Author Archives: IHBC

The IHBC welcomes the suite of volunteer-led events across September that open access to local heritage places and resources: Open Doors (Wales), Doors Open Days (Scotland), Heritage Open Days (England) & European Heritage Open Days (Northern Ireland), with many supported … Continue reading →

The IHBC is polling members on priority skills support, so please check out and respond on our social media posts, or you can contact lead officer Anna Hart direct at training@ihbc.org.uk.

Small businesses are being offered the chance to take over a shop on Oxford Street, rent-free, as part of a new project launched by Westminster City Council (CC), in partnership with New West End Company: ‘Meanwhile On: Oxford Street’ campaign. … Continue reading →

A collection of research reports and papers published by National trust for Scotland is available online.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is the call from an English Council for a … Continue reading →

An historic door to a church of ‘the highest historical significance’ has been removed, causing some upset in Petworth, writes Sussex World. image for illustration: St Mary’s Church, Petworth by Smb1001, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons  

Lasting damage has been caused to the Deer Stone in Glendalough, Co Wicklow, Ireland, in what appears to be an act of vandalism, according to Project Manager for HeritageMaps.ie, Pat Reid. image for illustration: Glendalough by Jonjobaker, CC BY-SA 4.0, … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August this year, so if you have relevant coursework from a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’  – from the two years to … Continue reading →

The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading →

When it comes to sharing information, no tool is as widely used as Portable Document Format (PDF), and as a data format, PDF is incredibly durable….

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Dezeen on the campaign to save Marcel Breuer’s Cape Cod … Continue reading →

Brighton & Hove City Council has thanked the emergency services after a fire broke out at the historic Royal Albion Hotel. image for illustration: By The Voice of Hassocks – Own work, Public Domain

The former Royal High School will not be used as a site for St Mary’s Music School in a major change to plans by the Royal High School Preservation Trust, reports The Edinburgh Reporter. image: for illustration – Fiona Newton

The conclusion of three years of restoration work on the Union Chain Bridge linking England and Scotland across the River Tweed has been formally marked as the structure was declared as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American … Continue reading →

David Williams, the IHBC’s consultant on the investigation of a Petition for Charter – #IHBCPetitionforCharter – has agreed a first series of responses to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) with our Petition for Charter Working Group to help inform discussions, while … Continue reading →