Landmark Autumn 09

Handbook Join the Landmark Friends The Landmark Friends are a lively group of loyal Landmarkers who have their own programme of events and run frequent house parties in our larger buildings. You can join for just £50 a year (£40 by Direct Debit). Find out more on our website or call the Friends’ Coordinators on 01628 825920.

The 23rd edition of the Landmark Trust Handbook, published in October 2008, features 190 historic buildings available to stay in – follies, castles, towers, banqueting houses, cottages and other unusual buildings. Through the building entries and a collection of articles, the Handbook traces our architectural heritage from the 12th to the 20th century.

A Friends' reception earlier this year at Goddards

The 232-page Handbook costs just £10 plus postage and packing. The Handbook cost is refundable against your first booking or you may wish to use the refund voucher to make a donation to support Landmark’s work in rescuing historic buildings.

15 years of the Heritage Lottery Fund This year the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) celebrates its fifteenth year supporting the UK’s historic buildings. Landmark is hugely grateful for the support we have received from the HLF, without which we would not have been able to complete several major projects.

Thank you, HLF.

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40th Anniversary Appeal for Lundy

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2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Landmark’s management of Lundy. When Sir Jack Hayward generously enabled purchase of the island by the National Trust, it was Sir John Smith and the newly formed Landmark Trust who stepped in to take a lease and manage the island.

To encourage you to book a Landmark for 2010 (or even 2011), we are holding the prices of all Landmarks, except those on Lundy, until 8 December 2009. So if you book your holiday, a short break or a Landmark for a special occasion and pay in full by 8 December 2009, you can do so at 2009 prices.

Today, it is a thriving community with an extended ‘population’ of those who often visit time and Lundy again to stay in the 23 buildings cared for by Landmark, sailing out on our doughty vessel MS Oldenburg or crossing by helicopter in winter. Ensuring the future of a whole island involves far more than just care of its buildings, and last year we completed urgent repairs to the shore road, Lundy’s supply lifeline.

As well as photographs, floor plans and prices, on our website you will find details of each building’s history and area. You can search by date, location and also select Landmarks suitable for dogs or which have a fire. Payment is made by telephone and one of our booking team will call you to take your debit or credit card details. You can, of course, also book by telephone and our booking team are always happy to answer any queries (see page 3).

Prices held until December 2009

There is much more to be done to make sure Lundy continues to have a viable future, and so we have launched a 40th Anniversary Appeal to improve the island’s infrastructure, maintain its unique environment and encourage greater understanding of Lundy. The water storage tank will soon need upgrading and we would like to further improve the island’s energy efficiency.

In July we introduced online booking, which has proved an instant success. Almost 50% of Landmark’s bookings are already being made via our website and we are really grateful for the feedback you have given us, which will help us make the site even better in the future.

Autumn 2009

The Landmark Trust is a building preservation charity that rescues historic buildings at risk for everyone to enjoy, giving them a new life by letting them for inspiring holidays.

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On site at Cavendish Hall

Lundy is a special place and more popular than ever. Reflecting the ongoing costs of running the island and our ambition to make Lundy more sustainable, 2010 Lundy accommodation prices are subject to a small rise, although the cost of sailing tickets remains unchanged.

Whether you are planning to go away soon or sometime next year, it is always worth checking our website to see which Landmarks are available.

In late October, MS Oldenburg will sail up the Severn to Gloucester Docks for a number of events and celebrations and we hope to see many of you there.

If you would like to contribute to our 40th Anniversary Appeal, please go to www.landmarktrust.org.uk, where you will also find details of the events.

Legacy events One of the events planned on MS Oldenburg while in Gloucester is a talk on inheritance tax and how best to plan to minimise its impact. This free seminar is given by Landmark's lawyers, and will last about an hour. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and speak to members of the Landmark team.

Further legacy events are being planned, and for more information please contact Emma Seymour on 01628 825920 or visit our website.

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Staying in Landmarks Letter from the Director Green themes are of growing significance in Landmark's future plans. Of course, we have been recycling old buildings for over 40 years; but we also, for example, have started to use new and increasingly cost-effective technology such as heat pumps in Landmarks. We make available information about the many Landmarks accessible by public transport, and do our best to encourage local recycling (surprisingly hard as every council is different) and help visitors to think about their energy consumption.

Landmarks by public transport Leaving the car at home is increasingly appealing for all sorts of reasons and it is worth remembering that a number of Landmarks are easily accessible by public transport and have shops and restaurants nearby.

