Category: Projects

Here are examples of past projects funded by Essex Heritage Trust.

Portrait of Sir John Griffin Griffin

Painting Conservation Essex Heritage Trust awarded a grant to English Heritage for the conservation of this portrait. Sir John Griffin Griffin (1719-1797) was owner of Audley End from 1762 until his death in 1797. A...

The Essex Industrial Archaeology Group

Discovering Essex Wind and Water Mills Essex Heritage Trust awarded a grant to the Essex Industrial Archaeology Group for the publication “Discovering Essex Wind and Water Mills“ The Essex Mills Group was inaugurated in 1985...

Hempstead Pump

The village pump/fountain at the bottom of Church Hill in Hempstead has been a historic feature of the village for a very long time.  It was recorded as being the only source of fresh...

Wivenhoe Chapel Museum

“The Smallest Museum in Essex“ The waterside town of Wivenhoe dates back to before the Domesday Book, is prominent on many ancient maps of Essex, and was of great economic importance to the county...

Fry Art Gallery

The Fry Art Gallery received a grant of £1,000 towards the cost of a watercolour entitled “Airplant” by Edward Bawden, painted c. 1986 in his studio in Park Lane, Saffron Walden towards the end...

Walton Maritime Museum

Essex Heritage Trust awarded a grant to the newly listed Grade II, Old Lifeboat House, now Walton’s Maritime Museum, for the conservation of its commemorative marble plaque and terracotta roundels. Badly eroded by frost damage,...

Public Monuments and Sculpture Association

The PMSA has been recording permanent public sculpture since 1997, and in 2016 it commenced in the County of Essex. This area was to be the subject of a new approach to recording, using...

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome (SMGWA) is a historical and community treasure, now emerging from its decades-long rest. Located less than 12 miles from Chelmsford, nestled deep in the rural fields of Maldon District,...

Beecroft Art Gallery

The Beecroft Art Gallery has recently reopened its doors after being relocated to a very large building on Victoria Avenue in Southend-on-Sea that was previously home to the Southend Library. During this large-scale gallery...