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- Bursaries for #IHBCNewcastle2026 open to 13/04, 18-20 June: ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 17/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 17/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ Signpost: Great Expectations Conference update by the National Churches Trust – Recordings now available 17/02/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC’s NewsBlog on ‘BOOKING OPEN for IHBC’s Full School (June 18-20): #IHBCNewcastle2026’ 17/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Heritage charity to change name after sale of 20,000-acre estate 17/02/2026
- National Heritage Emergency declared by Stoke-on-Trent – ‘first for a UK City’ – as Potteries needs £325Mn investment over the next decade 17/02/2026
- Nominations open for the Plowden Medal Conservation Award 2026, to 15/05 17/02/2026
- LPOC announces Listed & Modern Architectural Awards 2026 17/02/2026
- The Heritage Fund on ‘Putting people’s memories at the heart of heritage-inspired regeneration’ – ‘Felt experience’ 17/02/2026
- Headline findings of Official Statistics from the Community Life Survey 2024/25 released 10 December 2025 17/02/2026
- Scottish Infrastructure Strategy 2027-2037 Consultation now out 17/02/2026
- IHBC President’s ‘Members only’ Invitation to next Virtual Council: Online, 8 April 2026, from 4.30pm – Scoping ‘Investigation’ of conservation in local government, with a call for suggestions etc. 13/02/2026
- IHBC welcomes National Apprenticeship Week: to 15/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 13/02/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, June 18-20 (Full School only): Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT (Online Day School), free pre-conference webinars and more… 13/02/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 13/02/2026
- IHBC ‘Management’ Signpost: Managing Surplus Government Property, guidance from the Government 13/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £64K of weekly works: UK heritage body seeks Chief Exec, to 28/02 13/02/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the ‘super-rich’ doorstep’: Britain’s building standards so bad that even super-rich face housing misery… 13/02/2026
- Southbank now listed: The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery and associated terraced walkways and stairs 13/02/2026
- Iconic canals to be better protected with £6.5 million investment- Funding to support repair, maintenance & long-term projects 13/02/2026
- 2026 SPAB Fellows and Scholars announced 13/02/2026
- New £11.5Mn fund to help England’s charities and councils support local communities 13/02/2026
Daily Archives: 29/10/2016
IHBC: Reaching out to new audiences in conservation… from TRADA’s ‘Heritage Buildings’ in Manchester to ‘Risk and resilience’ in Bucharest
IHBC volunteers, officers and staff make huge efforts to reach out to new audiences for conservation, but next week’s travels by IHBC director Sean O’Reilly are especially wide as he chairs a session of the IHBC CPD recognised conference on … Continue reading
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IHBC’s FREE ‘Conservation Course Connection Day’ last chance – 9 Nov, Birmingham – one student representative per course…
If your conservation-related course or programme allows for it, do make sure it is represented at the IHBC’s free 4th ‘Conservation Course Connection Day’ by checking with your course director or the IHBC, and if you can’t make it along … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Top HESPR tender pick of the week’: Argyll and Bute Council’s evidence-based promotion of the thermal efficiency of Rothesay’s traditional timber windows
The IHBC’s commercial conservation services listing, HESPR – the Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition scheme – offers weekly HESPR Bulletins with tender opportunities, and the Director’s top pick for IHBC members this week features Argyll and Bute Council’s call for … Continue reading
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Paul Morrell to advise in major review of industrial training boards
Robert Halfon, England’s Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills, has announced that Paul Morrell, the former government construction advisor, has agreed to use his expertise in helping determine the future shape of industrial training boards. The announcement follows the … Continue reading
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Victorian sea fort sale: Under £1 million
One of four forts ordered to be built by Prime Minister Henry John Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston, in 1860, following concerns over the strength of the French Navy, is up for auction for £875,000. The fort, which sits four miles … Continue reading
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Elain Harwood’s ‘Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945-75’ wins SAHGB’s Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion
The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) has awarded the 2016 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion to Elain Harwood of Historic England for her ‘Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture 1945-75’, described by publishers Yale as ‘the first major … Continue reading
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HE’s Major Parish Churches research and resources published
Historic England (HE) has published a suite of research and resources on ‘Major Parish Churches’, ‘highly significant buildings that provide functions and services to local and regional communities in addition to parish ministry’. Historic England writes: The findings of the … Continue reading
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Scotland’s Scottish Redundant Churches Trust (SRCT) seeks new board members
The Scottish Redundant Churches Trust (SRCT) seeks new trustees, ‘to play a vital role in the transition of the SRCT to a more entrepreneurial and financially resilient organisation’. SRCT writes: We are looking for dynamic new trustees to join the … Continue reading
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Heathrow chosen as site of new runway
The UK Government has chosen Heathrow as the site for airport expansion. View the full press release and more information about the proposals
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National Grid consultation: ‘Undergrounding’ cables plans for National Park
The National Grid has revealed plans to rationalise the cabling within the Lake District National Park and the Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site, including removal of surplus pylons and undergrounding other supplies; the public consultation on these proposals starts … Continue reading
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GII listing for rare reception house associated with cholera outbreak
A property which was once used as a site to store the bodies of victims of the cholera epidemic in London has been granted Grade II listing, as a rare example of its type. Historic England writes: A 19th Century … Continue reading
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