Author Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders is the latest community to benefit from funding from the Scottish Land Fund, with an eco-innovation centre being established in the former Town Hall, a ‘Category B’ Listed Building. The Big Lottery Fund writes: An … Continue reading →

The iconic Grade I (GI) listed Royal Liver Building in Liverpool is to be marketed for sale. CBRE writes: Acting on behalf of Royal London Mutual Insurance Society, CBRE has been instructed to sell the iconic Royal Liver Building in … Continue reading →

The national architectural charity, the Victorian Society (Vic Soc), released its 2016 Top Ten Endangered Buildings list, while Griff Rhys Jones, Victorian Society Vice President, has urged people living near the buildings on the list to ‘seize the opportunity’ and … Continue reading →

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has launched its brand refresh with a new logo and strapline: BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS TOGETHER The CIC writes: At the 101st Meeting of Construction Industry Council (CIC) Members held yesterday at the London offices of … Continue reading →

The ‘Farmer Review’, a report commissioned by the government and carried out by Cast Consultants, a real estate and construction consultancy, has concluded that the construction sector must ‘modernise or die’, being highly critical in relation to its delivery, innovation, … Continue reading →

A £10 million Green Gas Mill, which produces heating for 4000 houses using green gas from grass, has been granted planning permission by Winchester City Council. Ecotricity writes: Ecotricity, Britain’s leading green energy company, has today received planning permission to … Continue reading →

BBC News explores how the structure of a Grade II* listed 1930s home of Gerald Schlesinger and Christopher Tunnard, managed to help keep a secret that would otherwise have criminalised its owners, as its ‘LGBTQ’ history has now been officially … Continue reading →

Bristol may have lost one of its oldest and most historically important churches as St Michael on the Mount Without adds itself to the long line of listed buildings assailed by fire. The Bristol post writes: It has survived the … Continue reading →

A resident has been fined £1,600 after Harlow Council took him to court for failing to demolish an outbuilding he has built in his garden, as Councillor Danny Purton, Portfolio Holder for Environment there, said: ‘… People living in a … Continue reading →

On 12 October 2016, the AQA exam board announced that it would not be continuing work to develop new AS and A-levels in Archaeology, Classical Civilisation, History of Art and Statistics, and petitions objecting to these plans have been generating … Continue reading →

Firefighters worked through the night of 13 October to battle a huge blaze at a former north-east hospital, the derelict Glen O’Dee hospital, Banchory as now news reports have emerged that the Category A listed building, which once featured on … Continue reading →

An appeal launched relating to housing near a historic battlefield in Warwickshire has been dismissed, with the inspector concluding that the appeal was not in accordance with the development plan and that harm to the character of the surroundings would … Continue reading →

The remembrance poppy sculpture ‘weeping window’ which was initially at the Tower of London now graces another monument, this time in Wales, at Caernarfon Castle. CADW writes: The poppy sculpture Weeping Window by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper … Continue reading →

On 10 October the second reading of the Neighbourhood Planning Bill has been held in Parliament, with the next stage being committee reading in the House of Commons. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Sajid Javid) clarified … Continue reading →

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that Newcastle-Gateshead is to be the host of the Great Exhibition of the North. DCMS writes: Newcastle-Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North, Culture Secretary Karen Bradley announced … Continue reading →

A former munitions factory in Leeds has been designated as a scheduled monument. Historic England writes: The former First World War National Filling Factory in Barnbow, Leeds where 16,000 women were employed producing high-explosive shells has been protected as a … Continue reading →

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a new Inclusive Economy Unit, aiming to bring knowledge from the public, private and civil society sectors together and help to improve public services. DCMS writes: Government announces Inclusive Economy … Continue reading →

Anna Carragher has been appointed as the new trustee for Northern Ireland on the National Heritage Memorial Fund / Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Board. HLF writes: Anna Carragher has been appointed as the new trustee for Northern Ireland on the … Continue reading →

The Scottish Government has announced that the Queensferry Crossing’s centre tower deck has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the largest freestanding balanced cantilever in the world. The Scottish Government writes: The Queensferry Crossing’s centre tower deck has been recognised … Continue reading →