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- Charles Mynors considers the lessons recent changes in Wales might have for other UK historic environment legislation: REGISTER NOW for IHBC’s next Council online, Wednesday 16 October, 4pm 04/10/2024
- Serious about your career? Sign up to IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ service to stay ahead with opportunities from across disciplines, specialisms & levels: facilities, churches, councils & much more 04/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s Research & ‘Intervention’ Signpost: New research from the Sustainable Development Foundation – ‘Retrofit-at-scale, how many, how deep, what cost?’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £5.5M of works this week: Arm of international body seeks consultant for site-based participation, to 04/10 and £30K 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: High Court rejects oral appeal against tower block decision in historic Bloomsbury 04/10/2024
- Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) publishes first ever nuclear heritage strategy 04/10/2024
- New Towns Taskforce set to deliver major housebuilding push 04/10/2024
- The Guardian Obituary: John Sell, ‘..spent his career championing the protection of historic buildings and spaces’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Sicilian Cathedral’s stunning mosaics ‘regain golden lustre’ 04/10/2024
- IHBC’s new ‘IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Committee Officers & more 01/10/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 01/10/2024
- IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10 01/10/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s own ‘Special Interest ‘News from the Sector’’ update 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Railway) doorstep’: Network Rail unveils new ‘Harry’s Wall’ at site of iconic Holmes Chapel landmark 01/10/2024
- Met Office launches beta ‘Local Authority Climate Service’ 01/10/2024
- Mayor of London and Government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street 01/10/2024
- £1Mn donation by playwright Ken Ludwig supports conservation efforts at historic home of Shakespeare’s daughter 01/10/2024
- Unusual Bridge Across the Basingstoke Canal Listed 01/10/2024
- HES Grants Funding Report 2023-24 now out 01/10/2024
- RICS pledges initial £90,000 to student bursary programme 01/10/2024
- Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs 01/10/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: The St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto – a cautionary tale to preserve heritage 01/10/2024
- Join IHBC’s Council online on 16 October, 4pm, as Charles Mynors follows up on #IHBCReading2024: Free IHBC training, insights, CPD & more, exclusive to all IHBC member categories 27/09/2024
- IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35 27/09/2024
Daily Archives: 01/10/2024
IHBC’s new ‘IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: National Office updates for Committee Officers & more
The IHBC has circulated a new ‘IHBC Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’, to update committees on strategic developments, so if you are keen to find out more on any points below, just check in with your Branch Officers.
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IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35
IHBC North Branch has announced its Autumn full-day CPD event at Darlington’s Hopetown, part of the £35m funded linear Heritage Action Zone project (HAZ), on 11 October 2024, from only £35 for members.
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IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10
If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s own ‘Special Interest ‘News from the Sector’’ update
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’, which includes ‘News from the sector’, a dedicated HESPR members’ news service supplement to … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Railway) doorstep’: Network Rail unveils new ‘Harry’s Wall’ at site of iconic Holmes Chapel landmark
image for illustration: Twemlow Viaduct by Dave.Dunford – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Harry Styles fans are being encouraged to sign a new, purpose-built wall as an alternative to the Grade II listed Twemlow viaduct that has become a shrine … Continue reading
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Met Office launches beta ‘Local Authority Climate Service’
image for illustration The Met Office has launched a beta version of its Local Authority Climate Service, presenting climate data at local authority boundaries along with supporting tools and guidance.
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Mayor of London and Government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street
image for illustration: by Christine Matthews / Oxford Circus, London W1 Commons Wikimedia The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan and government announce bold plans to transform Oxford Street including turning the road into a traffic-free pedestrianised avenue, creating a beautiful public … Continue reading
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£1Mn donation by playwright Ken Ludwig supports conservation efforts at historic home of Shakespeare’s daughter
image for illustration: Hall’s Croft by Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The charity that cares for the world’s greatest Shakespeare heritage sites in Stratford-upon-Avon has announced it has received a substantial donation by … Continue reading
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Unusual Bridge Across the Basingstoke Canal Listed
image for illustration: Inglis Pyramid Bridge on Basingstoke Canal by pablo haworth, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons An unassuming metal bridge which crosses the Basingstoke Canal near Aldershot in Hampshire is now listed at Grade II thanks to its … Continue reading
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HES Grants Funding Report 2023-24 now out
Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) ‘Grants Funding Report 2023-24’ provides detailed information on how grant funding has supported communities and historic places all over Scotland.
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RICS pledges initial £90,000 to student bursary programme
image for illustration The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is pledging £90,000 to the Chartered Surveyors Student Bursary Programme.
Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs
The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS) has recently expressed its concerns to the Scottish Government regarding the implementation of Phase 3 of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in Conservation Areas.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: The St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto – a cautionary tale to preserve heritage
image for illustration Jack Rozdilsky of York University, Canada, looks to lessons following the St. Anne’s Church fire in Toronto, from moving activities to a GoFundMe campaign to support rebuilding, reports the Canadian Architect.
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