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IHBC Yorkshire Branch

All Yorkshire Counties, North Lincolnshire, North-east Lincolnshire

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IHBC Yorkshire Committee

Chair
Post vacant

Branch Rep on Council
David Houltby
ihbcyorkshire@ihbc.org.uk

Secretary
Emma Gibbens
yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk

Treasurer
Eric Carter

Membership Secretary
Naiomi Kempton

North Yorkshire Representative
Stephen Gandolfi

East Yorkshire Representative
Stephen Walker

South Yorkshire Representative
Ruth Masood

West Yorkshire Representative
Victoria Flintoff

Events Secretaries
Tom Bromet with 2 x posts vacant

Newsletter Editor - Liz Laycock

Branch Media Officer - Illan Santos

Non-portfolio - Claire Chapman, Alison Montgomery


 Committee Meetings

Meetings are currently held virtually, usually on Monday evenings, every three months.

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The branch committee are currently considering options for future Yorkshire events. Please check back for news of planned events, or visit us on Twitter: IHBC Yorkshire (@IHBC_Yorkshire) / Twitter

If you have ideas for training events, or would like to contribute to delivering events, please contact the branch via yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk

For news of other general events, including IHBC virtual MATE sessions, please see Upcoming Events (ihbc.org.uk).

Members of the Branch are also regularly updated of Events held by other Organisations, such as Historic England, SPAB, York Consortium for Conservation and Craftmanship, North Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group, Heritage Alliance, by email: Each member should therefore ensure that their email address is kept up to date via IHBC Head Office.

IHBC North Branch: CPD Event

Practical Archaeology and the Planning Process
at the
Uncovering Roman Carlisle
Summer Dig 2025
on
27th June 2025

Rescuing Roman Remains


Proposals for a new pavilion at Carlisle Cricket Club in 2017, sparked of a planning requirement for a site evaluation by archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong LLP. They unearthed a Roman bathhouse, now the largest known building on Hadrian's Wall. This major discovery sparked a large-scale community archaeological investigation resulting in numerous significant finds. Returning to the site every year since 2021, the partnership of Carlisle Cricket Club, Cumberland Council, Tullie, and Wardell Armstrong LLP has brought hundreds of volunteers, The Diggers, to further explore the site, and to exhibit the discoveries to the world.

See the flyer andf links below for more information.

Be part of this unique opportunity for hands-on archaeology in the context of the planning system.

Programme:
08:45 for a 09:00 start. Arrival and full team briefing by Nick Henderson, Economic Development Officer, Cumberland Council.
12:30: Lunch - bring your own.
16.00 Close

Booking:
IHBC Members: £25
Non-members: £35
IHBC Students/Unwaged/Retired £0

Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment. To book a place please email our IHBC Treasurer Michael Atkinson at: michael@atkinsonarchitecture.co.uk

Please confirm your membership number (if applicable)

How to get there: -
  • The dig site is located at Carlisle Cricket Club, Cavendish Terrace, Stanwix, CA3 9NS, located on the north bank of the River Eden, west of Eden Bridge.
  • What 3 words: future.other.rested
  • Parking: the Carlisle Cricket Club will kindly allow us to park next to the site. There is no charge for parking, but please park considerately and note that you will be parked on grass. We take no responsibility for parked vehicles.
  • Travelling by Train: Carlisle Citadel Station, Court Square, Carlisle CA1 1QZ is located 15-20mins walk south of the site. There are hourly services from Newcastle.
  • Travelling by Bus: Carlisle Coach Station is at Lonsdale Street Carlisle CA1 1DB, 15mins walk south of the site.

Useful links:
https://www.uncoveringromancarlisle.co.uk/
https://tullie.org.uk/who-we-are/partnership-projects/uncovering-roman-carlisle/
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IHBC Yorkshire Branch – Branch AGM 2024: Visit Wakefield

12 August - 08:00 - 17:00
FREE – £25

Join the Yorkshire Branch for their annual AGM and a visit to Wakefield, to be held at Treacy Hall in Wakefield Cathedral.

Wakefield | 12 October 2024 | 10am – 4pm

09:55 – Arrival & Refreshments at Treacy Hall in the Cathedral (Accessed via Cathedral)

10:20 – IHBC Yorkshire Branch AGM

11:00 – Comfort Break

11:15 – The Regeneration of Rutland Mills by Hawkins Brown Architects

12:15 – Free Lunch

13:30 – Overview of the Upper Westage High Street Heritage Action Zone (HAZ).

