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This is a list of articles on Conservation Wiki that were created by The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), and the date that they were added to Conservation Wiki.

For older IHBC articles click here.


  1. Researching and restoring Abbotsford's hothouse. June 2025
  2. A people-first approach to retrofit. June 2025
  3. ASCHB Transactions Volume 45 2024. June 2025
  4. Sustainable heating for listed buildings. June 2025
  5. Venice a lecture by Sir Ashley Clarke. June 2025
  6. SPAB Magazine Autumn 2024. June 2025
  7. Edwin Rickards. May 2025
  8. The Remarkable Pinwill Sisters. May 2025
  9. Design and construction industry podcasts (mention). May 2025
  10. Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1929-1990. May 2025.
  11. Hidden in plain sight. May 2025.
  12. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Villa Wolf in Gubin, history and reconstruction. May 2025.
  13. The ability to retrofit is important in all areas of life. May 2025.
  14. The Buildings of the Malting Industry. May 2025
  15. Connecting people and places with climate impacts. May 2025
  16. British Architectural Sculpture 1851-1951. April 2025
  17. Blue plaques. April 2025
  18. The architectural use of wood and coal tar in England. April 2025
  19. Interwar: British architecture 1919-39. April 2025
  20. Prefabs at Wake Green Road in Moseley. April 2025
  21. IHBC Stress Awareness Month; Heritage Staff wellbeing at work survey. April 2025
  22. Heritage Now No 9 Summer 2024. April 2025
  23. Georgian Group Journal 2024‎. April 2025
  24. The maintenance challenge of urban housing in Scotland. April 2025
  25. Gentrification in London. March 2025
  26. Journal of Historic Buildings and Places 2024. March 2025
  27. Planning and Infrastructure bill (mention in response). March 2025
  28. Saving DH Lawrence's birthplace. March 2025
  29. The Georgian No 1, 2024. March 2025
  30. The revival of urban council housing. March 2025
  31. Historic Environment Policy and Practice Vol 15 No 2 2024. March 2025
  32. Attending a conservation training course, personal account (mention). March 2025
  33. Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto. March 2025.
  34. Heritage building skills and live-site training. February 2025
  35. The battle for Cambridge's Mill Road Free Library, part 2. February 2025
  36. Developing the UK world heritage tentative list. February 2025
  37. Heritage, industry and slavery. February 2025
  38. Hardwick Old Hall, Derbyshire. February 2025
  39. Bats in churches. February 2025
  40. Heritage management plans and historic landscapes. February 2025
  41. Don't take British stone for granted. February 2025
  42. Alexander Ross: the remarkable story of a Highland architect. February 2025
  43. Birkenhead Park. January 2025
  44. The Construction Historian Issue 13 Spring 2024. January 2025
  45. Saving traditional orchards. January 2025
  46. Building with flint. January 2025
  47. The heritage of urban trees. January 2025
  48. SPAB Magazine Spring 2024. January 2025
  49. Shaping the Northern Forest. January 2025
  50. C20 Magazine Issue 2023 2‎. January 2025
  51. Journeys in Industrious England. December 2024
  52. Life and death at Highgate Cemetery. December 2024
  53. Value transitions between heritage and nature. December 2024
