Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

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 CIAT’s Architectural Technology Weekly on the IHBC’s consultation on its … Continue reading →

The UK’s ‘Historical past’ is prone to being misplaced endlessly amid a surge in heritage crime UK police chief warns, reports Colors of India. image: HE Heritage Crime on Twitter

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), its members, staff and supporters are deeply saddened at the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, and on their behalf IHBC Chair David McDonald and IHBC President Mike Brown extend their condolences to … Continue reading →

Following confirmation by the IHBC Board of interim terms and procedures for the officers of our new Council, the IHBC is calling for suitably qualified nominees to stand for election as IHBC President and IHBC Vice President at the Council … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s new-styled, easy access CPD Circular for September is out, with Awards and School signposts, alongside events, research, awards (‘Student’ + ‘Research’) and more, all in line with our 25th anniversary ambitions for IHBC25.

England’s wide-ranging Heritage Open Days (HODs) starts today, with 4900+ events registered across England, and lots more across the Home Countries and beyond.

The Heritage Alliance has usefully summarised the landscape of the new government under Rt Hon. Liz Truss MP. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

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

Director of Operations,  Historic Environment Scotland (HES), Craig Mearns, offers a behind the scenes ‘blog’ look at the biggest conservation challenge facing Scotland’s historic buildings. image: HES

The third NewsBlog reprise on the 2022 Annual School is a contributor’s take on the CPD, now via the team of delegates from Stephen Levrant Heritage Architecture (SLHA) that led the tour of the A-listed Art Deco Tarlair Lido on … Continue reading →

Examples of letters modifying Article 4 Directions in several London Boroughs, in line with the England’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), may be useful to Local authorities dealing with these matters. image: Open Government Licence v3.0

The joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ consultation survey has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector (IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice) statement on practice principles for those working in built and historic environment conservation.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while the Director’s occasional news listing feature looks back on a week of news links.

Colchester’s MP Will Quince joined history experts on a unique tour of the city’s iconic Grade II* (GII*) listed Victorian water tower, reports The Daily Gazette. image: HE Listing

Historic England take a closer look at the significant contribution made by women to the field of English architecture over the past 400 years. image: for illustration – Shakespeare Memorial Theatre by Joanna Theobald

The IHBC is a supporting partner in the new Joint Position Statement on ‘Investigation of moisture and its effects on traditional buildings: Principles and Competences’ (‘JPS2022’), to be launched on 22nd September.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is looking for views to shape its new 10-year strategy, and has opened a survey for those working in the heritage sector, with a deadline of 5 September.

The IHBC has sent all current Aberdeen School delegates links to access the broadcasts of the #IHBCAberdeen 2022 Day School – if you are missing yours let us know, while anyone else can still sign up HERE to access the … Continue reading →

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

A project to save a crumbling medieval chapel has been given a £400,000 funding boost by Historic England, reports The Mercury. image: HE Archive

The IHBC is delighted to offer NewsBlog readers who visit less regularly a summary list of the key NewsBlog etc. posts on our 2022 Aberdeen Annual School in June.

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading →

The joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ consultation survey has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector (IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice) statement on practice principles for those working in built and historic environment conservation.

The Benefact Trust – formerly Allchurches Trust – Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants Programme ensures that heritage skills are preserved and promoted through apprenticeships, scholarships and training courses.

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 the Designing Buildings Newsletter headline to its 16K users reporting … Continue reading →