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- 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! 03/03/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 03/03/2026
- 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. 03/03/2026
- IHBC MARSH Awards: Nominate to celebrate ‘Successful Learning…’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution…’ (Ret IHBC) – with our easy-fill form open to 31/03 03/03/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: Poetry from concrete – Scotland’s fascinating historic concrete and brutalist architecture 03/03/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: HESPR Alert on early booking & special offer for ALL staff on Virtual #IHBCNewcastle2026’! 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Call to Tyneside authorities to restore historic swing bridge (closed since 2019!) 03/03/2026
- Ministerial Update: on ‘Relationship between Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ 03/03/2026
- Tell The Heritage Fund: Is your historic park or garden prepared for the climate crisis? TO 16/03 03/03/2026
- Georgian Group objects to visitor pavilions in British Museum forecourts 03/03/2026
- Consultation on new regeneration body for Greater Cambridge 03/03/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: HE on ‘Stanley Kubrick – A Heritage Odyssey’ 03/03/2026
- Booking opens for IHBC’s 2026 Annual Day School, #IHBCNewcastle2026, in person & online, June 19: Accessible & Certified CPD on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ – From £35+VAT 27/02/2026
- IHBC SE Branch Day School + AGM – ‘Concrete and candyfloss: Seaside structures of the 20th century’, De La Warr Pavilion, 13/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure with Full Access Fund Call now Open with ‘Help’ webinar on 11/03 27/02/2026
- Looking back to IHBC’s Council on ‘Heritage Skills in Conservation’, and ahead to our new ‘response-led’ DRAFT Minutes, for review and feedback 27/02/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £77K of weekly works: Authority seeks design team for a new development, to 22/03 27/02/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost: HE introduces the Monumental Works of Giles Gilbert Scott 27/02/2026
- DCMS Honours Team on New Year 2027 (NY27) ‘Invitation to nominate’, information sessions and nomination form (to 31/03) 27/02/2026
- RTPI asks: Can England still build its utopian vision of a ‘new town’? 27/02/2026
- New design guidance to raise the bar for new build developments 27/02/2026
- RICS modernises CPD framework and launches new member app 27/02/2026
- UK Research and Innovation launches creative industries strategy 27/02/2026
- ARB’s five-year strategy to strengthen safety, competence and culture in architecture 27/02/2026
- Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme 27/02/2026
Tag Archives: heritage
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Consultation on ‘City of Bath and Great Spa Towns of Europe WHS…’, to 17/01/2025
Public Consultation launched concerning City of Bath and Great Spa Towns of Europe World Heritage Site (WHS) Management Plan closes on 17 January 2025.
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HE updates on ‘Heritage and the Environment’ in Heritage Counts
image for illustration: Joanna Theobald Historic England (HE) has updated its Heritage Counts resource with new articles on evidence of the impact of the historic environment on the environment, with content including climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Photographer Thomas Duke recreates 30 iconic moments made possible by National Lottery funding
To celebrate The National Lottery’s 30th birthday and the impact of £50 billion in good causes funding, photographer Thomas Duke travelled the length and breadth of the UK to rephotograph 30 iconic images within the context of their original location. … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Pyramid discovered during road construction works in Hidalgo, Mexico
image for illustration: Hidalgo’s ‘Atlantes of Tula’ a pre-Hispanic site by HeyDiallexLoL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have conducted a rescue excavation following the discovery of a pyramid during … Continue reading
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IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards for 2025: Nominations sought for ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025
The two IHBC Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Charitable Trust, celebrate ‘Community Contributions’ by retired IHBC members, as well as ‘Successful Learning’ in heritage-related skills, with £500 and free places at IHBC’s 2025 Annual School in Shrewsbury … Continue reading
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Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.
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IHBC’s HESPR News and Tender Alert listing spotlight: Director’s sample news selection from December 2024
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members ‘News and Tender Alerts’, while after a quiet periods, as now, the IHBC’s Director selects a sample news listing from a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’ – Southend Council threatens enforcement over Kursaal repairs
image for illustration: The Kursaal by User:Hassocks5489, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The owner of Southend’s landmark Grade II Kursaal building was threatened with enforcement action and ordered to carry out urgent repairs, it has been revealed, reports the Basildon Canvey … Continue reading
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CMS Parliamentary Committee Inquiry call for evidence: ‘Protecting built heritage’… Importance & Barriers, open to 3 February 2025
image for illustration: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to examine the importance of built heritage in the UK and the barriers to its preservation, and is open to … Continue reading
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Winners of the 2024 Heritage Crafts Awards announced
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Traditional boat builder Gail McGarva has won the fifth annual President’s Award for Endangered Crafts at the 2024 Heritage Crafts Awards, supported by headline sponsor The Royal Mint and venue sponsor English Heritage.
