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- We were recently consulted about plans to alter this late 15th-century house, now a local museum.
- SPAB Mills Section Glossary of British Mill Terms defines a chondrometer as an instrument (steelyard) used to give the weight of a bushel of grain, using only a small sample.
- 2022 SPAB Scholar Serena Gildea is an engineer from Donegal. Here she explores both successes and challenges facing historic buildings and traditional crafts across the island of Ireland.
- I’ve received an invitation to take part in a SPAB survey – why have I received this?
- Three great projects shortlisted for the SPAB's 'reuse of old buildings' design award
- What a night! We were delighted to welcome over 230 people to our very first SPAB Heritage Awards ceremony at Conway Hall in London.
- 2022 SPAB Fellow Owen Bushell is a shingle maker and signwriter, and he is also this year's Millwrighting Fellow. One SPAB Fellow a year gets the opportunity for an additional three months’ training in millwrighting, now an endangered craft.
- Building owners have recently been approaching the SPAB for comments on colourless “thermal paints”, claimed to reduce heat losses when applied to the outside walls of brick and stone buildings.
- For Explore Your Archives week we’re celebrating stories from our past. All Saints Church is Grade I listed and the West tower, which was repaired by SPAB architect William Weir, dates to the 13th century.
- For Explore Your Archives week we’re celebrating stories from our past. For today’s theme of Party we looked at our archive file on our first Working Parties, which took place at this important medieval site.
- Read this Environment Agency guide to the rights and responsibilities of riparian land ownership.
- Moisture and its effects on traditional buildings: Principles and competencies
- Our Hampshire Group reformed in 2022, with Charles Fraser-Fleming as the main organiser. We're planning a programme of events for 2023 and are keen to hear from members who would like to be involved.
- A 16th-century cottage we helped to save has won an award from the Nottinghamshire Buildings Preservation Trust.
- If rebuilding a weir or sluice it may be useful to refer to the Environment Agency’s guidance on fish passes.
- Since 1930, the SPAB Scholarship has offered an unrivalled training opportunity to architects, surveyors and engineers in the early stages of their career in conservation.
- Interested parties in any planning application must consider the wider setting of a historic building.
- Ulrike Wahl, stonemason, surveyor and SPAB Fellow writes a love letter to London stockbrick, arguably an urban vernacular material.
- This guidance document sets out government's planning policies for England and how they are expected to be applied. Chapter 12 focuses on the Historic Environment.
- The SPAB Mills Section works to protect our national heritage of old mills. Although it is part of the SPAB, it has its own membership for those who want to support milling heritage.
- All planning applications relating to listed buildings must comply with current legislation, as outlined in the Planning Act 1990.
- The SPAB is often asked about historic brickwork over our Technical Advice Line. Brick can be one of the most durable building materials, as testified by the survival of notable Roman examples.