The English Heritage Angel Awards is an exciting new scheme launched by Andrew Lloyd Webber in June 2011, to celebrate the work of individuals and groups who have saved a significant historic building or place that was at risk of being lost forever.
The Awards are co-funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation: www.andrewlloydwebberfoundation.com and The Telegraph is the media partner. BBC2's Culture Show made a series of six short films about the awards which can be viewed in our Mulitimedia Library.
The winners of this year's Awards were announced on 31 October at a high profile ceremony held at The Palace Theatre in London hosted by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
From a short-list of 16, the judges chose six winners for their perseverance and imagination as well as the scale of the challenge and how well it had been tackled.
There were four categories:
- The best craftsmanship employed on a heritage rescue
- The best rescue of a historic industrial building or site
- The best rescue or repair of a historic place of worship
- The best rescue of any other entry on the 'Heritage at Risk register'
Plus a special 'favourite' category voted for by Telegraph subscribers and English Heritage members.
Groups or individuals entering the comptition had to have rescued or be well underway with saving something that had been on the 'Heritage at Risk register' since 2008 or met the criteria for being on the Register.
Judges
The awards were judged by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Simon Thurley, Chief Executive of English Heritage, author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, Charles Moore of the Telegraph, historian Bettany Hughes and the Bishop of London, the Right Revd Richard Chartres. The event was hosted by Claire Balding and Graham Norton, Michael Winner and Danielle Hope helped to present the awards.
