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- National Maintenance Week 2009
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Friday, November 20 at 12:00am - Care and Repair of Your Terrac...
Tyntesfield, Near Bristol
Saturday, January 23 at 10:00am
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- About SPAB 8:58am Feb 16
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Listen to SPAB Technical Secretary Douglas Kent talking about maintenance and the repair of his timber framed house in Saffron Walden this week on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. The first installment was broadcast today at 3.30pm and parts two and three will air at the same time on Wednesday and Thursday. You can listen live or listen again on the BBC website.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
BBC Cambridgeshire local website covering the latest news, sport, weather and travel from the Cambridgeshire area plus the best nature, history, people and places content from the region
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings You can now listen to the SPAB's first podcast featuring volunteers who took part in this year's annual working party at Ratcliffe on Soar.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
Listen to SPAB in action! This podcast takes you to the picturesque village of Ratcliffe-on-Soar (Nottinghamshire), where we have held our Annual Working Party for the past five years. This summer, villagers ...
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The search is on for four young professionals from the world of architecture and building for the unique SPAB scholarship 2010. The successful applicants will hit the road together next year on a journey of architectural discovery that will take them the length and breadth of Britain via some of the country’s most fascinating ongoing conservation projects.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
The search is on for four young professionals from the world of architecture and building for the unique SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) Scholarship 2010. The successful applicants ...
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This course will be relevant to anyone who lives in a classic terraced house, whether it is an early example dating from the Georgian era through to properties built in the Victorian, Edwardian periods and later.
This one-day event could be the ideal Christmas gift for friends or family members who have t...aken on a terraced property and now want to find out more about the best ways to look after it. On booking a place, enquirers will receive a free copy of the hardback SPAB publication ‘Old House Handbook’ co-written by Marianne, and details of the one day Terraced House event in a presentation pack – perfect to unwrap on Christmas morning.
As well as looking at the history and architecture of the terraced house, the day will cover topics including:
* Damp
* Brickwork and stonework
* Roofs and general maintenance
* Energy efficiency
* Sash windows
* Party walls and extension issues
* Plasterwork
Featuring a range of expert speakers with first-hand experience of working on terraced houses, the day is designed to be fun as well as informative. There will be opportunity for discussion and a question and answer sessions.
For further details see http://www.spab.org.uk/education-trainin
This one-day event could be the ideal Christmas gift for friends or family members who have t...aken on a terraced property and now want to find out more about the best ways to look after it. On booking a place, enquirers will receive a free copy of the hardback SPAB publication ‘Old House Handbook’ co-written by Marianne, and details of the one day Terraced House event in a presentation pack – perfect to unwrap on Christmas morning.
As well as looking at the history and architecture of the terraced house, the day will cover topics including:
* Damp
* Brickwork and stonework
* Roofs and general maintenance
* Energy efficiency
* Sash windows
* Party walls and extension issues
* Plasterwork
Featuring a range of expert speakers with first-hand experience of working on terraced houses, the day is designed to be fun as well as informative. There will be opportunity for discussion and a question and answer sessions.
For further details see http://www.spab.org.uk/education-trainin
Get advice from expert speakers with first-hand experience of working on terraced houses!
Time:10:00AM Saturday, January 23rd
Location:Tyntesfield, Near Bristol
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Visit our Georgian HQ during London Open House Weekend! Once one of Spitalfield’s smartest addresses, 37 Spital Square, now the offices of SPAB, will be welcoming visitors on Saturday 19th September during London’s annual Open House Weekend.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
Visit the Georgian HQ of Britain's Oldest Heritage Charity During London Open House Weekend…… get free conservation advice for your home and see timber framers in action!Building: Offices of ...
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The Philip Webb Award 2009 is now open for entries! The competition is open to Part II/Diploma architecture students at UK schools of architecture. Entrants are required to produce a scheme for the revitalization of a neglected historic building, and submissions must include an element of sympathetic new design. The closing date is 4 December 2009.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
Philip Webb and William Morris were the main founders of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings in 1877. From the start Webb devoted time to teaching young architects the principles and methods of practical conservation. The Society maintains that educational tradition today.
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings SPAB’S National Maintenance Week 2009 takes place from Friday 20th November to Friday 27th November and is supported by TV’s Phil Spencer who will be offering his ten top tips on winter property maintenance. This year the theme is ‘Helping you prepare your home for winter’.
Source: www.maintainyourbuilding.org.uk
Every autumn clear any plants, leaves and silt from gutters, hopperheads, flat roofs and drainage channels. It's a good idea to do this in spring too to deal with anything that might have found its way into the wrong place.
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Jane Clark, widow of controversial diarist and politician Alan Clark, is the chatelaine of Saltwood Castle in Kent, one of England’s finest medieval fortresses. In a rare interview she tells Cornerstone about her husband’s fraught relationship with their beautiful, but fragile home.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The National Trust is warning that a loss of natural roost sites for bats means that they have become increasingly dependent on historic and traditional buildings for both their winter and summer roosts.
Source: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Older buildings increasingly important to future of bats
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings The Dance Scholarship Trust committee members would like to say thank you to all those who donated to the Morris Meander appeal. We have raised £5,961.40 so far and have exceeded our target! Well done to everyone who took part or donated!
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Join TV 'Ruin Detective' Marianne Suhr at SPAB's Homeowners' Weekend in Dorset (June 6th & 7th). Marianne will bring her practical passion for old buildings to the aid of period property owners the West Country when she leads SPAB’s Homeowners’ Weekend Course at stunning National Trust Property, Kingston Lacy in Dorset near Wimborne Minster.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
Marianne Suhr was one of the two ‘ruin detectives’ who appeared with Griff Rhys Jones on the popular BBC programme Restoration. Recently, Griff took a look at the fate of some of the 72 buildings featured ...
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Who will save the ‘Cathedral of Middlesex’?
Cornerstone, the member magazine of SPAB, highlights the plight of one of Britain’s greatest medieval treasures, Harmondsworth Barn.
Source: www.spab.org.uk
WHO WILL SAVE ‘THE ‘CATHEDRAL OF MIDDLESEX‘? - Cornerstone, the member magazine of SPAB, highlights the plight of one of Britain’s greatest medieval treasures, Harmondsworth BarnKey stories from the Spring 2009 issue:
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In conjunction with the Traditional Paint Forum this technical day has been organised to introduce ‘Traditional Linseed Oil Paints’ as an environmental and sustainable paint for old buildings. In the world of conservation, where lead paint supplies may be discontinued, and greater restrictions are being placed on the ...use of petrochemical oil based paints, the rediscovering of traditional linseed oil paints may be the future. Various speakers from Scandinavia and Britain will, through lectures and practical demonstrations, describe the history, manufacture, preparation, application and maintenance processes of this very important paint.Read More
A CPD Afternoon
Time:1:30PM Monday, October 12th
Location:SPAB HQ
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