Harewood in the running for the Country Life Restoration of the Century Award!

This major new award aims to celebrate the variety and importance of recently-undertaken restoration work to England's historic buildings.

Click here to visit the restoration website and vote for Harewood now!

Harewood's East Bedroom has been nominated in the northern category for our 2008 restoration project - the restoration of the Chinese Wallpaper. 

Voting closes on the 16th of September so vote soon!

The criteria for entry were purposefully wide: nominations could be for any residential property or associated building, be of any scale - a great house, a cottage or even an important room - and be in any context, either rural or urban. The restoration could also be of any stylistic character, in that it could be in keeping with the period of the original fabric or be contemporary in style. In this way it is hoped that the competition will have attracted the widest possible spectrum of nominations. All work had to have been completed in the last decade.

As they make their visits, the judges will be asked to look beyond the immediate scale of these remarkable restoration projects, and instead to consider the understated qualities that underpin them, such as sensitivity to the historic fabric of the building, ingenuity of approach and fine craftsmanship. In addition, the overall winner must be judged to be of exemplary quality and possess flair, appeal and interest.

Judging visits to the finalists of the Restoration of the Century Award will be taking place from July until September. As the panel make their way around the country over the summer, a public vote will take place to get your opinions too.

To see the full list of finalists, cast your vote and find out more about the award, visit the Country Life restoration website. To cast your vote, click on the total number of stars that you feel each project merits. The property with the highest number of stars and the most votes will be given a special mention when the results of the competition are announced in October. The results will be announced in the 13 October issue of Country Life.

Click here to visit the restoration website and vote for Harewood now!