£1Mn donation by playwright Ken Ludwig supports conservation efforts at historic home of Shakespeare’s daughter

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC
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 acclaimed playwright Ken Ludwig to help fund important conservation works at Hall’s Croft.

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Unusual Bridge Across the Basingstoke Canal Listed

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC
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 unusual military history.

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HES Grants Funding Report 2023-24 now out

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC

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

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is pledging £90,000 to the Chartered Surveyors Student Bursary Programme.

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Scotland’s amenity lead, AHSS, advocates for heritage protection in response to Scottish Government’s new PDRs

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC

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

Posted on 01/10/2024 by IHBC
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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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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

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

Join in the IHBC’s next Council online on Wednesday 16 October at 4pm, which is open exclusively to IHBC members of all categories and features the distinguished Barrister Dr Charles Mynors IHBC, now appearing after his #IHBCReading2024 Reading School talk was postponed by ‘purdah’.

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IHBC North Branch on ‘Darlington – Hopetown: £35m Heritage Led Regeneration of Historic Railway Buildings’, 11 October 2024, from £35

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

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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LAST CHANCE TO take ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ with IHBC London’s essential CPD linking buildings & nature: Landscapes, biodiversity, place & more, London, 01/09, from only £100 (NO VAT, inc. lunch etc)

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 conference on 1 October explores how conservation of the natural and historic environments can be managed to make better places in its next annual Conference, at the Grade I Royal College of Physicians, from only £100 (£145 non-members) including a generous lunch!

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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LAST CHANCE IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years to 31 July 2024, simply forward it online to us and see if you can win £500 cash, to be presented at our Annual School in Shrewsbury in June 2025.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £174K of works this week: DC seeks CAA update etc., to 11/10 & £29.9K

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a District Council (DC) for a Conservation Area Appraisal (CAA) update and design guide, to 11/10/2024 and valued up to £29.9K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Police appeal for information on damage to bronze age cairn on Bodmin Moor

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC
image for illustration: Jon Coupland / Bodmin Moor field boundary Commons Wikimedia

The Devon and Cornwall Police Rural Affairs Team are seeking information following damage caused to bronze age cairn which sits between Longstone Cross (Long Tom) and Craddock Circle near Minions on Bodmin Moor Cornwall.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Oxfordshire’s 19 acre park and ride, with no access, lies empty

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC
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A multi-million-pound park and ride which has no access road lies empty although major construction work at Eynsham was completed in January, reports the Oxford Mail.

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Celebrating the AHF’s Transforming Places through Heritage Programme… ‘bringing its current phase to a close’

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC

The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) has distributed the final grants from its landmark Transforming Places through Heritage programme, officially bringing its current phase to a close.

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Consultation on CIC-linked ‘Competence Framework for Sustainability’ open to 16/11/2024

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC
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the Edge, working within Workstream 10 of the Climate Change Committee of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) and other partners, has announced the Consultation Draft of ‘Competence frameworks for the built environment – Core criteria for sustainability competence – Code of practice’, with comments to be submitted by 16 November.

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Office for Place: Helping councils get started on design codes

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC
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The Office for Place is helping local councils get started on creating their own local design codes.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: ‘It should be listed’… Tracey Emin slams alterations to brutalist Arlington House, Margate

Posted on 27/09/2024 by IHBC
image for illustration: Arlington House Margate by Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Opponents of alterations to brutalist building Arlington House in Margate say the modifications will damage the architectural integrity of the block and reduce views of the seafront from the inside, reports Euro News.

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IHBC welcomes Ian Baxter’s ‘Heritage Careers Guide 2024-2025’, from BEFS and THA

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC has welcomed the new ‘Heritage Careers Guide 2024-2025’, compiled by Professor Ian Baxter (Heriot-Watt University) in collaboration with Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) and The Heritage Alliance (THA), which provides a comprehensive resource for heritage sector careers.

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Take ‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ with IHBC London’s essential interdisciplinary CPD on managing buildings & nature for sustainability: Landscapes, biodiversity, place & more, in London, 01/09, from only £100 (NO VAT, inc. lunch etc)

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s London Branch 2024 conference on 1 October explores how conservation of the natural and historic environments can be managed to make better places in its next annual Conference, at the Grade I Royal College of Physicians, from only £100 (£145 non-members) including a generous lunch!

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IHBC 2024 Student Award UPDATE – New closing date, 30 September: Seeks relevant coursework ‘written, designed or made’… to win £500 & free #IHBCShrewsbury2025 School place

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 September this year, so if you have submitted relevant coursework on a UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, whether ‘written, designed or made’ – over the two years to 31 July 2024, simply forward it online to us and see if you can win £500 cash, to be presented at our Annual School in Shrewsbury in June 2025.

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IHBC welcomes 25% reduction for members at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference, online, 25/09

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce the special offer to members of a 25% reduction at the 2024 RICS ‘Global Building Conservation Conference’, online on Wednesday 25 September, with up to 7 Hours Formal CPD.

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IHBC’s ‘Management’ signpost: New Homes Accelerator programme to unblock thousands of new homes

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC
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A new expert group will speed up delivery of stalled housing sites, supporting plans to boost economic growth and deliver 1.5 million homes, with resources available and a ‘call for evidence’ for details of blocked sites by planning issues.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Parliament asks what is the ‘Grey Belt’

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC

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’s special news features from a House of Lords Committee’s inquiry into ‘Grey Belt’ development.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Modern Aberystwyth University campus buildings listed, II*/II

Posted on 24/09/2024 by IHBC
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Three 1960s and 1970s buildings on the campus of Aberystwyth University designed by Dale Owen – the Bell Tower and The Hugh Owen Building have been listed at Grade II, with the Great Hall at Aberystwyth Arts Centre listed at Grade II*, reports Cambrian News.

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