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16/12/2021

The Fellowship fosters outstanding craftspeople with the skills for working with historic buildings. After a year's delay due to the pandemic, Fellows Toby, Thom, Tom and Oliver have now completed their conservation tour of the UK. 

07/12/2021

Thanks to a generous bequest we can repair this important mill and provide training in millwrighting, an endangered craft.

06/12/2021

We recently supported proposals to install solar panels and two air source heat pumps at this Grade I listed medieval church

29/11/2021

The next Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Society will be held on Tuesday 7th December 2021, 1.30-2pm. 

08/11/2021

To John Ruskin Lincoln Cathedral was “the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles”. One of its most celebrated features is the carved Romanesque frieze on the façade and we are deeply concerned about its future. 

03/11/2021

We are delighted to be hosting two forthcoming online sessions on the IHBC helpdesk during COP26.

19/10/2021

The potential repair of these beautiful but sadly neglected structures is a long running SPAB case. We are increasingly concerned at their rapid deterioration; in June 2021 part of the roof over the 17th-century bay collapsed. Unless urgent action is now taken to help these listed buildings, the situation will become critical.

13/09/2021

We were recently consulted about works to repair the Grade II* listed almshouses in Cornwall. We were impressed by the detailed and comprehensive application.

02/09/2021

It's Remember a Charity week so we're spotlighting the work that has been made possible by gifts in wills in 2021. This year we began repairs to Kibworth Harcourt post mill, the last of its kind in Leicestershire. Thanks to a gift in a will we are able to bring this mill back into use.

01/09/2021

New awards will join our exisiting ones in a celebration of old buildings and the people who champion them.