Still better than when I heard the sentence "structurally supportive skirting boards" from a specialist timber building surveyor. The CHILLS I had
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Still better than when I heard the sentence "structurally supportive skirting boards" from a specialist timber building surveyor. The CHILLS I had
Read a listed building consent statement recently that just said "we do not consider that the removal of this structural pillar will cause any harm to the building" so... that was reassuring.
Anyone want to explain to me why the parcel posted in Leeds yesterday and due to be delivered to me in York this morning is currently in the Hemel Hempstead sorting office?
It doesn’t escape me that these are named after a woman and a teenage girl. It does not escape me that medical misogyny continues to kill.
Still spaces available for this evening’s session on the Implications for Archaeology in the Draft National Planning Policy Framework!
Join Neil Redfern and Catherine Bell as they unpack what the changes mean, key areas of concern, and how to contribute to the consultation.
👉 tinyurl.com/2wwwm9z7
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
There's information in the article on how Canadians can contact the Minister of the Environment and other lawmakers to ask for some time to find a solution - please do what you can!
Really worrying news that the only National Register of Historic Places in Canada will be shut down this spring, with no replacement. This will make it hard to find, research and conserve these sites and lots of valuable information will be lost forever.
nationaltrustcanada.ca/online-stori...
A black and white photo of a computer lab with the following text added: 'Remote Volunteering New opportunities now available in our geotagging project'.
We're increasing the capacity of our current geotagging project to take on new volunteers!
Help us refine our collection by adding geographic data to historic photos, completed entirely remotely at your own pace.
Interested? Get in touch with us at archives@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
Another notable voice gets behind our campaign 💪
www.building.co.uk/news/former-...
There's a vacancy for a Museum Manager Curator at the lovely Bakewell Old House Museum!
Be part of fascinating piece of history, a friendly community, and have your chance to shape the museum for the future:
bit.ly/ManagerCuratorVacancy
Please share around your networks.
#MuseumJob #HeritageJob
There's a vacancy for a Museum Manager Curator at the lovely Bakewell Old House Museum!
Be part of fascinating piece of history, a friendly community, and have your chance to shape the museum for the future:
bit.ly/ManagerCuratorVacancy
Please share around your networks.
#MuseumJob #HeritageJob
📣 SAVE LIVERPOOL STREET STATION!
🚂 If you haven’t objected to Network Rail and Acme’s plans since June 2025 you still have time ⏳
💻 Even if you signed the petition to Save Liverpool St Station on change.org, you must please go online to make your objection on the City of London planning portal 🧵
While I am generally in favour of proof-reading, I do enjoy the listed building application which propose insulting the walls.
A paragraph reading "Discussing the tumultuous changes happening during the fifth century as an 'interesting phenomenon' is only something we can dare to do from our safe temporal vantage point, 1,600 years on. We may be fascinated by trying to find out what caused the political instability; it is interesting for its own sake, but also perhaps because it makes us reflect on our own political landscape today (where, once again, culture wars are being used to define one group in opposition to another). Even the staunchest allies can be duplicitous in the fullness of time. Even the most permanent-seeming institutions, federations and kingdoms are not immutable, over thousands of years.'
Alice Roberts really struck a chord with this one. (Domination, 2025).
📣 YORKSHIRE! We need your nominations for the Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list for 2026 by 5th January. Please let us know about your local threatened, dilapidated + neglected Victorian & Edwardian buildings across Yorkshire. 💻 email us at media@victoriansociety.org.uk
The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂
Booking available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...
Among the things AI should absolutely never be used for is redacting heritage and planning statements.
This is a reminder for everyone: do not ask people why they are using mobility aids, medical devices or accessible adaptations like disabled toilets.
At best it is invasive. At worst harassment.
Looking for a Christmas gift that actually feels different? Give the gift of discovery with a CBA Membership. 🎁
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Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn
Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn
Dry stone walling by Jared Flynn
This is a great example of what we could achieved if we started by thinking about the existing character of the site, instead of seeing it as just a development opportunity space. I hope the City of London think very carefully about the options!
📣 Do you live in the SOUTH WEST? We need your nominations for our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2026! Email us about your local threatened, dilapidated and neglected Victorian and Edwardian buildings. 🧵
Read more here: bit.ly/4hybqrc
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Inmos Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Gwent – Richard Rogers and Parrtners, with engineer Anthony Hunt, 1982 Image credit: Ken Kirkwood © RSHP Archive
NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
"How Are You?" Another week survived is another week won. I see the sacred in leaves turning from green to gold. November is a melancholy animal, glad of another season where it gets to hibernate. The world is still burning but we are trying harder to douse the flames these days, I recognise this as the shape of hope. I want to call everyone I love and tell them I love them. I am learning to act on that impulse instead of deferring it till a tomorrow that was never promised. I have finally understood that the poem doesn't always live in the wound. It lives in the love that heals us. - Nikita Gill
“Another week survived is another week won.”
Working to repair or reuse a listed building in Wales? This grant scheme could help!
Cadw’s Listed Building Regeneration Grant Scheme is now open, offering funding for up to 50% of eligible works (up to £250,000) to support the repair & reuse of listed buildings across Wales 👉 shorturl.at/51nqM
Help keep this beautiful church part of the community!
I got distracted today by an application dating from 2008 for a church in Norfolk to repair the reredos "damaged by an earthquake". I'd totally forgotten about that.
www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/cont...
i fully agree with this theory and in my actual field, british architectural history, The Problem is that Salisbury Cathedral is built on top of a lake and no i am not exaggerating
