We are thrilled to hear that the Salem Welsh Chapel, has been rescued from SAVE’s at risk register by, @potterythrow judge Keith Brymer Jones 💙 and his wife Marj Hogarth. It’s to become a pottery studio and community space! thetimes.co.uk/article/were-t…

📸 Tom Parnell via Wiki commons

📢After 164yrs in same family this Manchester warehouse - which SAVE flagged in our latest report - is for sale. Sympathetic conversion cd give it another 164yrs! ♻️
'Properties as historically significant as this are rare,' estate agent told Manchester News MEN: bit.ly/4d5rAWw

🏛️ RE:STORE IDEAS COMPETITION DEADLINE APPROACHING

There is still ⏰ to enter the competition by SAVEBritainsHeritage and Architects’ Journal.

Don’t miss this opportunity to share your idea for a new lease of life for the M&S Oxford Street building. 🌳

Details: shorturl.at/fmMQS

👀All eyes on Bristol next week as the future of their Debenhams store is decided at planning committee.👨‍⚖️Read SAVE's take, linked below.

🙂On #worldheritageday SAVE salutes Yasmeen Lari, the pioneering Pakistani architect who featured in our last Newsletter.
Yasmeen set up Heritage Foundation of Pakistan in 1980 to research & document cultural heritage. She's since worked on the restoration of many UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 World Heritage Sites🇵🇰

BREAKING NEWS // Secretary of State issues an Article 31 holding decision on Bastion House & the old Museum of London building - just hours before City of London was due to consider proposals to demolish.

Congratulations to campaigners BarbicanQuarterAction 💥

#Retrofirst #heritage

Impressive stuff.

Five years (and a day) since the #NotreDameFire this video shows the progress that's been made on the restoration.

bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-…

The Notre Dame de Paris Exhibition at Westminster Abbey is definitely worth a look.

englishcathedrals.co.uk/events/westmin…

🌞🌷Wonderful to see so many people enjoying the new Strand Piazza - a garden and public space surrounded by beautiful buildings, where traffic thundered until just 2 years ago 🚛🚍🌪️

Read the story behind the transformation 👉 bit.ly/43XhMJK

#SAVEcampaigns #urbanism

‘Glasgow has more listed buildings on Buildings at Risk rgstr than any city in Scotland: c100 need urgent attention☹️
‘Built environment is at❤️of what makes our city unique but we seem incapable of rising to scale of the challenge’
Some important points here👇
#Glasgow #Heritage

The marvellous Ossington Coffee Tavern, Beast Market Hill, Newark, 1882, endowed by Charlotte Viscountess Ossington, widow of a Commons Speaker. Failing commercially as a temperance establishment it became a hotel in 1889. Now coffee, drinks and jazz.

Did you know that you can find old London street signs dating back to the 17th century? I've written about 10 of the oldest street signs in London, each with their own fascinating story! Have you spotted any?
Read more here: buff.ly/4aM7634

IDEAS COMPETITION // What wd you do with this landmark building?👇How cd you use it to revive Oxford St?💡What lessons cd we apply to similar buildings across the country?

💥Exciting new #competition for #architects from SAVEBritainsHeritage & Architects’ Journal

👉bit.ly/3IR7gu5

We're shocked by the devastating fire Poltimore House in Devon & the idea it cld have been deliberate.
Our hearts go out to the dedicated trust & volunteers who've worked so hard to restore this wonderful place and fill it with life. We stand with you💚
bit.ly/3vMDvrc

Thanks Robert Lordan - what a delightful and fascinating film📽️ Maybe we should start lobbying to get a cabman's shelter added to the Monopoly board...

🛞Great to hear that all London's distinctive green taxi drivers' shelters are now listed 👇

There's no black cab emoji, so instead here's a☕️ with two sugars to toast the good news...

Open air swimming fans: don't miss the new lidos toolkit from Future Lidos 🏊‍♀️🏊🏊‍♂️

'In an age of needing to make the most of what we’ve got let’s interrogate sites to uncover, keep, amplify &repurpose the multiple resources that can enrich a new urban neighbourhood'

✏️Interesting Architecture Foundation column by DARRYL CHEN on creating characterful high value places

The HRE Group SAVEBritainsHeritage National Highways SAVE always does write the best and most strongly worded objections. Also isn't scared to follow up with legal challenge. 😽🐾 I love a stroppy letter from SAVE, so cheering.