Press Release

National Mills Weekend is an annual celebration of milling heritage organised by the Mills Section, when mills across the country are open to view.

Three architecture graduates have won the SPAB's the Philip Webb Award, for their separate schemes proving that with imagination and sensitivity you don’t need to demolish historic buildings.

Broadcaster and heritage champion Loyd Grossman is to be the keynote speaker at the SPAB's first exhibition, The Old House Show, presented in partnership with Period Living.

With two months until its first major exhibition, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has announced its full speaker line up for The Old House Show.

Taking place at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich over two days, Friday 7 to Saturday 8 September, The Old House Show is for homeowners, professionals, building enthusiasts and craft lovers – and is absolutely free.   

The Elizabethan manor house, Eastbury in Barking, is the destination for the 2018 SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) Working Party, an event that is part of the National-Lottery funded ‘We Love Eastbury: 100 Years of Protection and Preservation’ project.

Up to 70 conservation experts and volunteer heritage enthusiasts from all walks of life will descend on site for one week (Wednesday 11 July – Wednesday 18 July) to carry out vital maintenance and repair work to this important Tudor survivor.

The SPAB has received a confirmed National Lottery Grant of £99,400 for the ‘We Love Eastbury: 100 Years of Protection and Preservation’ project. This project is in partnership with London Borough of Barking and Dagenham’s Heritage Services.

Sensitive conservation work to internationally significant wall paintings at Grade 1-listed Guild Chapel in Stratford-upon-Avon has won the prestigious 2017 SPAB John Betjeman Award.

A nationwide celebration of Britain’s mills and wildlife taking place on Saturday and Sunday 12-13 May 2018.

The 2018 Fellows begin the unique educational scheme designed to nurture and develop the hands-on skills needed to care for old buildings.

The three newest recruits to this long-established training scheme for young architectural and building professionals begin their countrywide conservation tour.