Landmark Trust

The Landmark Trust
Status Building conservation and preservation charity
Territory Worldwide
Leadership Peter Pearce
Founded 1965
HQ Shottesbrooke, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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 gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental. The Trust's headquarters is at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire.

Those who stay in "Landmarks" provide a continuing source of funds to support restoration costs and building maintenance. The trust currently has 190 properties,[1] ranging from grand to modest in scale. Landmark sites include forts, farmhouses, manor houses, mills, cottages, castles, gatehouses, follies and towers. They represent historic periods from medieval to 20th century. Properties may be rented by the week or for three- or four-day stays throughout the year.

Most trust properties are scattered throughout 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 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 American sites are owned by an independent sister charity Landmark Trust USA.

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

Contents

Landmark Trust properties in the Channel Islands

Landmark Trust properties in the UK

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:

  • The Barn
  • Bramble Villa East
  • Bramble Villa West
  • Castle and Keep Cottages
  • Government House
  • Hanmers
  • Millcombe House
  • The Old House
  • The Old Light
  • The Old School
  • Tibbets

England

The Trust operates the following properties in England:

Scotland

Wales

Landmark Trust properties in France

  • La Célibataire, Le Moulin de la Tuilerie, Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne

Landmark Trust properties in Italy

Landmark Trust properties in the USA

Landmark Trust 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Handbook - History to Discover". The Landmark Trust. http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/handbook/. Retrieved 1 June 2009. 
  2. ^ Philatelic Research at the British Library by David Beech

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