Details of our 2019 conference have been published on our Conference page. This year, our theme is Mills & Booms: The Conservation of Industrial Archaeology, Buildings & Sites in Industrial Use. We have lined up an array of speakers which promise a conference that will interest all our members as well as the wider conservation community:
Sir Neil Cossons, Shane Gould, Paul MacMahon, Michael Nevell, Henrietta Billings, David Went, John Tanner, Malcolm Tucker, Nick Hill, and Stephen Clarke.

Our February meeting is a debate on The Value of Posterity with a panel of speakers, see the Meetings page for details.

Read our Chair’s introductory document here

The Mason’s Company’s Inaugural Gilder Lecture ‘Stone & City’ will be on 23 October 2018 at St Andrew’s Holborn, and given by Adrian Paye of PAYE Stonework, who was recently involved in the reconstruction of the Temple of Mithras beneath the new award winning Bloomberg building.

We are grateful that long standing ASCHB member John Burton has obtained the Master’s permission to open up the talk to members of ASCHB, and further details are given here: The Gilder Lecture

 If any one does want to take this up, can they contact the clerk Giles Clapp on the email Clerk@masonslivery.org . The company does not handle cash, and a bank transfer would be required before the event, guided by the clerk.

This month’s meeting will be a Forum on the Insulation of Historic Buildings – come and hear the latest thinking on this difficult subject. The meeting will start early at 5.30pm for 6pm at our usual venue at The Gallery in Cowcross Street. For further details see our Meetings page here 

We have sent the meeting card for the forthcoming season of talks and visits to all our current members. Please contact us at 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ or through the contacts  page if you have not received your card.

The season starts with a talk on the works at the Royal Academy by Julian Harrap Architects office on Tuesday 25 September at 6.00pm for 6.30pm.

There are other events that will be of interest coming up this Autumn –

SPAB

The SPAB’s first grand exhibition runs Friday to Saturday 7-6 September at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. There will be talks and demonstrations, information on careers, and expert advice on hand. Details can be found on the SPAB website here 

National Heritage Ironwork Group

The NHIG are running a seminar on 15 November on Colour and Finish in Heritage Ironwork at The Gallery, Cowcross Street, questioning the assumption that ironwork should be black, and presenting paint research and practical conservation.

Details of the event and speakers can be found on the NHIG website here