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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.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Older buildings increasingly important to future of bats
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.
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.
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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 BarnKey stories from the Spring 2009 issue:
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings Help us celebrate National Mills Weekend on the 9th and 10th May 2009!
www.nationalmillsweekend.co.uk
Mills Open to Visitors This website lists a selection of the 450-odd wind and watermills which open to the public either regularly or occasionally, throughout the United Kingdom.Some ...
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings As part of the Conservation Areas at Risk campaign (CAARs), English Heritage is creating a database of contacts for Conservation Area Residents Groups and encouraging them to register on the CAARs website to be kept updated on the campaign. English Heritage would like to find out about the particular challenges or suc...cesses these local groups have experienced in caring for a Conservation Area.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
