Publications

This document includes statistics that we have collected to measure the success of the European Heritage Open Days (EHOD) events that took place in 2023. It also shows programme highlights and quotes from visitor and volunteers.

In 2022 DfC Historic Environment Division carried out a condition survey on listed thatch buildings in Northern Ireland. An overview of the information gathered is now available.

This whole life carbon guidance provides a background in helping to understand what carbon means. Existing buildings may be an important source of embodied carbon.

Guidance for the sustainable management of the historic environment in Northern Ireland

Department for Communities (DfC) and Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) wanted to understand better the wider landscape for heritage enabled regeneration in Northern Ireland and commissioned RF Associates (RFA) to undertake detailed work with three key aims:

This helpful guide will provide you with visitor information for Carrickfergus Castle.

Constable Ronald has asked for your help today. Can you help him find all the items on his checklist as you make your way through Carrickfergus Castle?

Support for owners to carry out minor works to keep scheduled historic monuments protected.

This report and guide outlines the climate change and associated risks which may threaten the survival and long term sustainability of Northern Ireland’s historic built environment.

The proposed Historic Environment Fund 2022-23 has been developed by Historic Environment Division (HED) whose aim is ‘to help communities to enjoy and realise the value of the historic environment’.

The Village Catalyst grant scheme is a partnership initiative between the Department for Communities (DfC), the Department for Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF), and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE).

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (formally the National Heritage Memorial Fund) was established under the provisions of the National Heritage Act 1980, and took on lottery distribution in 1994.

This short educational publication is aimed at the general public and describes the two different types of historic water pumps found in Northern Ireland ie. pumps and fountains. It also explains their special interest and significance against the Criteria for Listing.

This publication is intended to help Local Councils understand the Listing Process i.e. the process that the Department for Communities carries out in protecting buildings of special architectural or historic interest.

The Conservation Principles guidance sets out a best practice conservation framework for all aspects of decision making affecting our historic environment.

This document provides further information on the Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland (HERoNI). It contains an overview of the extensive collections held in HERoNI and describes the history, purpose and uses of the Record.

The Historic Environment Fund 2021-22 aim is to ‘help communities to enjoy and realise the value of the historic environment’. The funding initiative seeks to generate third party action to conserve heritage.

This short publication is intended to help listed building owners, custodians and the general public understand the term ‘de-listing’.

This is the twentieth report of the Historic Buildings Council for Northern Ireland.

Guidance on the implementation of the 1954 Hague Convention in Northern Ireland.