{"id":37942,"date":"2023-10-27T16:38:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T15:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37942"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:10:07","slug":"changing-times-valuing-history-historic-houses-for-the-21st-century-and-why-our-places-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37942","title":{"rendered":"Changing Times, Valuing History: Historic Houses\u2026 \u2018for the 21st century and why our places matter\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historichouses.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ben-and-martha-breakfast-768x1024.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37943\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/historic_houses_report_271023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a>Ahead of Historic Houses\u2019 50th anniversary in November 2023, it has have published a new report, <em>Changing Times, Valuing History: historic houses for the 21st century<\/em>, illustrating the economic, cultural and social contribution of our member places across the UK.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 the pandemic showed how fragile these unique small businesses can be\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Historic Houses writes:<\/p>\n<p>The enormous public benefit these places provide to twenty-first century audiences fifty years on from Historic Houses\u2019 foundation is a result of the tireless hard work and dynamism of independent owners over many years. However, the pandemic showed how fragile these unique small businesses can be. They need a supportive fiscal and regulatory framework from government to continue doing what they do best: welcoming people through their doors, driving heritage-led prosperity in rural economies and communities, and showcasing Britain on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>Our recommendations to unleash the full economic, social, and environmental potential of some of the UK\u2019s most treasured historic houses and gardens include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protecting and enhancing the existing fiscal reliefs for heritage<\/li>\n<li>A cost-effective VAT-relief scheme should be made available to heritage businesses operating in listed buildings open to public access<\/li>\n<li>Our planning system for heritage needs reform: a smarter system of heritage protection is needed<\/li>\n<li>The use of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in relation to historic buildings needs urgent review<\/li>\n<li>The National Lottery Heritage Fund should lift its cap on grants to publicly accessible heritage in the private sector<\/li>\n<li>DCMS should recognise landscape design as one of the UK\u2019s thriving creative industries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK is rightfully proud of its unique heritage, and we are proud to represent some of our nation\u2019s most treasured historic houses. We hope this report will provide a route map towards ensuring the longevity and ongoing relevance of these remarkable places in the centuries to come.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact <a href=\"mailto:sarah.roller@historichouses.org\">sarah.roller@historichouses.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.historichouses.org\/changing-times-valuing-history-historic-houses-for-the-21st-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of Historic Houses\u2019 50th anniversary in November 2023, it has have published a new report, Changing Times, Valuing History: historic houses for the 21st century, illustrating the economic, cultural and social contribution of our member places across the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37959,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37942\/revisions\/37959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}