Projects

Acquisition of two oil sketches on paper, laid down on panel named 'Beech Wood with Gypsies seated i

Salvage of the first submarine of the Royal Navy, known as Holland I after her American inventor.

A major late nocturne landscape by Peter Paul Rubens.

Preservation of the remains of a 12th-century stone house Norman House, St Martins-at-Palace Plain,N

Acquisition and repair of two passenger coaches; 1 brake guards van; 8 china clay wagons, smoke tube

Acquisition and endowment of Hill House, Helensburgh, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Acquisition of 10th century Hiberno-Norse carving of the crucifixion by unknown artist/craftsmen wor

Acquisition of 23 and a half acres of Ouse Washes in autumn 1981.