This handsome clocktower, for two people happy with a vertical existence, stands right on the beach at Lympstone, and is served by its own railway station a short walk away.

The Egyptian House, Penzance (each for up to 3 or 4) There are three apartments behind this exuberant façade, which was inspired by the passion for all things Egyptian in the early nineteenth century. Penzance is a bustling town with much to see, do and learn about, enough to keep the whole family amused. Good public transport facilities exist enabling you to explore the wider area.

Cawood Castle is the only remnant of a once proud Cardinal’s residence just south of York. The village of Cawood has a good bus service and, once there, you may well decide just to hole up with a few good books and the woodstove.

The Steward’s House, Oxford (for up to 2) Lundy is regarded as an exemplar of environmental self-sufficiency, and we now own and care for a significant amount of beautiful land comprising the settings of Landmarks, recently planting or strengthening several more orchards at Landmarks using traditional local varieties of the building's period, with others to follow.

Themes such as these have an ever more important place in our care for ancient buildings.

Peter Pearce, Director

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Work started at Cavendish Hall in Suffolk in June. This elegant Regency villa and an endowment for its refurbishment were a most generous bequest from Mrs Pamela Matthews.

New heating, water and electrical services are being installed and a new kitchen and bathrooms put in. The house will be redecorated in keeping with its period and landscaping works will further enhance its setting. Cavendish Hall will open as a Landmark for up to 12 people in Spring 2010. Contact the Booking Office to be informed when bookings open.

Peters Tower, Devon (for up to 2)

Cawood Castle, North Yorkshire (for up to 4)

Peter Pearce

On site at Cavendish Hall

Cavendish Hall, Suffolk

To order a Handbook or make a donation to help us rescue buildings at risk, please complete the form below, telephone the Booking Office or go online.

Cowside update

The Handbook costs £10 plus postage and packing: • £3 UK second class post • £5 UK first class post • £10 to Europe and rest of the world

Thanks are due to everyone who has made it possible for work to begin on site at Cowside. The preliminary works at this rare seventeenthcentury farmhouse are now underway to repair the roof and make the building weathertight for the winter. We will be continuing structural repair work until the New Year, when we will start a second phase to create the Landmark accommodation.

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Grade II* Oxenford Gatehouse near Elstead in Surrey represents A.W.Pugin and the Gothic Revival at their most picturesque. It was built for Lord Midleton of Peper Harrow in 1843, when Pugin was working on his own home, The Grange in Ramsgate (also in Landmark’s care).

Bookings will soon be open for up to four people at Oxenford Gatehouse. Check our website for further information.

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It is a unique experience to be able to stay in the precincts of the Oxford Union, placed at the heart of both Town and Gown. The city’s wider architectural backdrop is second to none, and this is one of those Landmarks where life is actually easier without a car (others might be Elton House, Princelet Street, Cloth Fair or The Music Room).

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The Wardrobe, Salisbury (for up to 4) The quietude and sense of privilege of its cathedral close setting make it hard to think of this as a city centre Landmark, with the River Avon running along the boundary of the garden below and water meadows beyond.

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Shore Cottages

For a larger party wishing to arrive by train, Crownhill Fort offers a solution, as well as a chance to play on its ramparts and emplacements. This is the perfect base from which to explore Devon and Cornwall.

Booking Office 01628 825925 Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm

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The £600,000 appeal to save this humble row of fishermen's cottages at Berriedale in north east Scotland has already resulted in over 850 people pledging more than £180,000. We are extremely grateful to all our supporters for their generosity. However, the cottages continue to stand derelict and on the cusp of irreversible decay. Unless we can raise the remaining funding required the Shore Cottages will be lost forever.

Crownhill Fort, Plymouth (for up to 8)

For many more examples of Landmarks accessible by public transport, visit www.landmarktrust.org.uk.

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The Shore Cottages, Caithness

Oxenford Gatehouse, Surrey, before restoration

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Data Protection Act We promise that any information you give will be used for the purposes of the Landmark Trust only. Further details can be found on our website Privacy Policy.

If you wish to opt out of particular types of mailing in the future please call us on 01628 825920, write to us or send an email to dataprotection@landmarktrust.org.uk, giving your full name and postcode.

If you are able to make a donation, of any amount, it will make a real difference and help us to save the Shore Cottages, creating two new Landmarks in a beautiful and remote place.

