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’, and this week features the BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school fire’ to the Grade II listed Newell House, Sherborne.
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BBC News writes:
… The blaze on Sunday evening at the Grade II listed Newell House in Cornhill, Sherborne, Dorset, caused the roof to collapse….’
image for illustration: Newell House Sherborne, 2013, by Sarah Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
….Sherborne & District Society, said it has been increasingly concerned about the state and security of the building… and is calling for an investigation….’
…’A spokesperson for Dorset Council said….’We are satisfied that the council has… taken all the necessary action we are legally allowed to when it comes to privately owned properties.’….’
IHBC Pre-School CPD Webinars: UPDATE
- Engagement, (mis)understanding and outreach: Do we have the education and skills we need to plan for Adaptive re-use? with Professor John Sturzaker FRTPI, Director of Careers, Education & Planning Aid England at the Royal Town Planning Institute & Dr Alison McCandlish MRTPI IHBC, Lecturer in City Planning at the University of Glasgow.
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- Old Buildings, New Rules: Navigating Building Control and Regulations for Adaptive Reuse with Anthony Gwynne & Prof. John Edwards
- Enhancing Adaptive Reuse: An exploration of heritage architectural intervention in international contexts with Alina Holyst
If you have any queries please contact Angharad Hart, Education & Outreach Executive Officer at a.hart@ihbc.org.uk
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IHBC Virtual Day School 2026
For offer code and details, just contact your company’s HESPR Designated Service Adviser, as listed on your company’s HESPR page, or email IHBC at contact@ihbc.org.uk.
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