Learn the essentials of flint working techniques and traditional flint wall repair on this Humble Heritage course. Join us at Hatfield House for this hands-on two-day course. You will learn the essentials of flint working techniques and traditional flint wall repair from specialist Lynn Mathias, one of the few remaining practitioners of this endangered craft. … Continue reading SPAB – Historic Flint Masonry Repair →

*SAVE THE DATE* IHBC East Midlands and Yorkshire Branch are arranging a one day CPD event at Grimsby Docks known locally as the Kasbah. Grimsby was once the greatest fishing port in the world and later became the leading deep sea trawler port. The buildings and landscape of the Kasbah were central to this success. … Continue reading IHBC East Midlands & Yorkshire Branch – The Kasbah: Conservation & Regeneration →

To compliment Build for the Future and to keep in line with Heritage Lincolnshire's  charity mission, we are coming back for our second year of our sister event ‘Heritage for the Future; East Midlands.’ This event has been created to encourage local businesses, community groups, projects and individuals within the heritage industry to find out more about … Continue reading Heritage Lincolnshire & HTN – Heritage for the Future: East Midlands 2024 →

A talk by Tony Fretton Tuesday April 23rd 2024, 1900hrs At The Gallery, London EC1, and streamed Geoffrey Bawa was remote from the development of post war modernism in Britain through his location,  culture and financial independence, and he was not counted among the front runners such as the Smithsons. He was however friends with … Continue reading Docomomo – Modernism and Pleasure: Geoffrey Bawa in Sri Lanka →

Learn the essentials of traditional bricklaying techniques and traditional brick wall repair on this Humble Heritage course. Join us at Hatfield House for this hands-on two-day course. You will learn the essentials of historic brickwork repair from Lynn Mathias, one of the country’s leading experts in traditional brickwork. Through a combination of live demonstrations and … Continue reading SPAB – Historic Brick Masonry Repair →

40 years on: Ted Cullinan’s radical reinvention of St Mary’s Church in Barnes Thursday 25 April 2024 Start time/place: 6.00pm, St, Mary's Barnes, Church Road, London SW13 9HL Finish time/place: 8.00pm (approx.) Set the challenge of rebuilding an ancient village church gutted by fire in 1978, noted architect Ted Cullinan and his team engaged with … Continue reading C20 – 40 years on: Ted Cullinan’s radical reinvention of St Mary’s Church in Barnes →

In association with the National Trust Event details An Introduction to Plain Lime Plastering course 26 - 27 April 2024 Heritage & Rural Skills Centre, Buscot and Coleshill Estate, Swindon, SN6 7PT £499 per person About the course "The course was extremely practical, which was brilliant and exactly what we needed as working plasterers." – … Continue reading SPAB – An Introduction to Plain Lime Plastering →

Visits to this property are now available to book at the following times: Friday 26th April 9:30am – 11:30am 12:00 – 14:00 14:30 – 16:30 Why you should attend this training session Even the most experienced Surveyor, Architect, Structural Engineer or Conservation Officer may never have had the opportunity to see a building in this … Continue reading CBCS – Derelict Listed Building Survey training – Scunthorpe →

IHBC Scotland Branch CPD: Engineering in the context of traditional buildings and designated heritage assets, with Ian Hume. Wednesday, 22 May 2024 10.00am-16.30pm Venue: Bellfield Church, 16B Bellfield Street, Portobello, Edinburgh, EH15 2BP www.bellfield.scot There is a frequent bus service, number 26 from Waterloo Place, near Waverley Station. Allow 30 minutes. About the training Looking at … Continue reading IHBC Scotland – Branch CPD: Engineering in the context of traditional buildings and designated heritage assets, with Ian Hume. →

Wednesday 1 May, 6pm GMT: Andrew Smith, ‘Cast iron in Jamaica’, chaired by Peregrine Bryant Andrew Smith, MA CEng MIStructE. is a structural engineer. Much of his work has been on existing structures, often historic, usually to repair and sometimes to adapt them to new uses. He first went to Jamaica on a ‘bus man’s holiday’ … Continue reading CHF – ‘Cast iron in Jamaica’ with Andrew Smith, chaired by Peregrine Bryant →