You can make donations online securely and quickly at www.landmarktrust.org.uk

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Cosy winter breaks

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If you are considering a winter break, staying in Landmarks offers particularly good value. Curl up in front of a roaring log fire at The Priest’s House in Devon, or explore a new area of Britain with some bracing winter walks at Paxton’s Tower Lodge. You could even make the Christmas shopping more enjoyable by visiting the festive markets from your base at Marshal Wade’s House or Elton House in Bath, or hit the January sales from Princelet Street or Cloth Fair in London. Visit our website for more ideas.

Paxton’s Tower Lodge, Camarthenshire

The Landmark Trust USA was founded in 1991 to rescue historic buildings in the United States and adapt them for holidays. It is a separate, independent charity established under US Law. Bookings for Landmarks in the USA are now handled directly by The Landmark Trust USA Inc.

“It’s guid to be merry and wise” A larger Landmark forms a wonderful setting for a special weekend to mark a seasonal date or event. Imagine piping in the haggis at Rosslyn Castle or Auchinleck House for Burns’ Night, or an Edwardian country house Murder Mystery weekend at Goddards or The Old Parsonage.

Or why not spend an especially memorable Auchinleck House, Ayrshire Christmas with family or friends at any of our larger Landmarks. You might even create your own personal festival, perhaps a daffodil fest at Howthwaite to mark Wordsworth’s birthday on 7 April.

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Hole Cottage, Kent

Don’t forget that Landmark gift vouchers make an excellent present for Christmas or special anniversaries, providing an experience that will never be forgotten even by the person who has everything.

Sometimes families and friends join together to treat someone to a stay.

The gift of a Landmark Handbook is also a way to introduce family and friends to Landmark, and a good read to boot. Contact the Booking Office on 01628 825925 or go online at www.landmarktrust.org.uk.

Check availability and prices, and book online at www.landmarktrust.org.uk

To book a Landmark in the United States visit their website www.landmarktrustusa.org or telephone +1 802-254-6868 or click through from the Landmark Trust website.

Meet the Booking Office Landmark’s Booking Office at Shottesbrooke has always been at the heart of our work. As well as helping with your booking, these friendly voices at the end of the phone can answer queries, whether crucial or trivial. They can often come up with ideas of buildings that meet your requirements or suggest an alternative if your first choice is not available. They also offer helpful advice on a building’s eccentricities and whether it is suitable for young children or those of limited mobility, often necessary advice for buildings from a different era.

Salma, Marilyn, Christine, Yvonne, and Sue from our Booking Office

Contact the Booking Office on 01628 825925 or email us.

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Recent improvements Routine maintenance of existing Landmarks is an essential part of our work, but we also have an ongoing programme of improvements.

Gothic Temple is looking even more splendid after redecoration and refurnishing works. Its heating has been upgraded and an octagonal rug specially commissioned for its main chamber. With ongoing restoration works (by others) to other buildings in this famous landscape at Stowe, now is the ideal time to stay in this temple, built to remind us of ‘the Liberty of our Ancestors’.

The restoration of Quee Seven years after we were first approached to help, Queen Anne’s Summerhouse on the Shuttleworth Estate at Old Warden in Bedfordshire opened its doors to the first Landmarkers in September.

This handsome foursquare folly was built around 1712 by Samuel Ongley, a wealthy London linen draper who named his folly after the queen who knighted him in that year. In 1878 it was given a thorough refurbishment by a new owner, industrialist Joseph Shuttleworth, who also gave it a datestone. The project demanded conservation skills of the highest order. It took us four years to raise the necessary funds and the restoration would not have been possible without the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Shuttleworth Trust, English Heritage, the Country Houses Foundation, The Pilgrim Trust and many other private trusts and donors. We thank them all, on behalf of the thousands of Landmarkers who will now be able to stay in and experience this fine building.

Leadwork The views from the roof terrace are largely why the folly was built. The roof had fallen in, and releading the replacement was a major undertaking.

Plastering

Gothic Temple, Buckinghamshire

North Street in Cromford, as one of the earliest examples of industrial housing, is justly a simple and appealing terraced house, but we felt the time had come for a new kitchen (now with dishwasher) and bathroom (with shower).

No.1 Hawkers at Coombe has also had a new kitchen fitted, as has Appleton Water Tower, which has been redecorated and refurbished.

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Traditional lime plaster was used throughout.

An experienced plasterer in his stride is a sight to behold, especially on a difficult curved surface like the stair turret or window arch.

