Benjamin Franklins House, London

In the heart of London, near Trafalgar Square, is Benjamin

Franklin House, the world's only remaining Franklin home.
The House, built circa 1730 is architecturally and
historically significant. It holds a Grade I listing and retains
a majority of original features (central staircase; lathing;
18th century paneling; stoves; windows; fittings; beams;
brick, etc) 'unimproved' over time. For nearly sixteen years
between 1757 and 1775, Dr Benjamin Franklin - scientist,
diplomat, philosopher, inventor, Founding Father of the
United States and more - lived behind its doors.

Recently, the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House were

granted the freehold to 36 Craven Street from the British Government, the property was in dire
condition.

The management team aims to:

Restore the premises

Create a dynamic museum and historical experience
Open an educational facility with hands-on experimentation
Establish a research centre including a full-set of the published Papers of Benjamin
Franklin, as a focal point in Europe for study of Franklin and the myriad subjects with which
he was associated

Funding

Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Grants Award 1.5 million

Other Notable Contributors: Equitable Charitable Trust, the Fidelity Foundation, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers Foundation, the Royal Society of Arts, the Starr
Foundation, the US Embassy, London, the Weston Foundation, and the Wolfson Foundation.
Images of England , Swindon

Images of England is a heritage initiative

run by the National Monuments Record,
the public archive of English Heritage. The
aim of the project was to create a unique
historical digital photographic record of
every listed building and object (some
370,000) in England, using a voluntary
labour force of photographers. Volunteers
were tasked with taking one defining image of each listed building; showing as much of the
buildings listed features as possible. The project started was completed in September 2007. The
collection is comprised of over 300,000 images, taken by more than 2,000 volunteers since 1999
including images of Englands built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll
booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.

The project aims to:

Provide public access via the Internet to a permanent searchable national visual record
comprising a high quality image of every listed building or group of listed buildings in England
at the beginning of a new Millennium;

Ensure the national visual record adds value to existing information on the built heritage, has
enduring worth and is presented in a form suited to the needs of a wide range of users;

Promote the work and services of English Heritage through the provision of commercial
services in the form of image-based products from the national visual record

Stimulate a community interest in and enjoyment of the built heritage, leading to local support
for its conservation, through the development and use of these Images of England.

Funding

Heritage Lottery Fund Millennium Fund Award 4.7 million

English Heritage Development Grant
Kodak In-kind contribution of film for the first survey season
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham

Built in 1698 as a modest house, by the

coachmen of the Earl of Bradford, Strawberry Hill
is at Grade I listed building and Britain's finest
example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture
and interior decoration. It was transformed into 'a
little Gothic castle' by Horace Walpole, man of
letters and the son of England's first Prime
Minister. Between 1747 and 1792 Walpole
doubled its size, creating Gothic rooms and adding towers and battlements in fulfillment of his
dream. Further additions were made by the Countess Waldegrave in the 19th Century. Strawberry
Hill has been owned by the Catholic Education Service and leased to St Marys College since
1925. It is an independent College, which offers a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate
courses. St Marys College currently use the Waldegrave Wing and The New Offices for teaching
and College related purposes; however, Walpoles Villa remains largely disused and stands
isolated at the northern edge of the campus. Whilst the external fabric of the Walpole building can
be described as fair to poor in areas, the very delicate interiors of many of the rooms are in
extremely poor condition and are very vulnerable to any rental use.

The Strawberry Hill Trust aims to:

Acquire the leasehold of the entire Grade I listed property and adjacent grounds
Restore and conserve Walpoles Villa and the adjacent grounds
Manage Walpoles Villa as a visitor attraction and educational facility for schools
Operate the site as a viable and sustainable charitable organisation
Operate a training and education programme during the project
Improve physical and intellectual access to the site and its history
Enhance the visitor experience
Funding

Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Grants Award 4.6 million

Other Notable Contributors: English Heritage, Architectural Heritage Fund, the Wolfson
Foundation, the Weston Family Foundation, the Foyle Foundation, the City Bridge Trust and
the Robert Wilson Challenge Fund NY through the World Monument Fund
John Murray Archive, Edinburgh
John McMurray established the publishing
house of John Murray in 1768. Over seven
generations the firm grew to become one
of the world's greatest publishers. The
firm's historical archive (to 1920) of over
150,000 items is now at the National
Library of Scotland. These items represent
the lives and works of many great writers in
the fields of literature, science, politics,
travel and exploration. Among the circle of
authors and correspondents (well over 16,000 in all) represented in the Archive are writers as
diverse as Lord Byron, Jane Austen, Charles Darwin and David Livingstone. The business papers,
manuscripts, private letters and occasionally surprising personal mementoes in the Archive give a
remarkable insight into many of the lives and ideas that helped to make the modern world.

The project will aim to:

Acquire one of the most important collections of 19th century thought and achievement
currently available.
Interpret and display the John Murray Archive by enabling the Library to develop existing
facilities to be able to exploit the archive to its fullest
Adapt existing south reading rooms to become the John Murray Reading Room, dedicated
to the study of the John Murray Archive and associated themes
Adapt existing board room to become a multi purpose space incorporating a John Murray
exhibition and John Murray themed events and activities

Funding
Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Grants Award 17.7 million
Scottish Government 7 million
Individual Giving 6.5 million (estimated)
Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent
In 1984 the Royal Dockyard at Chatham
was closed, bringing to an end 400 years
of ship-building history. After the closure,
the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was
established to encourage development and
commercial enterprise and to preserve
Europes most complete example of an
18th century dockyard.

The Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust

would like to develop the dockyard as a world-class tourist destination and assist in regeneration
through the creation of local jobs. Planning the museum opening in 2010 will provide a key focus
for the Cultural Olympiad and coincide with plans to inaugurate The Historic Dockyard and its
surrounding defenses as a World Heritage Site the same year.

The project aims to:

Establish a museum of the Royal Dockyard to be opened on the site in order to provide a
context for exciting interactive exhibitions
Create a historic warships attraction, bringing together HMS Gannet (1878) and HMS
Ocelot (1962) for restoration along with HMS Cavalier (1944) in an accessible environment
that will ensure their long term future
Repair and restore building and infrastructure, bringing a substantial number of historical
buildings back into use

Funding

Rochester upon Medway City Council 4.708 million

Heritage Lottery Fund Heritage Grants Award 4.725 million
South East England Development Agency 2 million
English Heritage and the EU Interreg Programme 6.245 million
EU KONVER Programme 790,665
Wiltons Music Hall, London

Wiltons is the worlds oldest surviving

grand music hall. Built in 1858, the hall is
Grade II* listed and is the most important
surviving early music hall to be found
anywhere. It is of outstanding
architectural and archaeological
significance. In John Wiltons day, 1,500
people used to cram into the music hall
to hear the top acts perform classical overtures, opera and operetta, choral, contemporary and folk
songs. John Wilton died in 1881 and unable to meet new fire regulations, the hall became a
Methodist Mission in 1885. Since 1964 the London Music Hall Trust has campaigned to keep
Wiltons open as a unique part of the heritage of East London. In January 1999, Broomhill Opera
took over the music hall then derelict - as a permanent home. In the ensuing months, basic
remedial works were undertaken on the building in order that Broomhill could occupy it and a
temporary entertainment licence be obtained. The works included performer access to the stage,
strengthening and making safe the balcony, fire separation for escape routes, basic electrical
works, disabled access to the ground floor and auditorium, running water, toilets and heating.
Further works are needed to restore the hall and make it accessible for all.

The project aims to:

Stabilise, restore and refurbish Wiltons Music Hall
Secure the heritage of Wiltons Music Hall as a building of unique historic interest
Actively involve the local and wider community in the history and future of this national asset
Provide dedicated education facilities for the younger community to easily access,
appreciate and participate in the heritage of Wiltons Music Hall

Heritage Lottery Fund 50,000 project planning grant

2 million capital restoration (rejected until group can produce
500,000 and a feasible fund raising strategy)
World Monument Fund Added to the top 100 endangered list