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Historic England researches Local Lists in LPAs: Survey open to 31/01/2025
Historic England (HE) has initiated a project to research, review and provide recommendations on the development and revision of local heritage lists, initially with research into the current picture of Local Planning Authorities’ (LPA) local lists, seeking input from only … Continue reading
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Luna Luna: Crates lost for decades unsealed to reveal a fair dreamed up by art legends
image for illustration: Fairground Carousel ride by Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0 The BBC has reported on newly discovered fairground rides designed by the world’s greatest artists for a single summer, before they disappeared for decades.
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.1: Career conscious, & in conservation? IHBC’s free ‘Jobs etc.’ serves diverse disciplines, specialisms & levels, from charity directors & government regulators to sustainability, estates, and more
To help connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so be sure to sign up for free alerts and ‘stay ahead’ with the our unique … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.2: Congratulations to 2024 ‘SAHGB-IHBC Research Award’ winners ‘double up’ – Dalkeith Palace & Thaxted Market Cross
The SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award for 2024 was announced and presented at the SAHGB Annual Awards ceremony – which took place at the church of St Anne’s, Limehouse, one of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s six London churches – as joint winners’ research … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.3:IHBC’s Christmas boost to Branch Committees’ infrastructure: Director’s first introductions to new ‘Branch Liaison & Support Consultants’
The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to representative Branch Committee Officers with initial introductions and contacts details for the new Branch Liaison and Support Consultants (BL&SC), our new way to help volunteers.
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.4: Engine Shed & HES on ‘Preserving trades across the pond… top 6 takeaways’
‘What can we learn from building conservation practices in the USA, and what can they learn from our practices in Scotland?’ asks the Engine Shed, as Craft Fellows Cat Hotchkiss and Gordon Muir reported back from the International Preservation Trades … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.5: Join the IHBC’s next virtual Council with free CPD, open to all IHBC members: Tuesday 21 January, 4pm, includes ‘transferable lessons for all practitioners’
All categories of IHBC members – Supporters, Affiliates, Associates and Full Members – are invited to join the IHBC’s next free online Council for more relevant and topical CPD.
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.7: Cadw Governance Review advances as Cadw & RCAHMW advance Working Group
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 Following a Cadw Governance Review in 2023 recommending a review of the Cadw/RCAHMW relationship, and a 2024 government call ‘to look closely at… functions and responsibilities and identify synergies’, the new Working Group … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.8: England’s 2024 Heritage Open Day Evaluation, 1Mn+ visitors, 5427 events & 1000s of volunteers
England’s Heritage Open Day Festival for 2024 celebrated three decades of connecting communities and helping them discover the stories on their doorstep as over 1Mn visitors enjoyed the 5,427 events organised by our community of thousands of local volunteers and … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.9:Search begins for a design team for the national Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
image for illustration: Queen Elizabeth II 1959 (cropped) by Donald McKague, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons UK Government has launched an open search today for a team to create a design masterplan to honour The Late Queen.
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.10:England’s church heritage ‘danger zones’ revealed by National Churches Trust
image for illustration New data from the National Churches Trust (NCT) reveals England’s church heritage ‘danger zones’ and shows the number of churches at risk in MP’s constituencies. Find out how many churches, chapels, cathedrals and meeting houses are at … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.17, featuring ‘Heritage from the (BID) doorstep’: From the home of #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Shrewsbury’s BID High Street award said to boost trade and pride
image for illustration: Shrewsbury by Angharad Hart Shrewsbury’s Business Improvement District (BID) has said being named home of Britain’s best high street will bring in more visitors and create local pride, another reason to join IHBC’s 2025 Annual School – … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.18, featuring ‘Heritage from the (civic) doorstep’, with Stoke Newington Town Hall officially ‘at risk’ after being vacant ‘for many years’
image for illustration: Stoke Newington Town Hall by Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons A ‘government body’ – Historic England – has declared Hackney’s Stoke Newington Town Hall at risk of loss and in need of protection, reports … Continue reading
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IHBC looks ahead to 2025 No.19, and ‘Heritage on the global doorstep’: Dry stone wall construction added to UNESCO list of protected cultural heritages
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 The practice of dry stone wall construction in Ireland has been added to UNESCO’s list of protected cultural heritages around the world.
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IHBC’s Christmas boost to Branch Committees’ infrastructure: Director’s first introductions to new ‘Branch Liaison & Support Consultants’
The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to representative Branch Committee Officers with initial introductions and contacts details for the new Branch Liaison and Support Consultants (BL&SC), our new way to help volunteers.
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