Brickwork The rubbed light red gauged brickwork, incredibly finely pointed with lime putty, is the folly’s chief glory, even in a county renowned for its brickwork. Its gentle repair required the greatest patience and skill, often in cold and wet conditions. Replacements were kept to a minimum, each specially made brick being individually rubbed to shape. The Traditonal Building Skills Bursary Scheme allowed two young bricklayers to join brick conservationist Emma Simpson’s team to learn the specialist techniques required.

en Anne’s Summerhouse Joinery Creating kitchens in a circular space is becoming something of a specialism for Landmark’s furnishing team. The window frames were reproduced from surviving fragments and the paint colours reflect the early eighteenth-century scheme, recovered through paint analysis.

Carving The invigoratingly oversized brackets on the doorcase were entirely typical of their period, but were lost. Early photos allowed students from the City & Guilds of London Art School to recreate them as part of their training.

Landmark and green energy Landmark is actively pursuing green energy supplies for its buildings wherever feasible.

Queen Anne’s Summerhouse and its hot water are heated by ground source heat. Pipes in a closed loop, containing water and a little antifreeze, capture this energy from boreholes 100 metres deep. A compressor-condenser then concentrates the energy (a bit like a refrigerator in reverse) recovering up to four times the energy needed to drive the pump.

An air source heat pump will soon be installed at The Library.

Here, outside air is sucked by a fan over coils filled with refrigerant. The latent energy is then captured and used to heat the building. We now review the feasibility of such systems whenever one of our existing systems is replaced, and for all new projects. The current restoration of Cowside also includes an air source heat pump system.

Metalwork The original wrought iron railings which set the folly off had survived but were badly corroded, especially at their feet. They were removed from their stone copings and repaired in a traditional forge, retaining as much of the original work as possible.

Stonemasons then renewed the copings before the railings were re-set.

Education Thanks to Heritage Lottery funding, an education and involvement programme accompanied the project. Five local primary schools visited the site and used it as inspiration for their work. Media students from Bedford College created a documentary about the project. Examples of this work and images of the visits can be found at www.landmarktrust.org.uk.

Trenches for the pipework at Queen Anne’s Summerhouse

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Projects & Restoration Fort Clonque’s curtain wall repaired We continuously monitor the curtain wall at Fort Clonque on Alderney for erosion of the cliff beneath. Action was needed, and so abseil and rope access specialists were employed to drill holes through the wall to the friable rock beneath. Cintec ties were then inserted to stabilise the wall. These long thin ‘socks’ are then pressure-filled with a high strength grout material – a highly efficient but relatively unobtrusive anchor system.

Fort Clonque, Alderney

Warder’s Tower – we need your help Last summer, we started an appeal to save Warder’s Tower, a castellated Gothic gamekeeper’s dwelling in a spectacular Picturesque setting near Biddulph in Staffordshire. It stands, now crumbling, without water or electricity, at risk from further damage by vandals.

English Heritage have shown their support with a grant of £150,000; however, we still have over £300,000 to raise and urgently need your help.

This little building could make a fine Landmark for up to four people, but unless we can raise the funds, it has no other future in view.

Please donate to the appeal online at www.landmarktrust.org.uk/news/ WardersTower.htm.

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Work continues at Astley Castle thanks to HLF grant In June, news arrived that we had been successful in our application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for £1.467 million for the project at Astley Castle in Warwickshire. The Grade II* ruins on this moated site were devastated by fire in 1978. It seemed that more than 1,000 years of occupation would come to an end until Landmark initiated an imaginative scheme to insert modern accommodation into the ruins, so providing a new future.

Necessary clearance and consolidation works ran through last autumn and Clearance work being carried out in 2008. spring, funded largely by an emergency works grant from English Heritage, to ensure the survival of the ruins themselves. Further funds were needed to continue the repairs and create the Landmark within the ruins to ensure future viability. We still need to raise £126,000 against a total project cost of £2.3 million, but the HLF grant has given us the confidence to proceed with this second phase of works.

Gentle consolidation is continuing on site, while architects Witherford Watson Mann prepare the final scheme drawings.

Full-scale works will begin again in March 2010.

Alastair Dick-Cleland conducting a tour during the Astley summer fair.

Once more, thanks to HLF support, there will be a range of local involvement activities throughout the project. Full details are on our website and your participation will be welcomed.

To make a donation to support our work and ensure historic buildings have a secure future call 01628 825920

Order your Handbook

Staying in Landmarks Letter from the Director Green themes are of growing significance in Landmark's future plans. Of course, we have been recycling old buildings for over 40 years; but we also, for example, have started to use new and increasingly cost-effective technology such as heat pumps in Landmarks. We make available information about the many Landmarks accessible by public transport, and do our best to encourage local recycling (surprisingly hard as every council is different) and help visitors to think about their energy consumption.

