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Niamh Ní Shúilleabháin, SPAB Scotland Guardian reveals the labour of love to repair this 18th century house

Some updates on the interiors and services as St Andrews Chapel gets close to the final stages.

https://www.spab.org.uk/whats-on/courses/repair-old-buildings-course-5SPAB member, Amanda Billingsley writes about the idiosyncrasies of her repair project at Wisson Hill, Warwickshire

Stonemason and carver Marlène Lagnado undertook her Fellowship in 2024. She was generously supported by the Worshipful Company of Masons. Here are some highlights from the report she wrote for their committee.

Sarika Jhawar, a 2024 SPAB Scholar, describes meeting Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan's first female architect and the country's first registered architect.

Carole Leith, Chair of our Mills Section attended a fascinating online lecture in December 2024.

Archaeologist and historian, Andy Bliss, presented a scholarly but accessible lecture on the development of water mills. His research into Domesday, monastic and other early, often beautifully illuminated, manuscripts gave substance to the Mills Section first history lecture.

Father of Arts & Crafts architecture and SPAB co-founder Philip Webb was born on 12 January 1831.

The Old House Project (OHP) hosted two very different visiting groups in October 2024.

James Bull, heritage carpenter and 2024 Fellow, shares a snapshot of what he’s been up to.

This medieval cottage is said to have inspired the old English nursery rhyme, ‘There was a Crooked Man’. Alex Khalil-Martin shares its story.