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  • Philip Webb Award winners

    Architecture students win SPAB's 'reuse of old buildings' conservation award

  • The Old House Project: from chapel to home

    A former chapel, a 20th century post office, a Victorian home, the site of a ginger-beer making business and the home of a relic – the finger of St Andrew. This gatehouse chapel, St Andrews in Sandling Kent, has had a long and winding history.

  • The impact of HS2 on heritage: Lower Thorpe Farm, Oxfordshire

    In October we received our first application relating to a listed building to be demolished for HS2.

  • Technical Advice Line

    Call us on 020 7456 0916 and have a chat with a member of our experienced team. Please note that we have one advisor available at a time.

  • Thank you!

    As the year draws to a close all of us at the SPAB would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to our members, donors, grant givers and followers who have not wavered in their support of the SPAB through the lockdown months.

  • Intro to Lino-Cutting

    Introduction to Lino Cutting

  • Conservation in action at St Martin’s, Shotesham, Norfolk

    Our Norfolk regional group volunteers report on a successful working party, despite coronovirus restrictions...

  • SPAB Fellow Tom Flemons wins Gwyn Watkins Award

    Stonemason Tom Flemons received the 2020 Gwyn Watkins award for his outstanding personal contribution both to traditional building skills and support of the SPAB Fellowship.

  • Nunn’s Bridge, Coggeshall

    If you take a country walk along the public footpath south-west of the historic town of Coggeshall in Essex, you’ll find an elegant iron footbridge crossing the River Blackwater.

  • Faith Buildings Award to St Doulagh's Church, Balgriffin, Co. Dublin

    St Doulagh's Church, Balgriffin has won the John Betjeman Award (Ireland category) for sensitive external stonework conservation.

  • SPAB Briefings

    The SPAB Briefings offer a summary of recent work by the Society. Briefings offer cutting-edge information to help both owners and building professionals.

  • Noticing everything: John Piper & John Betjeman

    In anticipation of a talk we're holding in March, Maggie Goodall, SPAB education and training manager, looked to our

  • Energy Efficiency in Old Buildings

    Old buildings are sustainable but they can still frequently benefit from sensitive, well-informed energy efficiency measures.

  • Career changers

    For those considering a career change into the heritage sector, it is worth taking into account the amount of time and money that you are likely to need to invest in yourself.

  • The art and craft of wallpaper

    Our founder William Morris’ designs arguably helped to shape our enduring taste for wallpapers. But how did British wallpaper develop, and how was it made?

  • New SPAB Chair for a New Year

    The SPAB is delighted to announce our new SPAB Chair, Nichola Tasker.

  • Research

    The SPAB has developed a body of knowledge based on extensive practical experience over many years. More recently, we have complemented this with some targeted on-site research, notably into the energy efficiency of old buildings.

  • The edge of Essex: St Peter, Bradwell on Sea

    Writer and broadcaster Gillian Darley visits our archive to explore the story of this coastal Saxon church...

  • Findings

    Ongoing research by the SPAB is providing convincing evidence to support our long-held contention that the thermal performance (U-value) of old, solid walls is frequently better than assumed and use of ‘breathable’ (‘vapour-open’) insulation minim

  • Prophet of Preservation: Ruskin's influence on the SPAB

    John Ruskin was born on this day in 1819. Dr Peter Burman, architectural historian, reflects on the importance of this founding member of the SPAB.