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

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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