'Enriching the List' (Historic England)

Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham

Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy and celebrate England’s spectacular historic environment. Among other things, Historic England maintains the National Heritage List for England. The Jewish Country Houses team worked with Historic England to lead a programme of minor amendments, ensuring the visibility of Jewish country house as a heritage category within it, and also led a broader call to the general public to enrich the list with Jewish stories.

Reduce the underrepresentation of Jewish heritage and more fully document the history of certain listed buildings and registered parks and gardens; to reflect important contributions by or associations with prominent individuals or families of Jewish faith;  and to enhance our understanding of the history of these special places, and ensure the List entry describes their rich and diverse social history.