Save Ashdown - urgent appeal
We have launched a campaign to save Ashdown House, built by Latrobe in 1793, from a proposal to carve it into 47 luxury apartments and suburban houses.
The deadline for public comment to Wealden District Council was Monday 16 January 2023. This is only the first step; we’ll still need your help to save the best-preserved Latrobe building in the world, and a prototype for the US Capitol and White House.
You can find links to our social media pages, and more information about Ashdown - and how you can help and have your say - on our Linktree page.
Stay tuned for updates. Ashdown might currently be owned by a housing developer, but it’s ours to save.
upholding the legacy of Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Latrobe gave America some of its finest and most prominent buildings, including the US Capitol and the White House.Yet his British and European heritage and legacy has been forgotten and neglected for too long, and much of it remains in danger.The Latrobe Heritage Trust was established in 1987 to:
improve public appreciation of Britain’s architectural heritage;
to support the restoration of the buildings and landscapes of Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820), and to make them available to the public where possible;
encourage academic research into his work;
promote high standards of building and landscape conservation, and to save them from destruction or disfigurement.
We hold substantial resources on the architectural significance and historic context of Latrobe’s buildings in the United Kingdom and the United States.
If you have a project which you believe would benefit from the our support, or if you’re interested in getting involved, get in touch.
