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  • The SPAB Old House Show announces two day talks programme

    With two months until its first major exhibition, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) has announced its full speaker line up for The Old House Show.

  • New heritage website to help end the misery of leaking church roofs

    MaintenanceBooker, a new heritage website to keep historic churches and chapels safe for the future has been launched in England and Wales, following a successful Heritage Lottery Fund pilot project in Yorkshire.

  • Terms and Conditions of Purchase

    The following terms and conditions apply to all orders for the purchase of goods from the SPAB’s shop. Please print a copy of these terms and conditions for your future reference.

  • Repair of Waterwheels

    Waterwheels come in all sizes, and the problems are basically the same for large wheels as for small ones.

  • Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: courses

    The Museum strives to promote the preservation of buildings of architectural or historic interest, as well as the ancient crafts, trades and manufactures of the Weald & Downland region.

  • Weald and Downland Open Air Museum: MSc programmes

    Lifelong learning has been at the heart of the Museum’s aims since its founding over 40 years ago.

  • Essex County Council: traditional building skills, conservation courses and lectures

    The Essex County Council's Traditional Building Skills and Conservation Courses Programme has been designed to enable conservation and building professionals, contractors, general builders, and the owners and managers of historic buildings and sit

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  • The SPAB Magazine

     

  • Technical information survey

    The SPAB provides technical information through its advice line, research project and Knowledge Base.

  • SPAB Scholars: All roads lead to Rome

    Architect Scholar, Pam Dziwulska, writes about her time exploring conservation in Italy.

  • Support Mills

    We need your help to protect traditional mills and promote the traditional skills that care for them. 

  • Mission & Vision

    The SPAB Manifesto of 1877 continues to guide the Society's overall purpose and sets out a distinctive SPAB Approach to building conservation.

  • The Old House Show: hands-on conservation with Lizzy Hippisley-Cox

    ICON member and stained glass conservator, Lizzy Hippisley-Cox explains why she will be taking part in the SPAB’s Old House Show at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich (7-8 Septembe

  • Board of Trustees

    Executive Board members are the trustees of the SPAB and directors of the Incorporated Association. They are responsible under charity law for governance of the SPAB, delegating management responsibility to the director and staff.

  • The Old Mill, Okehampton

  • Walkham Mill

  • Technical Advice Notes

    Our free-to-download publications include an expanding suite of Technical Advice Notes aimed at providing authoritative and practical references for those involved with caring for and repairing old buildings.  

  • Our People

    Chief Executive Matthew Slocombe, Chief Executive Chief Executive's Team Chi-Wei Clifford-Frith, Chief Executive’s Assistant & Officer to the Board

  • Show Time at Greenwich

    Nearly 3000 visitors came to the SPAB’s first ever Old House Show at the Old Royal Naval College (ORNC), Greenwich in September.

  • Current Vacancy: Head of Casework

    The SPAB seeks a new Head of Casework who will be a key member of its staff. The postholder will lead the Society's casework activities, as well as managing the work of other paid and voluntary caseworkers.

  • Could you be a SPAB Scholar or Fellow?

    The SPAB is recruiting for a country-wide conservation tour offering committed craftspeople (SPAB Fellows) and architects, engineers or building surveyors (SPAB Scholars) a hands-on experience in the r

  • John Betjeman Award now open

    Is there a faith building repair project in your community that you're proud of? It might be eligible for the SPAB’s John Betjeman Award.

  • Devon farmhouse officially recognised as 'at risk'

    We are heartened that a medieval farmhouse on the edge of Exmoor, the site of a SPAB Guerilla Working Party to secure the building for the winter, has been officially recognised as ‘at risk’ by Historic England this week.

  • Rescuing Auld Cottage, Norwell

    In October a small but dedicated team of SPAB staff and volunteers were deployed to Auld Cottage, Norwell, Nottinghamshire for the second Guerrilla Working Party.