Prestigious awards return to celebrate architecture and design
March 11, 2021
The Sussex Heritage Trust’s annual awards have been launched, with a call for new entries for the prestigious architectural and landscape scheme.
The only Sussex-wide Heritage Awards supports excellence in conservation, restoration, and the good design of newly-built projects, while also encouraging the use of traditional skills and crafts.
This year the National Park Authority will sponsor a brand-new award, The South Downs Design Award, which provides an opportunity to promote outstanding design in a nationally-designated landscape. This coveted award will go to a project that clearly demonstrates a positive contribution to the South Downs National Park, including schemes that have conserved and enhanced the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area.
The Awards calls for entries across nine categories from residential to public and community to ecclesiastical to building crafts. Last year saw a total of 25 Award winners, of which 8 featured in the South Downs National Park, including the Historic Stew Ponds Project at Arundel Castle and West Dean College Roof Restoration at West Dean College of Art and Conservation.
The Sussex Heritage Trust Awards will be taking entries until 26 March. Winners receive a hand-crafted slate presented by the President of the Sussex Heritage Trust, The Rt Hon Lord Egremont DL on 14 July.
David Cowan, Chairman of the Sussex Heritage Trust Awards Committee, said: “Sussex Heritage Trust is delighted to welcome the South Downs National Park Authority as an Awards partner to help us highlight outstanding design in the South Downs in Sussex.”
Tim Slaney, Director of Planning at the South Downs National Park Authority, said: “High-quality design matters to the National Park and to the local communities within it.
“That’s why we’ve created a template for design excellence in our Local Plan, encouraging architects and builders to use this diverse landscape as a compass for great design. We look forward to seeing the variety of entries that showcase the first-class built environment in the National Park.”
For an entry pack and to enter the Awards please go to www.sussexheritagetrust.org.uk or email: office@sussexheritagetrust.org.uk