{"id":15540,"date":"2017-04-28T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15540"},"modified":"2017-04-28T18:21:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T17:21:18","slug":"thatch-conservation-in-a-day-book-now-17-may-peterborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15540","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Thatch conservation in a day\u2019: Book now &#8211; 17 May, Peterborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Conservation_of_Thatch2017-e1492191136620.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15408\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Conservation_of_Thatch2017-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"Conservation of Thatch 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a>Another remarkable day of IHBC-recognised CPD on the \u2018Conservation of Thatch\u2019, is on offer on 17 May, in Peterborough, with costs supported by Historic England.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The day will be of interest to conservation officers and other building conservation professionals, thatchers, and those responsible for the maintenance and repair of thatched buildings.<\/p>\n<p>During the afternoon there will be practical demonstrations of the three main thatch types. There will also be an update on the current Historic England research into the causes of fires in thatched buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Topics encompass:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to different types of thatch: Current issues<\/li>\n<li>Thatching traditions in the East Midlands<\/li>\n<li>Demonstration: Long straw thatch preparation<\/li>\n<li>How does thatch contribute to the significance of historic buildings<\/li>\n<li>Re-thatching: Guidance, principles and policies<\/li>\n<li>Assessing options for repair<\/li>\n<li>Current issues, coping with shortages<\/li>\n<li>Dealing with applications for listed building consent<\/li>\n<li>Thatch repair \u2013 practical considerations and demonstrations<\/li>\n<li>Fire risk in thatched roofs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The cost of attending is \u00a340 plus VAT for IHBC members and \u00a360 plus VAT for non-members, including lunch and refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>Venue: The Northampton Suite, East of England Showground at Peterborough<\/p>\n<p>For more background see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15321\">NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more details and to book see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/thatch2017\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For enquiries email\u00a0Joanna at <a href=\"mailto:contact@ihbc.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact@ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JxUaDFcLxF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15407\">THATCH CPD reminder: \u2018Conservation of Thatch\u2019, 17 May, Peterborough<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;THATCH CPD reminder: \u2018Conservation of Thatch\u2019, 17 May, Peterborough&#8221; &#8212; IHBC NewsBlogs\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15407&#038;embed=true#?secret=Qoc3I8Yusl#?secret=JxUaDFcLxF\" data-secret=\"JxUaDFcLxF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another remarkable day of IHBC-recognised CPD on the \u2018Conservation of Thatch\u2019, is on offer on 17 May, in Peterborough, with costs supported by Historic England.<\/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-15540","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\/15540","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=15540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15541,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15540\/revisions\/15541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}