Institute of Historic Building Conservation Yearbook 2025

CONTENTS 3
Foreword by Cristina González-Longo 5
STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP 7
Elected and appointed officers 8
Branch areas 9
Membership of the IHBC 10
REVIEW AND ANALYSIS 13
Welcome by Rebecca Thompson, IHBC President 15
Chair's review by David McDonald, IHBC Chair 16
Director's update by Seán O’Reilly, IHBC Director 17
Better Placed: how heritage assets can influence the setting and character of development by Dan Roberts 20
Berrington's missing link: the adaptive restoration of Henry Holland and Capability Brown's designs to repair its landscape setting by Simon Robertshaw 25
Souk al-Saqatiyya: reconciliation and reconstruction in post-conflict Aleppo by Ataa Alsalloum 31
Chard: high street heritage in Chard, Somerset by Samantha Barnes 37
Roof condition monitoring 4.0 by Frédéric Bosché and Jiajun Li 41
DIRECTORY 45
HESPR companies 47
IHBC promotions and publications 50
USEFUL INFORMATION 51
Courses and events 53
IHBC-recognised courses 56
National organisations 57
Local authority contacts 60
Products and services 65
Specialist suppliers index 74

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