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With so many households feeling the cost-of-living squeeze, for Maintenance Week (11-17 November) we're sharing some quick and simple maintenance tasks that can help keep your home warm and comfortable this winter.
Sarika Jhawar, architectural designer and 2024 Scholar, explores the issues facing thatching in Ireland and what has surprised her most about her experience on this journey so far.
Jim Brearley-Ratcliffe, carpenter and 2024 Fellow, shares a snapshot of his journey so far.
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Join today to support our positive, practical approach to building conservation. As a member you become part of a network of like-minded people who care for historic buildings. Other benefits include The SPAB Magazine, access to the Property List and the opportunity to join your local Regional Group.
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Upcoming Events
Course
25/11/2024
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.
Talk
30/11/2024
Join us for a day of online talks about windmills and watermills that are currently or have been in the past listed on the Heritage at Risk Register and find out more about specific case studies.
Visit
08/11/2024
A rare opportunity to visit the historic site and Grade I-listed buildings of Burnham Abbey, one of the best surviving medieval religious houses in Buckinghamshire.
Your campaign
If you’re worried about a deteriorating building in your local area, want to contest a planning application, build your own local campaign or set up a building preservation trust then the The SPAB Campaign Toolkit can offer guidance.
Mills
Become a Mills Section member
The SPAB’s Mills Section is the only Society concerned solely with protecting and promoting traditional windmills and watermills in the UK. The Section provides advice and training to mill owners and heritage professionals, and campaigns for the protection of milling heritage. Join the Section now to support its work and receive a range of membership benefits.