  54. Heritage Now No 8 Spring 2024. December 2024
  55. Historic digital survey: Conservation in the age of the fourth (digital) industrial revolution. December 2024
  56. Shaping the future of heritage: Embracing the evolution of economic thinking. December 2024
  57. Heritage development trusts' top tips. December 2024
  58. Heritage conservation and the triple bottom line. November 2024
  59. Climate action: Comfort is a crucial missing piece of the puzzle. November 2024
  60. 60th Jubilee History of Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust and 30th Jubilee History of BEAMS. November 2024
  61. Connecting conservation research and practice with IHBC. October 2024‎
  62. Boundaries and networks. October 2024‎
  63. 178a High Road, Leytonstone. October 2024‎
  64. The Mill, Craven Arms, SY7 9DT. October 2024‎
  65. Mill Hall, Lancaster. October 2024‎
  66. Land south-east of the Manor House, Riding Mill. October 2024‎
  67. Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830. October 2024‎
  68. Land east of Knowle Lane, Cranleigh. October 2024‎
  69. R v Evetts. October 2024‎
  70. ‎Simmonds, R (on the application of) v Venture Properties Group and Ors (2023) EWHC 2217. October 2024‎
  71. Mill Road Free Library. October 2024‎
  72. This is Architecture: writing on buildings. October 2024‎
  73. Nairn's Manchester revisited. October 2024‎
  74. Reading Ruskin's Cultural Heritage: conservation and transformation. October 2024‎
  75. Union Chain Bridge. October 2024‎
  76. Construction History Vol 38, No 2, 2023. October 2024‎
  77. New HES national centre for traditional building retrofit. October 2024‎
  78. Traditional Brickwork: construction, repair and maintenance. September 2024‎
  79. Regeneration in Carlisle. September 2024‎
  80. APT Bulletin. September 2024‎
  81. Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII No 4 2023. September 2024‎
  82. Bastles. September 2024‎
  83. Georgian Group Newsletter (No 2, 2023). September 2024‎
  84. Cumbria's vernacular architecture and Hadrian's Wall. September 2024‎
  85. What happened to Hadrian's Wall? August 2024‎
  86. Hadrian's Wall Path and the national trails. August 2024‎
  87. SPAB Magazine Winter 2023. August 2024‎
  88. Hadrian's Wall from end to end. August 2024‎
  89. Brighton Dome reopens. August 2024‎
  90. Secured by Design for historic buildings. August 2024‎
  91. IHBC launches affiliate fast-track pilot for local authority conservation staff. August 2024‎
  92. Brittany. August 2024
  93. Application for planning permission for the Marks and Spencer building, Orchard House, Oxford Street, London. July 2024
  94. Kazalbash v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the London Borough of Hillingdon Council. July 2024
  95. Crooked House, Himley. July 2024Cycling exploration. July 2024
  96. Listing Glasgow's Kingston Bridge. July 2024
  97. Conservation and the Indian City: bridging the gap. July 2024
  98. Reversibility in conservation ethics. July 2024
  99. High Street: how our centres can bounce back from the retail crisis. July 2024
  100. Clovelly. July 2024
  101. Building for Change: the architecture of creative reuse. June 2024
  102. Solar panels and listed structures. June 2024
  103. Bulletin of the War Memorials Trust. June 2024
  104. Tithe barns.June 2024
  105. Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 2 and 3, 2023. June 2024
