The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust (SBPT) works to save the

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. The Trust is an independent body and consists of up to 18 Trustees who hold Board meetings 3 times a year. It is a

Building Preservation Trust A Building Preservation Trust (BPT) is an organisation whose main aims include the preservation and regeneration of historic buildings.

with charitable status and a company limited by guarantee. The Trust consists of up to 2 elected councillors nominated by the

Somerset County Council Somerset County Council is the county council of Somerset in the South West of England, an elected local government authority responsible for the most significant local government services in most of the county. On 1 April 2023 the county counc ...

and 5 elected councillors nominated by the District Councils in Somerset

Projects

Since 1988 the SBPT has restored and converted a number of historic buildings: * Tudor House,

Langport Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate ...

Rook Lane Chapel Rook Lane Chapel was a place of worship, and is now an arts centre, in Frome, Somerset, England. Built in 1707 by James Pope the chapel was the place of worship for nonconformists. In 1717 there were a thousand ‘hearers’ in the congregation. ...

Frome Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. The town is built on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, and centres on the River Frome. The town, about south of Bath, is the largest in the Mendip d ...

* The Temple of Harmony, Halswell Park Estate,

Goathurst Goathurst is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset, around 3 miles from the town of Bridgwater. The parish includes the hamlets of Andersfield and Huntstile. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South Wes ...

Robin Hood's Hut Robin Hood's Hut is a small pavilion in the grounds of Halswell House, Goathurst, Somerset, in the west of England. It was built between 1740 and 1760 by Sir Charles Kemeys-Tynte. It had three rooms: an earth-floored hermit's room, a kitchen and ...

, Halswell Park Estate,

* St Margaret's Almshouses,

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

The Warehouse The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMark ...

, Great Bow Yard,

* The Tithe Barn,

Dunster Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel southeast of Minehead and northwest of Taunton. At the 2011 Census, it had a population ...

Future projects

The Trust has co-ordinated a £550,000 renovation project to turn the

Tithe Barn A tithe barn was a type of barn used in much of northern Europe in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithe A tithe (; from Old English: ''teogoþa'' "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious orga ...

at Dunster Priory into a community hall.

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Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust
1988 establishments in England Building Preservation Trusts Charities based in Somerset Heritage organisations in England History of Somerset {{UK-org-stub

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Future projects

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