The Vivat Trust is a charity dedicated to rescuing neglected and dilapidated listed historic buildings of architectural, industrial and historical interest. Established in 1981, Vivat was the first trust to be allowed to acquire leasehold properties by The Charity Commissioners. As a result, Vivat is able to repair and improve small and medium sized buildings which have been passed over by larger organisations, whose owners cannot or do not wish to grant a freehold.
As Vivat has no endowment, repair and renovation funds are raised on a project by project basis. Funding bodies include The Architectural Heritage Fund, English Heritage, The Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Scotland as well as grant-making trusts and public companies. Once the buildings have been repaired and improved they must be self-financing which is why all of Vivat’s properties are currently let out as distinctive and luxurious holiday accommodation.
Letting out the buildings as holiday accommodation guarantees income for their maintenance and also allows them to be more sensitively repaired, as the structural changes need not be as radical as for residential homes.
Each project is thought out in an imaginative and flexible manner, with the help of Vivat’s voluntary Council of Management whose varied skills and breadth of experience provide The Trust with a solid foundation of professional knowledge and expertise.
By staying at a Vivat property you not only guarantee that The Trust’s historic buildings will be preserved for posterity but your support of Vivat’s work will help to fulfil it’s aim of heightening people’s awareness of Britain’s built heritage.
THE VIVAT TRUST LTD Reg. Charity no. 282921 Reg. no. 1568948 England
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