Introduction
Restoration, the television series which last year gave viewers the
opportunity to save an historic building, is back on Saturday 8 May
once more offering a lifeline to one of the UK's threatened architectural
gems.
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Griff Rhys Jones presents the launch programme kicking
off the 2004 Restoration campaign and announcing the 21 historic buildings
viewers will be able to vote for this summer.
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The buildings in the running are taken from all over the UK.
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Three buildings per geographical area have been selected for the vote
and they are as follows:
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in Scotland - Portencross Castle, Ayrshire; Knockando
Wool Mill, Morayshire; and Hall of Clestrain, Orkney;
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in Northern Ireland - Lock-Keeper's Cottage, Belfast;
Armagh Gaol, Armagh; and The Playhouse, Londonderry;
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in Wales - Cardigan Castle, Cardigan; Llanfyllin
Workhouse, Powys; and Workingman's Institute & Memmorial Hall, Newbridge;
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in the North of England - the Lion Salt Works, Cheshire;
Gayle Mill, Gayle; and Sheffield Manor Lodge, Sheffield;
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in the Midlands - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire;
Bawdsey Transmitter Block, Bawdsey; and Old Grammar School & Saracen's
Head, Kings Norton;
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in the South East - Strawberry Hill, Twickenham; Severndroog
Castle, Greenwich; and Archbishops Palace, Charing;
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and finally in the South West - Castle House, Somerset;
South Caradon Mine, near Liskeard in Cornwall; and Sherborne House in
Dorset.
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Viewers will be given details of how to get a free Restoration campaign
pack called So You Want To Save An Historic Building by calling 08700
100 150 or through the website at .
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Joining Griff will be Restoration's two ruin detectives - conservation
architect Ptolemy Dean and historic building surveyor
Marianne Suhr - who will explore every corner of the
buildings unearthing their hidden secrets and bringing back to life
the romance of their past.
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Restoration the series will be shown on 91Èȱ¬ TWO later this summer.
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