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- The fourth SPAB Briefing aims to explain how we can ensure that appropriate measures are taken to protect old buildings from potential disasters.
- Dorset Group webinar: Exploring the History of Parks, Gardens and Landscapes
- Alex Khalil-Martin recounts the history of The Crooked House, Lavenham and details recent work and vital future plans for its on-going repair. There was a Crooked Man… and his story started here.
- Every year, we select four craftspeople with a passion for old buildings to join the SPAB Fellowship, a unique training programme designed to broaden the skills and experience of craf
- Everything you need to know for your one-day workshop led by pargeting expert Bill Sargent. Programme This programme is subject to minor changes. 9am Registration
- SPAB Mills Day Event: Mills At Risk on 30 November 2024 unambiguously brought attention to the plight of mills of all types in the UK.
- The SPAB and a number of leading heritage organisations, including the National Trust and the STBA, sent a letter to Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and the Industrial Strategy, highlighting their concerns that energy effici
- Our Scholarship and Fellowship schemes are designed to broaden the skills and experience of conservation professionals working with old buildings, and we're delighted to announce the new cohort for 2025.
- Why small steps make a big difference Launching our 'Love your building' Maintenance Calendar
- 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. Do I focus on a craft or a building or an area or a person?
- 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.
- We're pleased to start 2025 with the launch of our strategy for the next five years. Our team has worked hard to bring our Founder's vision into the twenty first century.
- Carole Leith, Chair of our Mills Section attended a fascinating online lecture in December 2024.
- Nina Bilbey is an award-winning sculptor who has been stone carving and teaching for most of her adult life. But success has been hard-won.
- Ken Hill, a retired journalist and King’s Lynn resident since 1975 writes about a ‘Lynn’ landmark. He was a South Gate volunteer for a many years.
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- SPAB Scotland Casework Volunteer Francis Brown describes how Greenock Methodist Church, Inverclyde, has been saved from demolition, partly thanks to SPAB Scotland’s opposition to the proposal.
- SPAB Fellows, past and present, celebrated 30 years of the Fellowship programme at the Carpenters’ Company in London in November alongside supporters and donors.
- A proposal to deregulate the disposal process for church buildings is on the Church of England Synod agenda this week. SPAB is a signatory to a joint statement on the new Mission and Pastoral Regulations:
- Sarika Jhawar, a 2024 SPAB Scholar, describes meeting Yasmeen Lari and learning about her uncompromising efforts to demonstrate that architecture, when harnessed as a tool for empowerment, can transform entire communities.
- SPAB continues to be active in heritage policy at national and local levels. Below are updates on current issues from our Chief Executive Matthew Slocombe.
- There is still time to enter a project for SPAB’s 2018 Betjeman Award. The prestigious annual award reflects Sir John Betjeman’s love and appreciation of ecclesiastical architecture and is open to all faith buildings except