  106. Urban fringe. May 2024.
  107. The Victorian No 73 July 2023. May 2024.
  108. Rural buildings at risk. May 2024.
  109. Construction Historian Issue 12 Summer 2023. May 2024.
  110. Understanding vernacular architecture. May 2024.
  111. SPAB Magazine autumn 2023. May 2024.
  112. Conserving our tree heritage in a time of climate crisis. March 2024.
  113. Guidance on RAAC in Listed Buildings (mention). March 2024.
  114. Overheating buildings: learning from the past. March 2024.
  115. The conversion of St Luke's church in Cwmbwrla. March 2024.
  116. IHBC launches climate change hub. March 2024.
  117. The women who shaped British modernism (repost for Women's history month). March 2024.
  118. The Historic Environment: policy and practice Vol 14, No 2, 2023. March 2024.
  119. Construction History Vol 38, No 1, 2023. March 2024.
  120. Journal of Architectural Conservation Vol 29, No 1, March 2023. March 2024.
  121. The Medieval Stained Glass of Herefordshire and Shropshire. March 2024.
  122. Upgrading metal windows for thermal comfort. February 2024.
  123. Journal of Historic Buildings and Places Vol 2 2023. February 2024.
  124. Vitrolite. February 2024.
  125. Heritage Now Issue 2 2023. February 2024.
  126. Revaluing Modern Architecture: changing conservation culture. February 2024.
  127. The wrought-iron greenhouse at Felton Park. February 2024.
  128. Ordinary people in stained glass. January 2024.
  129. Georgian Arcadia: architecture for the park and garden. January 2024.
  130. Conserving Canterbury Cathedral's Great South Window. January 2024.
  131. The Georgian, Issue 1, 2023. January 2024.
  132. The history of glass in the UK and Ireland. January 2024.
  133. SPAB Magazine summer 2023. January 2024.
  134. Artificial intelligence and real stupidity. December 2023.
  135. Ian Wray. December 2023.
  136. IHBC charter petition. December 2023.
  137. Planning decision to allow photovoltaic panels on the roof of King's College Chapel. December 2023.
  138. Painting in Stone: architecture and the poetics of marble from antiquity to the enlightenment. December 2023.
  139. The history of Tower Hamlets. December 2023.
  140. Donald Buttress. December 2023.
  141. Grimsby's Kasbah. December 2023.
  142. 2023 Autumn Statement in brief with reactions (IHBC mention). November 2023.
  143. Where is the data on listed buildings? November 2023.
  144. Consultation on joint Conservation Professional Practice Principles. November 2023.
  145. London brick by brick. November 2023.
  146. Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. November 2023.
  147. Jodrell Bank. October 2023.
  148. Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal World Heritage Site. October 2023.
  149. Holy Houses: places of worship in twentieth-century Britain. October 2023.
  150. IHBC updates competence descriptors. October 2023.
  151. SPAB Magazine Spring 2023. October 2023.
  152. The Victorian, March 2023 (No 72). October 2023.
  153. World Heritage in the UK. October 2023.
  154. #The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, Nos 2–3, 2022. October 2023.
  155. Britain's industrial heritage. October 2023.
  156. World heritage status for Odesa. October 2023.
  157. Guest Editor Seán O'Reilly Director of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation‎. September 2023.
  158. Introducing the IHBC Heritage Marketplace. September 2023.
  159. RAAC causes temporary closure of St Davids Hall. September 2023.
  160. Historic England carbon literacy training courses. September 2023.
  161. IHBC welcomes September Heritage Open Days. September 2023.
  162. Seeing things differently. August 2023.
  163. Top Ten Bucket and Spade Seaside Experiences from the Seaside Heritage Network. August 2023.
  164. Heritage Research Award 2023. August 2023.
  165. IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. (repost). August 2023.
  166. Piercefield Park. August 2023.
  167. Community groups involvement in heritage regeneration. August 2023.
  168. Jaywick Sand. August 2023.
  169. IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023. August 2023.
  170. Conservation skills training in a Norwich church. July 2023.
  171. Boston's pubs. July 2023.
  172. The history of Boston. July 2023.
  173. The history of Southend-on-sea. July 2023.
  174. Supporting Norfolk's churches. July 2023.
  175. Lowestoft's heritage action zones. July 2023.
  176. Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict. July 2023.
