Historic Buildings

Phase II Securing DHT’s future

Dronfield Heritage Trust (DHT) wishes to ensure that Dronfield Hall Barn remains open to a variety of users, and to continue fulfilling the objects of our constitution to be a Heritage, Arts, Education and Functions Centre. The Grade II* building and grounds opened in 2015 and DHT has strived to fulfill its charitable purpose despite changing post-Covid economic and social conditions. We aim to attract visitors and corporate clients from across south Yorkshire and the wider East Midlands. Following the implementation of the Heritage Fund Resilience Grant Phase I (March 2025 – Feb 2026) and the learning this has provided, the new Board of Trustees’ identified the need to develop a ‘destination visitor attraction’, incorporating events unique to the Barn’s story. Phase II is shaped by this plan. Merging The Peel Centre Charitable Trust (custodians of an adjacent Grade II listed building) into DHT will be explored during this period.