Author Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

The Saturday tours visited different sites in and around Worcester – from the Jewellery Quarter and Dudley Castle to Malvern station and the King’s School, and in anticipation of our 2017 School on ‘Historic Transport Infrastructure’, you can remind or … Continue reading →

The Canal and Rivers Trust is seeking groups to look after stretches of waterway across England and Wales.

The Heritage Alliance (THA), England’s link body for heritage organisations, has produced a ‘Brexit briefing’ which has been updated to highlight how in the past 10 years the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, including LEADER, has provided England with … Continue reading →

Experts have been assessing the damage at Parnham House, a Grade I (GI) 16th Century listed stately home near Beaminster which was gutted in a suspicious fire on Easter Sunday, with the Dorset Echo reporting locally on progress.

The Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) monthly ‘Future Trends’ workload index gained strength in March 2017 – rising to +22 from +16 in February 2017.

Bath Preservation Trust has launched a new publication giving guidance to owners on how to make changes to Listed Buildings (LBs) in Bath.

Conservation has started to restore Hurst Castle in Hampshire that was used up until the Second World War.

The Heritage Alliance (THA) England’s heritage link body, has published ‘The Heritage Manifesto 2017’.

Building Environment Forum Scotland(BEFS), Scotland’s built and historic environment link body, has produced an advocacy toolkit that gives tips and ideas on how to make the case for the built environment with local politicians and councillors, and raise the profile … Continue reading →

A Wealden DC Conservative councillor has been forced to pay out more than £100,000 after being taken to court by her own council for illegally making ‘irreversible’ alterations to her Grade II (GII) listed home.

The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) ‘Taking part, focus on diversity trends’ household survey report captures differences in cultural engagement between demographic groups, and between the regions of England, and explores how these have changed between 2005/06 and … Continue reading →

If you know a Victorian building in England or Wales that you feel is under threat, to help secure its future you can nominate it for The Victorian Society’s (Vic Soc) ‘Top 10 Endangered Buildings 2017’, which has a closing … Continue reading →

Southend voted Pier Of The Year 2023 The newly reopened Hastings Pier has been voted Pier Of The Year 2017 by members of the National Piers Society (NPS), narrowly beating Worthing, which for the third year running came second, while … Continue reading →

Civic Voice has announced the shortlist of 18 schemes for its Design Awards which includes a housing development in a World Heritage Site, creative re-use of a set of historic underground tunnels and a treetop walkway.

Historic England has objected to plans for a six-storey flat complex and restaurant in Poole’s historic Old Town.

The Environmental Audit Committee has criticised the Government for failing to set out a clear plan to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (or ‘Global Goals’) in the UK.   Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

English Heritage is planning to dig under York’s most iconic of locations, the 12th-century Clifford’s Tower, and build a visitor centre, but the fight to stop the works is to go to the high court.

Herefordshire Council’s cabinet has agreed to sell all of its county farms.