News

Lying in our archives is a heavy and crumbling album. It contains more than a hundred drawings, mostly dated from the 1780s, nearly a century before the SPAB was founded. So who was he and why do we have his work?

We are thrilled to be shortlisted for a Museums and Heritage Award in Best Use of Digital (UK). This recognises our work to deliver our Repair of Old Buildings Course online for the first time.

The sails are back on our 18th-century windmill at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. This is a huge milestone in the project to bring this fragile and beautiful mill back into good repair.

For International Women's Day, writer Gillian Darley champions the life and work of architect and designer Sarah Losh (1785 – 1853)

Laying the groundwork for a new phase at St Andrews. Watch our 2021 year in review video.

We are excited to announce the 28 specialists from across the heritage and construction sector who are lending the 2022 Heritage Awards their expertise

Historic England has awarded the SPAB a £36,188 grant in support of the Old House Project.

We’re delighted that plasterer and 2022 Fellow Daahir Mohamed has been awarded a generous grant from Heritage Crafts. The grant will help to support him during the Fellowship, our six-month training scheme for craftspeople.

The sonnet was introduced to English literature by tudor poet Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 1542), who once owned our Old House Project St Andrews in Boxley, Kent.

We’ve objected to proposals that will harm the beautiful historic farm buildings at Higher Melcombe Farm, next to the Grade I listed 15th century Manor and a deserted medieval village.