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8 unusual facts about Heritage Lottery Fund


Florence Kate Upton

The stone has now been set upright, courtesy of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and awaits restoration.

Guilford Puteal

It was eventually bought for £294,009 (including an £108,000 Art Fund grant and other money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the British Museum Friends and the Caryatids of the Greek and Roman Department) - this would have been higher had it gone onto the open market and through the usual sales processes, or if the Museum had not been able to respond as rapidly as it could due to the Nicopolis discovery.

Hoffmann kiln

The site at Llanymynech, close to Oswestry was used for lime-burning and has recently been partially restored as part of an industrial archaeology conservation project supported by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Oxford Bus Museum

In 1984 the vehicles were moved to the museum’s present location on the site of the goods yard at Hanborough railway station, where covered accommodation was erected, being extensively refurbished in 2001 with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Pilleth

A major programme of restoration was undertaken in 2002-2004, partly funded by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and with support from the European Regional Development Fund.

Stamford Mercury

The Trust received a grant of £305,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake a five year conservation programme.

The Bat Conservation Trust

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), Natural England and the City Bridge Trust, BCT runs the England Count Bat project, which aims to involve a wider spectrum of people in bat conservation, particularly those from under-represented groups.

Warren Cup

The cup was acquired by its present owner, the British Museum, in 1999 for £1.8 million, with funds provided by the Heritage Lottery Fund, National Art Collections Fund and The British Museum Friends, to prevent its going abroad.


Droitwich Canals Trust

From 2001 it worked as part of a larger group, the Droitwich Canals Restoration Partnership, and in 2004, following a successful application for a grant of £4.6 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund surrendered its lease on the canal to British Waterways, who then managed the restoration through to the reopening of the canals in 2011.

Lyme Caxton Missal

The missal was purchased in 2008 by the National Trust at a cost of £465,000, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, The Art Fund, and other organisations.

Madonna of the Pinks

After a huge public appeal the Madonna of the Pinks was bought in 2004 by the National Gallery from the Duke of Northumberland for £34.88 million, with contributions from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Art Collections Fund.

Royal Victoria Park, Bath

In 2007 a programme of reconstruction and restoration was undertaken by Bath and North East Somerset Council and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.


see also

Highland Museum of Childhood

In June 2010 the museum completed the construction of a new education space called "The Goods Shed", funded by The Heritage Lottery Fund; The Robertson Trust; Highlands & Islands Enterprise; The EU through the Highland Leader Programme; Community Energy Scotland; Museums Galleries Scotland; The Highland Council; several other Trusts and the museum's own resources.