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- This advice note explores the do’s and don’t’s of caring for an often overlooked architectural asset.
- It is, perhaps, Britain’s most underrated building material – a simple solution worthy of better understanding. Find out what weatherboarding is and how to maintain it.
- This is the installation of thermal insulation at the level of rafters – the inclined timber members that form the top of the frame supporting a pitched roof.
- It’s often possible to take measures to protect old buildings against frost and snow damage – and the cost of doing so can be small compared to the expense of repairs.
- Solid, secure, unchanging? The permanence of old stone can be deceptive. Even one of the toughest of traditional building materials needs monitoring, maintenance and, at times, sensitive repairs.
- This article explores the options for suspended timber floor insulation in historic buildings.
- Old gypsum plaster floors are often unrecognized and frequently mistaken for later concrete. This places them under the constant threat of damage or destruction despite their historic importance and general serviceability.
- This article explores the basic maintenance steps you can take to keep sash windows both functioning and looking elegant.
- This article outlines how to repair this long-used protective wall covering, which is not to be confused with pebbledash.
- Vertically hung tiling is a traditional fronting. Its mellow colours and gentle unevenness provide a pleasing appearance to many old walls.
- This article explains how to deal with timber panelling: from fungal decay to warping, and more.
- Who to talk to, when and why. This article explains the role of the conservation officer, architect, building surveyor, engineer, contractor and National Amenity Societies.
- The SPAB is aware of the increased number of proposals to utilise church towers and spires for the accommodation of mobile telephone aerials.
- A listed building is a building, object or structure that has been judged to be of national importance by virtue of its special architectural or historic interest.
- This page describes the current legislative and policy framework which protects the historic environment.
- When the SPAB was established in 1877 there was no conservation legislation to speak of which led to some truly sad losses of buildings and monuments.
- Achieving the correct balance between protecting the special interest of a listed building and proposals for alterations and extensions is a tricky task. Some buildings are more likely to be able to accommodate change than others.
- Many historic buildings have well-established and appropriate uses. However, in some cases, a whole or partial change of use is required to ensure a structure’s future; its sustainability, repair and protection.
- In recognition of the increasing number of applications for alterations to listed places of worship that include the partial or complete replacement of an existing floor, the SPAB and the Church Buildings Council (CBC) have set out guidance about
- The SPAB is delighted to announce its 2018 SPAB Fellows: Ross Buckley, a metalworker from the Isle of Wight; Nazar Dmiuterko, a stonemason with Cliveden Conservation in Buckinghamshire; and Gary Holliday a stonemason at Durham Cathedral.
- The Manifesto of the SPAB was written by William Morris, Philip Webb and other founder members in 1877.
- The SPAB is pleased to announce its 2018 SPAB Scholars: Pamela Dziwulska, an architect from New Zealand, Matt Loosley, an architect from Manchester, and George Hodgson, an architect from London.
- Training, sharing knowledge and helping people to develop their practical skills have always been at the heart of the SPAB's work.
- The Law Commission has been asked by the Welsh Government to examine the operation of the Welsh planning system. The Law Commission has reviewed the existing development-control process in Wales and put forward a number of proposed reforms.