A gift in your will

GUIDANCE FOR EXECUTORS AND SOLICITORS

If you’re a solicitor or an executor looking after a legacy gift that has been kindly left to English Heritage, please reach out to our legacy team at the start of the administration process so we can help ensure the gift leaves a lasting and impactful legacy. 

We know administering an estate can be a complex and difficult time but we’re here to answer your questions and help where we can. 

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Letting Us Know

The English Heritage Trust is a registered charity (number: 1140351) and manages the National Heritage Collection of historic properties for the nation on behalf of Historic England. We are still able to accept gifts in wills that use an old registered address or name of English Heritage, such as The English Heritage Foundation. 

All gifts in wills are looked after by our dedicated Legacy Administration Manager who will be happy to help. Get in touch using the details below: 

By post: 

Legacy Administration Manager 

English Heritage 

Engine House 

Fire Fly Avenue 

Swindon, SN2 2EH 

Let us know

Restricted Gifts

If the will includes a legacy gift to be used at a specific English Heritage property or in support of a particular area of our work, please get in touch with our legacy manager at your earliest convenience using the details above. 

We will always honour the memory of those who have so generously left a legacy to the charity and make sure that gifts are only ever used for the purpose expressed in the will. 

Gifts of Objects and Property

If the will mentions a specific object, an entire collection or a property generously left to English Heritage, please let us know so that we can agree the best means of looking after the gift. While we're very appreciative of legacy gifts of any kind we cannot promise to find a home for every object, or to use objects in the way expressed in a will. 

We're usually only able to accept gifts of specific objects, collections or properties where they represent a meaningful addition to the National Heritage Collection or have a special connection to one of the sites in our care. Please get in touch with us to discuss this as we may be able to suggest a solution to ensure that the donor’s wishes are carried out. 

Thank You

English Heritage is grateful for all gifts in wills which ensure the historic places that tell the story of England can continue to inspire future generations as they have our own and those that came before us. Thank you for being there for heritage. 

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