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02/09/2021

To mark 300 years since the death of the ‘incomparable’ sculptor and wood carver Grinling Gibbons, we looked in our archive to explore the relationship between the SPAB and the buildings where his work can be enjoyed today.

24/08/2021

Eloise Palin of the Spitalfields Trust shares some of the conservation challenges found in the building's surprising secrets

17/08/2021

This 1920s postcard shows our home, Hunter’s Moon, a 16th-century timber-framed house built on the Adur estuary but now a mile from the sea.

09/08/2021

Our archive officer Vicky West explains how to use our new catalogue using the example of a historic case, Tintagel Old Post Office

29/07/2021

You’ll find Tretower Court within the upper reach of the Usk valley, just off the old Roman road to Wales (now the A40), surrounded by wooded hills

22/07/2021

SPAB volunteer Joe Orsi investigates a mysterious detail

22/07/2021

To celebrate Norfolk Day, Fenland and Wash regional group volunteer Steve Mackinder shows us around this historic village, one of the county's lesser known gems.

19/07/2021

Volunteers and specialists worked beautifully together to help repair our Old House Project and nearby Boxley Abbey, Kent. There were tons of hands-on activities to try, nights around the campfire and a huge amount of work was achieved.

05/07/2021

SPAB Fellow Toby Slater explores the craft of Herefordshire carpenter and stonemason John Abel.

23/06/2021

To celebrate SPAB Scholar Lucy Newport writes about her favourite parts of her job in conservation engineering