News - SPAB Scholarship

As our new Scholars prepare for their year of conservation discoveries, we look to a valued past Scholar. In June 2018 local Scholar Peter Carey (1977) showed us behind the scenes of the redevelopment of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre, a building that he had been passionate about for decades.

A nine-month, hands-on learning experience aimed at craftspeople, architects, surveyors and engineers.

Architect Scholar, Pam Dziwulska, writes about her time exploring conservation in Italy.

SPAB Scholar, Matt Loosley writes about conserving the ruinous Clarendon Palace, Wiltshire.

By Lilian Tuohy Main

As we enter the third month of our conservation tour, a theme that continues to arise is the importance of observing before acting. A unifying trait of historic buildings is their numerous ‘unknowns’. It is this intangible mystery that often makes a place compelling.

By Aoife Murphy.

The Scholarship is giving us wonderful access to beautiful buildings and crafts all over the UK. It’s difficult to choose a blog topic.