About us

Founded in 1965, The Landmark Trust is one of Britain's leading building conservation charities.

The Landmark Trust's aims as a charity as set down in 1965 are wonderfully simple: to preserve historic buildings and promote public enjoyment. With the help of our supporters, we save historic buildings in danger of being lost forever. We sensitively restore such 'Landmarks' and offer them a new future by making them available to everyone for self-catering holidays. The lettings income from the 200 extraordinary buildings in our care supports their maintenance and survival in our landscape, culture and society. Each time you choose to stay in a Landmark, you are directly contributing to its survival.

Though they range from the sober to the spectacular, all our buildings are rich in history and atmosphere. They include picturesque pavilions and medieval long-houses, artillery forts and Gothick follies, clan chiefs’ castles and cotton weavers’ cottages, the homes of great writers and the creations of great architects, from Browning to Boswell, from Pugin to Palladio.