We recently reviewed an application to undertake repairs, alterations and convert the eastern service range at this Grade II lited hall. We objected to some harmful aspects of the plans and it was agreed that the layout should be revised and a more sensitive proposal developed.
For National Mills Weekend, Roger Illsley explores the history of Scotland’s first successful steam powered flax mill, sadly now 'at risk'
Presented by SPAB caseworker, Elgan Jones, the Cadw-funded video series covers everything from how to check a church roof for damage safely, to how best to identify damp and decay inside a church building.
As it’s Huntingdonshire Day, we had a look in our archives for heritage gems from the area that sometimes causes a bit of a headache for our archivist, as it was abolished as a county in 1974.
We have strongly objected to proposals to add a penthouse onto an existing extension of a Grade II* listed building, which sits at the heart of this historic town.
2022 Scholar Sinéad Scullion explains the process of casting a simple cornice section from the workshop of master plasterer, Michael O’Reilly
With other heritage groups we express grave concern over the loss of life and the loss of tangible and intangible culture, architectural heritage, art, monuments, archaeology, and collections of art and antiquities in Ukraine
Lying in our archives is a heavy and crumbling album. It contains more than a hundred drawings, mostly dated from the 1780s, nearly a century before the SPAB was founded. So who was he and why do we have his work?
We are thrilled to be shortlisted for a Museums and Heritage Award in Best Use of Digital (UK). This recognises our work to deliver our Repair of Old Buildings Course online for the first time.
The sails are back on our 18th-century windmill at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. This is a huge milestone in the project to bring this fragile and beautiful mill back into good repair.
