****  THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ****

It will be rescheduled for autumn 2020, date TBC.

An IHBC South Branch conference exploring everything you wanted to know about roofs on traditional buildings but were afraid to ask.

IHBC/CIfA Members £40 – Non-members £65 (including buffet lunch)

9.30am Tea/coffee/registration

9.45am Introduction & welcome – Jonathan Clarke – IHBC South Branch Chairman

9.50am -11.10am Roof coverings – thatch, shingle & tile – Kevin Stubbs – Historic Building Consultant

11.15am-11.30am Coffee/tea break

11.35am -1.00pm Roof coverings – slate, stone slate, lead and other sheet – Kevin Stubbs

1.00pm-1.30pm Lunch (please notify any special dietary requirements – see FAQs)

1.35pm-2.05pm Bats in historic buildings – Joanna Ferguson – Bat Conservation Trust

2.10pm-3.00pm Walking tour looking at roofs in Oxford – Kevin Stubbs/ Emilia McDonald (Head of Conservation and Buildings at University of Oxford)

3.00pm-3.15pm Tea break

3.15pm-3.45pm Re-roofing historic buildings in Oxford – Craig Simpson – Abbey Roofing

3.45pm-4.30pm Do I need permission for that? Interactive session led by Emilia McDonald, exploring what roof works you do and don’t need permission for (LBC, planning permission, building regs)

4.30pm Conference closes