south porch, and boundary walls. The project will cost a total of £300,000 and we're almost there but need your support to make it over the finish line. By becoming a member of the Trust, you can join our community in giving this old building a new lease of life and get exclusive behind the scenes updates and news about upcoming events. To find out more about how you can support us in saving this fascinating building, head to twbpt.org.uk/membership