3 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 2025 edition has been prepared for the Communications & Outreach Committee by the IHBC National Office with the help of Cathedral Communications Limited. For additional copies of the IHBC Yearbook please contact the Business Office. EDITORS Jonathan Taylor and Seán O’Reilly EDITORIAL TEAM Joanna Collie and Emma Heard COVER ILLUSTRATION Front cover: The dramatic steeple of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s last remaining church in Glasgow, now vacant and at risk (Photo: Jonathan Taylor) The IHBC Yearbook is published and produced by Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Email ihbc@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Copyright 2025 Cathedral Communications Limited ISBN 978 1 912747 23 8 Foreword Cristina González-Longo 5 STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP What is the IHBC? 6 Structure of the IHBC 7 Elected and appointed officers 8 Branch areas 9 Membership of the IHBC 10 REVIEW AND ANALYSIS Welcome Rebecca Thompson 15 Chair’s review David McDonald 16 Director’s update Seán O’Reilly 17 Better placed Dan Roberts 20 Berrington’s missing link Simon Robertshaw 25 Souk al-Saqatiyya Ataa Alsalloum 31 Chard Samantha Barnes 37 Roof condition monitoring 4.0 Frédéric Bosché and Jiajun Li 41 DIRECTORY HESPR companies 47 IHBC promotions and publications 50 Directory of members 51 USEFUL INFORMATION Courses and events 91 IHBC-recognised courses 94 National organisations 95 Local authority contacts 98 Products and services 103 Specialist suppliers index 112
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