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Here are a few websites that we feel may be useful to you when buying or selling a property:

accessibility.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage. Maintaining monuments and buildings.
ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk/ - The A.M.S. is unique amongst the Amenity Societies in that buildings of all ages fall within our remit. 'Ancient Monument' is a notoriously ambiguous term, but we take it to mean any man-made structure of architectural or historical interest - including houses, whether vernacular or polite, barns, almshouses, dovecotes, mills, churches and chapels.
british-stone.com/ - Promoting the excellence of British Natural Stone.
buildingconservation.com/ - The online information centre for the care of historic buildings and places - designed and maintained by Cathedral Communications Limited

c20society.demon.co.uk/ - The Twentieth Century Society exists to safeguard the heritage of architecture and design in Britain from 1914 onwards. One of the Society's prime objectives is education, with education comes appreciation.  With conservation, another prime objective, comes the continued opportunity for extending our knowledge about those buildings or artifacts, whether important or humble, rare or commonplace as the red telephone kiosk, that characterize the Twentieth Century in Britain.

dswa.org.uk/ - Dry stone walling association. The Dry Stone Walling Association is a charitable organisation committed to the preservation of dry stone walls throughout Great Britain and to the training of people in the craft of dry stone walling.
georgiangroup.org.uk/ - The Georgian Group is the charity dedicated to preserving Georgian buildings and gardens. Each year we are consulted on over 6,000 planning applications involving demolition or alterations. We are not opposed to change, but our intervention has helped protect many buildings from unsympathetic alterations. It is often through our influence that a better solution is found.
homesources.co.uk/devoncottage.html -Information on renovating period property - this is a case study on a devon cottage.
landmarktrust.org.uk/ - UK building preservation charity setup to rescue historic buildings and then use them for holiday lettings.
lookingatbuildings.org.uk/ Web site providing information on historic buildings and how you can differentiate between the two.
nationaltrust.org.uk The National Trust. Independent charity that cares for the countryside and any historic buildings.
periodproperty.co.uk/ Web site dedicated to period property
picturesofengland.com - Travel to England and discover its beautiful towns and attractions with photographs at Pictures of England.com.
savebritainsheritage.org/main.htm - SAVE has been described as the most influential conservation group to have been established since William Morris founded the Society for the Protection Ancient Buildings over a century ago. It was created in 1975 - European Architectural Heritage Year - by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings. Through press releases, lightening leaflets, reports, books and exhibitions, SAVE has championed the cause of decaying country houses, redundant churches and chapels, disused mills and warehouses, blighted streets and neighbourhoods, cottages and town halls, railway stations, hospitals, military buildings and asylums.
spab.org.uk The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Advises, educates and campaigns on behalf of architectural heritage.
victorian-society.org.uk/ - The Victorian Society is the national society responsible for the study and protection of Victorian and Edwardian architecture and other arts. It was founded in 1958 to fight the then widespread ignorance of nineteenth and early twentieth century architecture.
wealddown.co.uk/links-to-other-websites.htm - Also has the best links page can we link to it as the best links page we have found.
windmillworld.com/ - information on windmills throughout the UK.

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