{"id":14174,"date":"2016-11-12T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T16:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=14174"},"modified":"2016-11-11T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:54:13","slug":"ihbc-scotland-branch-agm-and-hard-hat-visit-to-riddles-court-25-nov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14174","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Scotland Branch AGM and \u2018hard hat\u2019 visit to Riddles Court: 25 Nov"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Edinburgh2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7242\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Edinburgh2014.jpg\" alt=\"edinburgh view\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>IHBC Scotland Branch has announced its AGM (6 pm) and linked \u2018Hard Hat\u2019 visit to Edinburgh\u2019s \u2018Riddles Court, a Merchants House fit for a King\u2019, on 25 November from 2pm on, and now with the addition of an optional tie-in Insight Tour of Edinburgh castle insulation from Historic Environment Scotland in the morning for those with the stamina.<\/h3>\n<p>Scotland Branch writes:<\/p>\n<p><u>Programme <\/u><\/p>\n<p>14.00 arrive: Tea\/coffee in the Hall of the Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends.<\/p>\n<p>2.15 lecture by Mike Cressey, CFA: Riddles Court, a Merchants House fit for a King, covering the archaeological approach taken by Scottish Historic Buildings Trust (SHBT) in collaboration with the late Prof Charles McKean to unravel the mysteries of this multi-phase building in the top of the Old Town of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>To create The Patrick Geddes Centre for Learning and Conservation, SHBT will undertake major repair works to the building, conserve its significant architectural features and improve public access and facilities. The Trust promises an extensive learning and conservation programme to be delivered from the new centre based on the educational ethos evolved from Geddes \u2018Vivendo Discimus \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shbt.org.uk\/\/index.php?cID=151\" target=\"_blank\">By Living We Learn<\/a>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Taking that motto to heart, IHBC will discuss experiences of standing building archaeology and its interface with building conservation. Please bring your thoughts to bear on this.<\/p>\n<p>15.30: Group of 15 (first come first served. Members, Affiliates and Associates prioritised until 15 November, when bookings open up to potential new members) tour of Riddles Court with SHBT. \u00a0Wear good shoes\/ walking boots. Steel toes optional. Hard hats provided.<\/p>\n<p>A second group, if we have more than can be permitted in Riddles Court, will tour adjacent sites of interest, possibly including India Buildings.<\/p>\n<p>16.30 \u2013 17.30: Return to Hall and resume discussion. People who have not booked the tour are free to join in.<\/p>\n<p>17.30 Tea\/ coffee served<\/p>\n<p>18.00 Annual General Meeting: no payment required<\/p>\n<p>19.00 Conclude and leave Quaker Meeting House<\/p>\n<p>Reservations for the afternoon session and visit should go to <a href=\"mailto:mark.watson@hes.scot\" target=\"_blank\">mark.watson@hes.scot<\/a> or to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scotlandbranchnews@ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">scotlandbranchnews@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cost \u00a310 at the door to members, who may reserve immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Non-members \u00a320 (students \u00a310), who may reserve from 15 November.<\/p>\n<p>There is a tie-in option of an Insight Tour of Edinburgh Castle and its insulation that morning, \u2018to see first-hand many of the energy saving techniques we have successfully applied at the castle\u2019 . Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historicenvironment.scot\/visit-a-place\/whats-on\/event\/?eventId=03245b97-9877-44c9-a6c9-a69c01086820&amp;hootPostID=579a1881d7fd99338d819f75e7f78b44\" target=\"_blank\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=6006\" target=\"_blank\">More details and BOOK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IHBC Scotland Branch has announced its AGM (6 pm) and linked \u2018Hard Hat\u2019 visit to Edinburgh\u2019s \u2018Riddles Court, a Merchants House fit for a King\u2019, on 25 November from 2pm on, and now with the addition of an optional tie-in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=14174\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14175,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14174\/revisions\/14175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}