Daily Archives: 22/12/2022

IHBC’s new Context (174), on your doorstep, online, and – best of all – on #IHBC25: More anniversary fare and accessible CPD for your seasonal read

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

The new issue of the IHBC’s must-read journal, Context No.174, explores just a few key threads in the history of the IHBC in our 25th Anniversary year – #IHBC25 – with extra gems including a local architectural archive that represents … Continue reading →

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IHBC welcomes Terence O’Rourke to HESPR: IHBC’s register of quality-assured conservation and heritage practices

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

Terence O’Rourke is the latest company to be accepted on to the IHBC conservation and heritage services ‘HESPR’ listing, of heritage businesses to benefit from IHBC’s quality assurance.

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Don’t forget the IHBC’s (FREE) jewels for #IHBC25: No. 5 – Events calendar

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

To mark the IHBC’s 25th anniversary in #IHBC25 our NewsBlog service is looking back – and forward – as we celebrate some of the free ‘jewels’ that help members and colleagues contribute to our charitable objects, with the post this … Continue reading →

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IHBC Signpost to Wales: Consultation on ‘Public Commemoration… Guidance’, closing 21/2/23

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

In an oral statement in the Senedd Cymru on 29 November, Dawn Bowden MS, Deputy Minister for Arts etc,, announced the launch of a twelve-week public consultation on Public Commemoration in Wales: Guidance for Public Bodies, closing 21 February. image: … Continue reading →

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Warm welcomes from AJ on IHBC-supported parliamentary APPG call to ‘Cut VAT… to historic buildings’, and more

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

The Architect’s Journal (AJ) has featured the new report from the IHBC-supported cross-party Parliamentary group on Conservation, Places and People which calls for reduced VAT for historic  buildings to encourage appropriate retrofit.

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IHBC’s Vice Chair congratulates Simpson and Brown team on joint SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award success

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

The IHBC has warmly congratulated Laure Emery, Nicholas Uglow, Christian Clarkson and James Legard of the Simpson & Brown Heritage Consultancy Team on winning the second joint SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award for their research into the history and development of … Continue reading →

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: How the Redcar Blast Furnace helped Teesside build the world

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

The demolition of the Redcar Blast Furnace will bookend a story spanning six decades, Teesside historian Dr Tosh Warwick reports through The Northern Echo. image: for illustration – By Stuart Kerr – Corus Steel Works, RedcarUploaded by Computerjoe, CC BY … Continue reading →

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IHBC’s HESPR weekly pick from £416K+ works: Heritage body seeks Landscape Plan, due 18/01, value c.£250K

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

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 features the call from a national heritage body … Continue reading →

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English Heritage reports a big rise in income and membership

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

The conservation charity has a record 1.18 million people signed up, but its chair warns of ‘challenges’ ahead. image: for illustration

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10 accessible historic places to visit as HE looks at listed places that creatively improved their accessibility

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

There are many challenges when operating or managing listed places, writes Historic England (HE) and when thinking about accessibility, it is important to think about a wide range of disabilities and impairments.

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IHBC signpost to the past: Scotland faces a ‘monumental task’, Patrick Harvie tells Scotland’s Green Home Festival launch

Posted on 22/12/2022 by IHBC

Scotland faces a ‘monumental but essential task’ if it is to overhaul its aged housing stock and find practical solutions to reduce emissions and address the climate emergency, said Minister Patrick Harvie as he opened the first-ever Green Home Festival … Continue reading →

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