Apply for a grant
If you think your proposed project qualifies for a Historic Houses Foundation grant and would like to apply, please ensure you read through both the
Pre-Application Form and the Full Application Form and thoroughly consider the information you will need to provide.
Pre-application form
We do not want you to incur substantial costs in preparing your application so please complete a Pre-Application Form so that we can confirm if your project fits our criteria.
This may be done online or by post. We will normally respond within 28 days.
Works of art applications
Applications for the restoration of a work of art do not require a pre-application but must be submitted using the works of art form.
Site visit
If your pre-application is successful then we will contact you to arrange a site visit. This normally involves 3 or 4 trustees and takes 1 to 2 hours.
We will notify you as soon as possible thereafter whether or not you are invited to submit a full application
Full application
Please seek advice at the outset either from your local authority or an appropriate conservation organisation or heritage agency, to help you to plan your project and help us to assess it. You will need to provide us with a professional advisor's or specialist contractor's report in support of your application as well as colour photographs that can show the extent and urgency of your project.
All full applications will be allocated a unique reference number which you must use on the Full Application Form and on all future correspondence with us. Your completed application form will be considered at the next quarterly trustee meeting. You will be notified of the Trustees decision within 7 days.
Please note that we cannot assess incomplete applications so it is important to send us everything required on the form. We cannot guarantee the return of any documents or photographs so please do not send us valuable original material, or 3D models.
We will only accept a hard copy of the Full Application Form which has been signed by the applicant. However, we are happy to accept other information such as reports and photographs digitally.
Assessment
We will acknowledge receipt of your full application within 7 days. We will ensure you have provided all the information we require and will contact you if there is anything which requires clarification.
We will assess your application against the qualifying criteria, as well as whether your project costs are realistic and represent good value for money. We will also consider the financial need and how your project compares to other applications in terms of priority.
“Without this funding it would not have been possible to carry out such major work and further delay would increasingly put at risk the building, the oak panelled interiors and the historic collection.”
Robert Parker, Browsholme Hall