  177. UNESCO World Heritage Status tentative list. July 2023.
  178. A Bittersweet Heritage: slavery, architecture and the British landscape. June 2023
  179. The Red House in Aldeburgh. June 2023
  180. Conserving Great Yarmouth's cultural heritage. May 2023.
  181. The Victorian, No 71, November 2022. May 2023.
  182. IHBC Marsh Awards 2023 winners announced. May 2023.
  183. Dawn Bowden to address 2023 IHBC Day School. May 2023.
  184. IHBC Heritage MarketPlace 2023. May 2023.
  185. The effigy of Blanche Mortimer. April 2023.
  186. The Blower Foundation. April 2023.
  187. IHBC Research for Practice Digest (RfP). April 2023.
  188. A Life of Industry: the photography of John R Hume. April 2023.
  189. Conservation in South Georgia. April 2023.
  190. Essential urban design. April 2023
  191. A short history of good ideas. April 2023
  192. HESPR: the impartial way. March 2023
  193. Georgian Group Journal. March 2023
  194. Economically, environmentally and socially sustainable places that support built and historic environment conservation. March 2023
  195. Updating Conservation Professional Practice Principles. March 2023
  196. Journal of Historic Buildings and Places. March 2023
  197. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conservation, Places and People. March 2023
  198. Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin Vol LIII, No 1, 2022. March 2023
  199. Arts and Crafts Architecture: 'Beauty's Awakening'. March 2023
  200. Energy Security Strategy and heritage. March 2023
  201. Johannes Kip. February 2023.
  202. IHBC at 25, where it came from, how it has evolved and where it might go. February 2023.
  203. Moseley School of Art. February 2023.
  204. Diversity and inclusion in conservation training. February 2023.
  205. Is a hot dog a sandwich. January 2023
  206. Making Greyfriars accessible. January 2023
  207. IHBC welcomes Levelling Up Fund focus on places and heritage for people. January 2023
  208. Soho Manufactory, Mint and Foundry, West Midlands: where Boulton, Watt and Murdoch made history. January 2023
  209. Diversity in the heritage workspace. January 2023
  210. Steel Architecture: the designed landscape of modernity. January 2023
  211. Heritage and mental health. January 2023
  212. Boston Council Section 215 prosecution for failure to maintain listed building. January 2023
  213. Chatham Historic Dockyard: world power to resurgence. January 2023
  214. The women who shaped British modernism. January 2023
  215. IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs. January 2023
  216. IHBC signpost update from Lords Committee on climate.December 2022
  217. Conserving the Historic Environment. December 2022
  218. Pride of Place: queer heritage. December 2022
  219. MPs back targeted Listed Buildings VAT cuts & presumption against demolition. December 2022
  220. The Value of Heritage report APPG CPP 2022. December 2022.
  221. Quakers and their Meeting Houses. December 2022.
  222. Equity, diversity and inclusion in the heritage sector. December 2022.
  223. Queer Spaces: an atlas of LGBTQIAplus places and stories. December 2022.
  224. How architecture can suppress cultural identity. December 2022.
  225. Shop signs. November 2022
  226. Masters of their Craft: the art, architecture and garden design of the Nesfields. November 2022
  227. Demolishing Whitehall. November 2022
  228. Aspects of copper roofing. November 2022
  229. Iron frames in textile mills. November 2022
  230. Cathodic protection in church towers. November 2022
  231. Pier Paolo Pasolini. November 2022
  232. Interview with Liz Mayle. November 2022
  233. Oasts and Hop Kilns: a history. October 2022
  234. IHBC25 - marking IHBC's silver anniversary. October 2022
  235. Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations. October 2022
  236. What does conservation practice entail? October 2022
  237. Two Men in a Boat: rowing two rivers. October 2022
  238. Moulds in historic buildings. October 2022
  239. The Architecture and Legacy of British Railway Buildings: 1825 to present day. October 2022
  240. Shipton Sollars St Mary. October 2022
  241. Kyiv: a tour of the city. October 2022
  242. Construction History Vol 36, No 2, 2021. October 2022
  243. IHBC Membership Application Training Events MATE. September 2022
  244. 59 Greek Street: home of the Theatre Girls' Club. September 2022
  245. Planning reform in England. September 2022
  246. Design codes: intentions and reality. September 2022
  247. The Construction Historian, Issue 9, March 2022. September 2022
  248. Design codes and pattern books. September 2022
  249. The Association of Preservation Technology Bulletin (Vol LII, No 4, 2021). September 2022
  250. Investigation of moisture and its effects on traditional buildings. September 2022
  251. The history of building regulations and control. September 2022
  252. ASCHB Transactions. September 2022
  253. SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2022‎. August 2022
  254. IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2022. August 2022
  255. Interview with Michael Foley. August 2022
  256. IHBC Affiliate status. August 2022
  257. IHBC respond to Parliamentary Committee on Levelling-Up and Regeneration Bill. August 2022
  258. Landownership in England in 1909. August 2022
  259. The restoration of Thiepval. August 2022
  260. Cemetourism. July 2022

For older IHBC articles click here.


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