14:00 – Tour of Upper Westgate. Featuring 6-8 Silver Street: An insight into working with a 16th Century timber framed building including lime finishes by Nigel Copsey.

16:00 – Social for anyone who wants a drink before heading home – location to be confirmed! Or feel free to stay and complete the historic ‘Westage Run’.

Look and listen out for the nesting peregrines at the top of the Cathedral….

Access to Treacy Hall is through the main doors of the Cathedral and to the left at the end of the toilet corridor.

*Please advise of any dietary requirements when booking.

Book your place here
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Past Branch Events
IHBC North Branch
Review of Historic Building Legislation by Charles Mynors

Central Methodist Church
Saint Saviourgate, York YO1 8NQ

Friday, February 28, 2025 · 2 - 5:30pm
Members £48:50
Non-members: £75:00

Dr Charles Mynors:

After obtaining degrees in architecture and town planning, Charles worked as a town planner and conservation officer in local government for nine years, and also qualified as a chartered surveyor. He was a founder member of the ACO and the IHBC.

He then qualified as a barrister, and practised at the planning Bar for 26 years. During that time he appeared in court and at inquiries; latterly he had a mainly advisory practice, and sat as an inspector at inquiries. He was on the Estates Committee of the Middle Temple for almost 20 years, with a particular interest in ensuring accessibility for disabled people.

He is the author of Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets (sixth edition, 2023); The Law of Trees, Forests and Hedges (third edition, 2022); and The Control of Outdoor Advertising and Graffiti – and he was awarded a Doctorate by the University of Cambridge for Trees. He was a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University, and lectured for some years at the University of Bath and elsewhere.

Charles was the Chancellor of the Diocese of Worcester from 1998 to 2022, and is author of Changing Churches: a practical guide to the faculty system (June 2016). He was for many years on the Committee of the Ecclesiastical Law Society, and was trustee and latterly Chairman of the Overseas Bishoprics Fund.

He has long been involved in planning law reform, and was invited to join the Law Commission to lead its project to simplify planning law in Wales, resulting in the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 and the Planning (Wales) Bill to be laid before the Senedd in due course. He was elected as a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales in 2023.
Hot Lime Workshop

Saturday 14th March 2020, Location: Rosedale East

Delivered through the North York Moors National Park and IHBC Yorkshire Branch. Local stonemason and lime mortar expert Nigel Copsey (the Earth, Stone and Lime Company, and lead on practical workshops at the University of York) gave a presentation and demonstration on hot mixed lime mortars, their technique and use; imparting understanding of the physics of historic structures and best practice for conservation.
It was followed in the afternoon by hands on practical work applying lime mortars and renders to buildings associated with East Mines at Rosedale.
6 CPD hours.


IHBC Yorkshire Branch AGM 2019

Saturday, 26 October 2019 at 12.15pm

The morning commenced at 10.30am with a talk by Jane Grenville, OBE, FSA, Archaeologist and Honorary Research Fellow and former member of staff in the Department of Conservation Studies, York University on ‘Pevsner, Yorkshire: The North Riding’. Jane was in the process of revising Pevsner’s work on North Riding of Yorkshire, to be published in 2020.

Conservation and Stabilisation of Historic Fabric

28th September 2019, Central Methodist Church, York
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Two complimentary disciplines are brought together to present with case studies, the structural conservation of historic buildings and structures, as seen through the eyes of two Conservation Accredited (CARE) Engineers and an AABC Conservation Accredited Architect. Robert Thorniley-Walker and Alice Bowers CARE Engineers, Civil & Structural Consultants Ltd. and, David Cattell AABC Architect, Rodney Melville and Partners Ltd.


Tour of Halifax Piece Hall

Saturday, 3rd March 2018

The Piece Hall is one of Britain’s most extraordinary buildings. Built in 1779 to trade ‘pieces’ of cloth, it is now the UK’s sole surviving cloth hall and offers a unique window back into our past.

Its near 250-year history has seen the building tale on many transformations – in Georgian times as a place for trading locally made ‘Kersey’ and other cloth, later as a gathering point for Victorian spectacles and political rallies. It then became a wholesale marker, before being transformed into a visitor attraction and, most recently, undergoing an extensive conservation programme.

The visit took participants on a journey spanning almost quarter of a millennium, meeting characters from the past and hearing fascinating stories about this truly incredible building.


IHBC Yorkshire Branch AGM 2017

Saturday 15th July 2017, Kings Manor, Exhibition Sq. York
10:30 - 12:00

Speaker: Keith Knight Course Leader RIBA Conservation Course

Subject: IHBC Yorkshire Conservation Course


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