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Status
Received: 59 days late
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Income
£12.0K
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Spending
£11.9K
Public benefits
PURPOSE 1 To preserve and protect and assist in the preservation and protection of the Manor House, formerly known as The Cottage and sometimes as Milford House, Milford and the buildings or structures of particular beauty of of historic environmental architectural industrial or constructional merit or interest in the Milford area of County
Armagh. WHAT BENEFIT FLOWS FROM THIS PURPOSE? The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science through enhanced public understanding of history through access being granted to a historic building or an important landmark being preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. CAN YOU DEMONSTRATE THIS? These benefits are demonstrated through the sense of well being from appreciating a beautiful building, place or structure. A sense of inspiration from appreciating the arts, culture, heritage and science through enhanced access to a historic building or important landmark. Manor House, formerly known as The Cottage and sometimes as Milford House, Milford is a B1 listed building of national and international importance. It is famous as the first house in Ireland to have hydroelectricity and world famous as the birthplace and home of William Mc Crum who invented the penalty kick. Today is one of the top ten listed buildings at most serious risk in Northern Ireland on the Built Heritage At Risk Register. There are various other buildings and structures at risk associated with this historic property. The Milford area of County Armagh has gone into rapid decline since the closure of Milford factory in 1980. It is world famous for its industrial and sporting heritage. There are no less that eleven listed buildings in the area- three on the Built Heritage At Risk Register. These buildings and structures of local, national and international importance need to be protected, preserved and made accessible for perpetuity in order to prevent them being lost. IS ANY HARM OR POSSIBILITY OF HARM OUTWEIGHED BY THE BENEFIT? There is no harm flowing from this purpose. There is a small charge to cover the services and facilities which are expensive to run. To ensure the poor and those with limited income are not excluded there are free entry days and concessionary fees available. WHO IS THE BENEFIT FOR? The Charities beneficiaries are the general public. IS THERE ANY PRIVATE BENEFIT? IS IT INCIDENTAL OR NECESSARY? The only private benefit flowing from this purpose are Trustees and volunteers receive training, are reimbursed travelling and certain sustenance expenses which are both incidental as they contribute to towards the achieving the charity's purposes and are necessary result or by product of carrying out the purposes. PURPOSE 2 To restore renovate and conserve the gardens parkland planned landscapes and other open spaces and land associated with or related to such buildings or structures. WHAT BENEFIT FLOWS FROM THIS PURPOSE? The direct benefits which flow from this purpose include the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage and science through enhanced public understanding of history through access being granted to gardens parkland planned landscapes and other open spaces and land associated with or related to such historic buildings, important landmarks or structures being preserved for the enjoyment of future generations. (Please contact the Charity Commission in order to view the remainder of this statement).
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Milford Buildings Preservation Trust for the benefit of the nation works to protect promote and preserve and restore Milford House Co. Armagh and the built and natural heritage of the Milford area of Co. Armagh. The owns the Milford House collections which is a historic house collection and an Accredited museum. This preserves the collections from
Milford House Co. Armagh, organises house tours, events, lectures and publications to promote, encourage and educate the public in the historic, architectural importance of Milford House Co. Armagh and the Milford area of Co. Armagh. These collections are held in Trust for the benefit of society. It raises awareness of the buildings at risk, in need of restoration and regeneration working with the community and local and national government. To protect buildings of historic and architectural interest by encouraging them to be made listed buildings and monuments. This benefits the public through pride of place, saving communities which would be destroyed or negatively altered through loss of built and natural heritage and helping to regenerate the local community through heritage and tourism. Teaches traditional building and craft skills which might otherwise be lost.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science
- The advancement of environmental protection or improvement
Who the charity helps
- Adult training
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- Ethnic minorities
- General public
- Older people
- Specific areas of deprivation
- Tenants
- Unemployed/low income
- Voluntary and community sector
How the charity works
- Accommodation/housing
- Arts
- Community development
- Community enterprise
- Cross-border/cross-community
- Cultural
- Economic development
- Education/training
- Environment/sustainable development/conservation
- General charitable purposes
- Heritage/historical
- Research/evaluation
- Rural development
- Volunteer development
