The Building Preservation Trust is committed to raising awareness of projects that maintain and enhance the fabric and infrastructure of Wigan's history and heritage.

Market Hall Canopy

Market Hall Canopy

Removal and Relocation in the new development.

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Ince Cemetery Chapels

Ince Cemetery Chapels

At-Risk Grade 2 Listed by eminent Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse.

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Plantation Gates - Ongoing

Plantation Gates - Ongoing

Project to restore the Gateway and Lodges. Grade 2* Listed Building "At-Risk"

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Common Seal Stonework

Common Seal Stonework

The project aim is to repair and relocate the stonework, recovered, from the old Town Hall, King St, to a prominent position within the Town Centre.

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Heritage Buildings of Wigan

Heritage Buildings of Wigan

Volunteers required to photograph and research local buildings

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The Gidlow Sisters Portraits

The Gidlow Sisters Portraits

Discovering and locating oil paintings of Margaret Eleanor and Amelia Gidlow originally displayed in the Board Room of Wigan Infirmary. There is also a stained galss window dedicated to the sisters.

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