Landmarks by public transport Leaving the car at home is increasingly appealing for all sorts of reasons and it is worth remembering that a number of Landmarks are easily accessible by public transport and have shops and restaurants nearby.

This handsome clocktower, for two people happy with a vertical existence, stands right on the beach at Lympstone, and is served by its own railway station a short walk away.

The Egyptian House, Penzance (each for up to 3 or 4) There are three apartments behind this exuberant façade, which was inspired by the passion for all things Egyptian in the early nineteenth century. Penzance is a bustling town with much to see, do and learn about, enough to keep the whole family amused. Good public transport facilities exist enabling you to explore the wider area.

Cawood Castle is the only remnant of a once proud Cardinal’s residence just south of York. The village of Cawood has a good bus service and, once there, you may well decide just to hole up with a few good books and the woodstove.

The Steward’s House, Oxford (for up to 2) Lundy is regarded as an exemplar of environmental self-sufficiency, and we now own and care for a significant amount of beautiful land comprising the settings of Landmarks, recently planting or strengthening several more orchards at Landmarks using traditional local varieties of the building's period, with others to follow.

Themes such as these have an ever more important place in our care for ancient buildings.

Peter Pearce, Director

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Work started at Cavendish Hall in Suffolk in June. This elegant Regency villa and an endowment for its refurbishment were a most generous bequest from Mrs Pamela Matthews.

New heating, water and electrical services are being installed and a new kitchen and bathrooms put in. The house will be redecorated in keeping with its period and landscaping works will further enhance its setting. Cavendish Hall will open as a Landmark for up to 12 people in Spring 2010. Contact the Booking Office to be informed when bookings open.

Peters Tower, Devon (for up to 2)

Cawood Castle, North Yorkshire (for up to 4)

Peter Pearce

On site at Cavendish Hall

Cavendish Hall, Suffolk

To order a Handbook or make a donation to help us rescue buildings at risk, please complete the form below, telephone the Booking Office or go online.

Cowside update

The Handbook costs £10 plus postage and packing: • £3 UK second class post • £5 UK first class post • £10 to Europe and rest of the world

Thanks are due to everyone who has made it possible for work to begin on site at Cowside. The preliminary works at this rare seventeenthcentury farmhouse are now underway to repair the roof and make the building weathertight for the winter. We will be continuing structural repair work until the New Year, when we will start a second phase to create the Landmark accommodation.

Increase your gift by 28%* at no extra cost to you

We hope to open Cowside for bookings in late summer next year.

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Oxenford Gatehouse

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Grade II* Oxenford Gatehouse near Elstead in Surrey represents A.W.Pugin and the Gothic Revival at their most picturesque. It was built for Lord Midleton of Peper Harrow in 1843, when Pugin was working on his own home, The Grange in Ramsgate (also in Landmark’s care).

Bookings will soon be open for up to four people at Oxenford Gatehouse. Check our website for further information.

Payment can be made by Maestro, Delta, Visa, MasterCard, or £ sterling cheque drawn on a UK bank. Please make cheques payable to ‘The Landmark Trust’.

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It is a unique experience to be able to stay in the precincts of the Oxford Union, placed at the heart of both Town and Gown. The city’s wider architectural backdrop is second to none, and this is one of those Landmarks where life is actually easier without a car (others might be Elton House, Princelet Street, Cloth Fair or The Music Room).

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The Wardrobe, Salisbury (for up to 4) The quietude and sense of privilege of its cathedral close setting make it hard to think of this as a city centre Landmark, with the River Avon running along the boundary of the garden below and water meadows beyond.

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Shore Cottages

For a larger party wishing to arrive by train, Crownhill Fort offers a solution, as well as a chance to play on its ramparts and emplacements. This is the perfect base from which to explore Devon and Cornwall.

Booking Office 01628 825925 Monday to Friday 9am - 6pm and Saturday 10am - 4pm

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The £600,000 appeal to save this humble row of fishermen's cottages at Berriedale in north east Scotland has already resulted in over 850 people pledging more than £180,000. We are extremely grateful to all our supporters for their generosity. However, the cottages continue to stand derelict and on the cusp of irreversible decay. Unless we can raise the remaining funding required the Shore Cottages will be lost forever.

Crownhill Fort, Plymouth (for up to 8)

For many more examples of Landmarks accessible by public transport, visit www.landmarktrust.org.uk.

