£15 Members
Find out what's on at the SPAB. The SPAB offers a wide range of events, courses, lectures and seminars. Whether you're a building professional looking to widen or develop your practical skills, a SPAB member looking to take part in a Regional Group trip, or an old-building enthusiast searching for a SPAB open house event, a leisure learning opportunity or sociable evening talk, you'll find something for you in our 'What's On' listings.
Visit
Join the SPAB Sussex Group at Firle Place, where Clerk of Works Alan Soutar will lead a guided tour of the manor house, Riding School and garden buildings, highlighting recent conservation and planned projects. The morning concludes with a buffet lunch in the estate tearoom.
Date:
24/10/2025 - 24/10/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Firle Place
Price:
Visit
Join Historic England’s Joanna Smith and the SPAB London Group for a guided evening walk exploring South Shoreditch’s remarkable furniture trade heritage. Discover the area’s 19th- and 20th-century workshops, warehouses and showrooms, and imagine the bustling industrial landscape that once defined these streets.
Date:
30/10/2025 - 30/10/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location:
Price:
£6 Members
£8 Non-members
Visit
Guided by the owners Paul and Sybella Zisman, this visit offers a rare opportunity to explore Stedcombe House, a Grade I listed property dating from 1697, and its Grade II listed Victorian lodge. Discover how the owners are integrating green energy solutions into this historic home and their plans for restoring the grounds.
Date:
01/11/2025 - 01/11/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Stedcombe House,
Price:
£10 Members and guests
Visit
Join the new SPAB Greater Manchester Group as they meet with members of the Salford Cathedral architectural team for a guided tour of the restoration. As work nears completion, this visit offers a first-hand look at the conservation approach, materials, and craftsmanship involved in renewing this 19th century Cathedral.
Date:
06/11/2025 - 06/11/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: 250 Chapel Street
Price:
£10 Members
£15 Non-members
Visit
Join the Wales and Marches group for a walk around the remaining buildings of the Navigation Colliery, opened in 1911. The site has some of the finest brick buildings at a coal mine in South Wales. Expertly guided by engineer John Cranna.
Date:
08/11/2025 - 08/11/2025
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Location: Navigation Colliery
Price:
SPAB member £5
Non member £10
Online talk
Recorded online sessions specially designed to give you a way to easily meet your CPD requirements and improve your understanding of building conservation.
Date:
Course 10/11/2025 - 31/12/2025
Audience: Introductory CPD
REF:
CPD1 25
Location: Online
Price:
Standard £10
Four-for-three £30
Course
Join this online course to learn how to tackle common problems in your home while maintaining its value and character.
Date:
Course 15/11/2025 - 15/11/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
HO1/25
Location: Virtual event: held online
Price:
£120
Course
Join us for the online version of our popular Repair of Old Buildings Course. Through a series of recorded lectures, virtual site visits and online Q&A sessions you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the repair, maintenance and conservation of old buildings.
Date:
Course 24/11/2025 - 28/11/2025
Audience: Intermediate CPD, Advanced CPD
REF:
RC2/25
Location: Online
Price:
£815 per person (see below for group booking discounted prices)
Course
Join us to get practical experience of traditional flour milling in a small, friendly group. Traditional Miller Jon Cook will guide you through running the mill, covering everything - grain, gears, grading and more.
Date:
Course 28/11/2025 - 28/11/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
MS2502
Location: 9 Mill Hill
Price:
£120 Standard
£90 Early bird offer - book by 21 October
Talk
Learn about how Peter James followed his dream of reconstructing a windmill from a mill base.
Date:
03/12/2025 - 03/12/2025
Audience: General interest
REF:
MS2504
Location: Online
Price:
SPAB member £6
Non-member £8