Daily Archives: 22/10/2016

IHBC launches £2500 fund to help local Civic Trusts celebrate 50 Years of Conservation Areas in 2017 – the process could not be more simple, so APPLY NOW!

Posted on 22/10/2016 by IHBC NewsBlog

The IHBC has launched a fund allocation of up to £2500 for Civic Trusts in England Scotland and Wales seeking help on local celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Conservation Areas, with a prize of a place … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s ‘Top HESPR tender pick of the week’: Redbridge BC expands evidence base on tall buildings, @£60,000

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The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers weekly HESPR Bulletins listing tender opportunities, and the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features Redbridge Borough Council’s (BC) search for … Continue reading →

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IHBC NI AGM: 9 November, Lisburn, followed by joint conference featuring Ministerial and Media headline speakers: Paul Givan MLA, John Sergeant and Joe Mahon

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The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Northern Ireland (NI) Branch will take place on 9 November at Larchfield Estate, Lisburn, and will be followed by the joint conference organised by the IHBC NI Branch with Lagan Navigation Trust and … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes Engineshed.scot – Scotland’s ‘Place to Explore your Built Heritage

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The IHBC has warmly welcomed the announcement by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) that on the new Engineshed website ‘you will find everything from advice on how to look after traditional buildings to details of upcoming events being planned by the … Continue reading →

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Fire devastates Bristol’s Grade II St Michael on the Mount Without

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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 →

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Harlow resident prosecuted after failing to knock down unauthorised outbuilding in conservation area

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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 →

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Art history, classical civilisation and archaeology set to disappear at A and AS Level)

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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 →

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Scotland’s first TB sanatorium (Category A, and featured on ‘Restoration’) destroyed by ‘deliberate’ fire

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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 →

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Appeal decision: Housing near Edgehill Battlefield, Stratford-upon-Avon rejected for harm to character of surroundings

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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 →

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Weeping Window open at Caernarfon Castle

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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 →

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