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The Shore Cottages, Caithness

Oxenford Gatehouse, Surrey, before restoration

Email By providing us with your email address you consent to receive information from the Landmark Trust by email.

Data Protection Act We promise that any information you give will be used for the purposes of the Landmark Trust only. Further details can be found on our website Privacy Policy.

If you wish to opt out of particular types of mailing in the future please call us on 01628 825920, write to us or send an email to dataprotection@landmarktrust.org.uk, giving your full name and postcode.

If you are able to make a donation, of any amount, it will make a real difference and help us to save the Shore Cottages, creating two new Landmarks in a beautiful and remote place.

You can make donations online securely and quickly at www.landmarktrust.org.uk

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Handbook Join the Landmark Friends The Landmark Friends are a lively group of loyal Landmarkers who have their own programme of events and run frequent house parties in our larger buildings. You can join for just £50 a year (£40 by Direct Debit). Find out more on our website or call the Friends’ Coordinators on 01628 825920.

The 23rd edition of the Landmark Trust Handbook, published in October 2008, features 190 historic buildings available to stay in – follies, castles, towers, banqueting houses, cottages and other unusual buildings. Through the building entries and a collection of articles, the Handbook traces our architectural heritage from the 12th to the 20th century.

A Friends' reception earlier this year at Goddards

The 232-page Handbook costs just £10 plus postage and packing. The Handbook cost is refundable against your first booking or you may wish to use the refund voucher to make a donation to support Landmark’s work in rescuing historic buildings.

15 years of the Heritage Lottery Fund This year the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) celebrates its fifteenth year supporting the UK’s historic buildings. Landmark is hugely grateful for the support we have received from the HLF, without which we would not have been able to complete several major projects.

Thank you, HLF.

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40th Anniversary Appeal for Lundy

The Landmark Trust newsletter

Issued twice yearly

2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Landmark’s management of Lundy. When Sir Jack Hayward generously enabled purchase of the island by the National Trust, it was Sir John Smith and the newly formed Landmark Trust who stepped in to take a lease and manage the island.

To encourage you to book a Landmark for 2010 (or even 2011), we are holding the prices of all Landmarks, except those on Lundy, until 8 December 2009. So if you book your holiday, a short break or a Landmark for a special occasion and pay in full by 8 December 2009, you can do so at 2009 prices.

Today, it is a thriving community with an extended ‘population’ of those who often visit time and Lundy again to stay in the 23 buildings cared for by Landmark, sailing out on our doughty vessel MS Oldenburg or crossing by helicopter in winter. Ensuring the future of a whole island involves far more than just care of its buildings, and last year we completed urgent repairs to the shore road, Lundy’s supply lifeline.

As well as photographs, floor plans and prices, on our website you will find details of each building’s history and area. You can search by date, location and also select Landmarks suitable for dogs or which have a fire. Payment is made by telephone and one of our booking team will call you to take your debit or credit card details. You can, of course, also book by telephone and our booking team are always happy to answer any queries (see page 3).

Prices held until December 2009

There is much more to be done to make sure Lundy continues to have a viable future, and so we have launched a 40th Anniversary Appeal to improve the island’s infrastructure, maintain its unique environment and encourage greater understanding of Lundy. The water storage tank will soon need upgrading and we would like to further improve the island’s energy efficiency.

In July we introduced online booking, which has proved an instant success. Almost 50% of Landmark’s bookings are already being made via our website and we are really grateful for the feedback you have given us, which will help us make the site even better in the future.

Autumn 2009

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On site at Cavendish Hall

Lundy is a special place and more popular than ever. Reflecting the ongoing costs of running the island and our ambition to make Lundy more sustainable, 2010 Lundy accommodation prices are subject to a small rise, although the cost of sailing tickets remains unchanged.

Whether you are planning to go away soon or sometime next year, it is always worth checking our website to see which Landmarks are available.

In late October, MS Oldenburg will sail up the Severn to Gloucester Docks for a number of events and celebrations and we hope to see many of you there.

If you would like to contribute to our 40th Anniversary Appeal, please go to www.landmarktrust.org.uk, where you will also find details of the events.

Legacy events One of the events planned on MS Oldenburg while in Gloucester is a talk on inheritance tax and how best to plan to minimise its impact. This free seminar is given by Landmark's lawyers, and will last about an hour. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and speak to members of the Landmark team.

Further legacy events are being planned, and for more information please contact Emma Seymour on 01628 825920 or visit our website.

The Landmark Trust Shottesbrooke Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 3SW Bookings 01628 825925 Office 01628 825920 Website www.landmarktrust.org.uk

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