5 CONTENTS THE INSTITUTE OF HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION www.ihbc.org.uk Registered as a charity in England and Wales, number 1061593, in Scotland number SC041945 and listed in Northern Ireland Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England number 3333780 REGISTERED AND BUSINESS OFFICE Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 873133 Email admin@ihbc.org.uk The institute cannot accept responsibility for the acts or omissions of any member, associate, affiliate or HESPR company and accordingly the institute shall not be liable for any loss or damage or other matter arising from the employment or engagement of any member. IHBC YEARBOOK We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this yearbook is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. All rights reserved. The title of the IHBC Yearbook is and shall remain the absolute property of the institute. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the institute. This 2026 edition has been prepared for the Communications & Outreach Committee by the IHBC National Office with the help of Cathedral Communications (part of Euromedia Associates). For additional copies of the IHBC Yearbook please contact the Business Office. EDITORS Jonathan Taylor and Seán O’Reilly COVER ILLUSTRATION Front cover: The turret of Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings (Photo: Jonathan Taylor) The IHBC Yearbook is published and produced by Cathedral Communications (part of Euromedia Associates Limited), 10 Ashfield Road, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 1LJ. Tel: 01747 871717 ihbc@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Copyright 2026 Euromedia Associates Limited ISBN 978 1 912747 23 8 Foreword Jan Bessell 7 STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP What is the IHBC? 8 Structure of the IHBC 9 Elected and appointed officers 10 Branch areas 11 Membership of the IHBC 12 REVIEW AND ANALYSIS Welcome Rebecca Thompson 17 Chair’s review David McDonald 18 Director’s update Seán O’Reilly 19 Overview 23 Sustainable Retrofit in Historic Buildings Steve Berry 24 Why all regeneration should be heritage-led Owen Barton 29 Adapting our Churches Martyn Jones 35 Victorian Prisons Jonathan Taylor 41 Adaptive change and transformation in Edinburgh Terry Levinthal 47 DIRECTORY HESPR companies 55 IHBC promotions and publications 58 Directory of members 59 USEFUL INFORMATION IHBC-recognised courses 99 RICHeS Meggen Gondek 101 National organisations 105 Local authority contacts 107 Products and services 112 Specialist suppliers index 120
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