Griff Rhys Jones (President of Civic Voice) congratulating Johm Dent on hearing about our success in the Georgian Society and Civic Trust Awards at the Civic Voice Northwest Network meeting in Preston yesterday.
Press Release – January 2011 Cockermouth Shopfront Scheme shortlisted for national Civic Trust award The Cockermouth Shopfront Heritage Grant Scheme has been shortlisted for a 2012 Civic Trust award. Established in 1959, the Civic Trust award scheme recognises the very best in architecture, urban design, planning, landscape, public realm and public art. Shortlisted projects are [...]
Cockermouth and District Civic Trust are delighted to announce the Cockermouth Shop Front Heritage Scheme has been named as a joint winner of a national architectural award. The Scheme offered traders in the town’s post-flood Main Street funding to restore their properties to their former Georgian splendour. The Scheme came in as a joint winner [...]
We extremely pleased to be able to report that the Cockermouth Shopfront Heritage Grant Scheme has been short-listed in the ‘Restoration of a Georgian Building in an Urban Setting’ category as part of the 2011 Georgian Group Architectural Awards. This is a fantastic achievement and testament to the joined-up working of the steering group that has made [...]
The Trust felt that the new Cockermouth History Wall in Old Kings Arms Lane was worthy of our Merit Award. John Cusack was presnted with the award earlier this week on Tuesday, 14 June 2011. We also gained some coverage in the press with the Times & Star article. The wall was opened earlier in [...]
The initiative to enhance and replace many of Cockermouths shopfronts since the floods has recieved an award from Action for Market Towns (AMT). PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY, MAY 13 2011 COCKERMOUTH WINS PRESTIGIOUS MARKET TOWN AWARD Cockermouth has won a national award for the transformation of its town centre in the wake of the 2009 floods. [...]
