About us
Who are we?
Pembrokeshire Historic Buildings Trust was formed in the 1990s as a Charity, originally with the purpose of rescuing and restoring decayed buildings of significance either historically, architecturally or of vernacular importance. Over the years we have evolved into an organisation promoting the value and importance to Pembrokeshire of its old buildings by a variety of means.
The Trust is run by a board of Trustees which meets four times a year.
The current Trustees are:
David Ellis (chair), David Harvey, Trevor McCrory, Andrew Vaughan-Harries, Simon Hancock and Revd Richard Davies.
The Treasurer is Martin Whitbread.
We would welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered as Trustees or contribute to the work and the role of the Trust in any way. We also welcome new members, which for a small annual fee entitles participation in visits and talks. Membership and contact information can be found on our Join Us page.
What we do
We arrange regular visits with accompanying talks, to a large number of houses, cottages, mansions, churches and historic military sites. Most of these are not accessible normally to the public, but visits are by private invitation by the owners. The visit is generally followed by refreshments.
Monitoring, lobbying and canvassing, where appropriate, planning applications that may have an impact on an historic building.
The compilation over 30 years of a photographic database of a great number of Pembrokeshire’s old buildings, providing an evolving record of changes to the historic built heritage.
An annual photo quiz published in the Western Telegraph identifying unusual historic buildings in the county.
A small grant scheme offering modest cash sums to potentially worthwhile building restoration projects.
An annual dinner and talk by noted individuals connected with building heritage within Wales.
