12th November 2024
Entrance to this major heritage conservation day is FREE OF CHARGE.
The event is free and designed for everyone in the historic buildings, landscape conservation and heritage sectors. Owners, guardians, volunteers and professionals from all sectors.
Join us on Tuesday 12th November 2024 for a very special Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens Event (HBPGE). The event is free to attend and held annually in parallel with Historic Houses National AGM.
Our Event is all about the care, repair, conservation, maintenance, preservation and restoration of Historic Buildings including interiors, Historic Landscapes, Parks & Gardens. The all-day exhibition consists of companies and organisations offering advice, solutions, guidance and support, as well as a wide and diverse range of products and services. Ranging from the traditional to cutting edge technology and across all areas of historic building and landscape conservation.
The programme includes the all day exhibition, keynote speeches and awards as well as live demonstrations and short talks. We will be announcing the full demonstrations programme later in the summer but they already include a short talk by Douglas Kent, Head of Technical & Research at the SPAB and demos by The Building Craft College and Fine Art Restorations so you will be assured of an interesting and rewarding day. For details of demonstrations click here. We will be updating the programme regularly over the coming weeks so do check back regularly.
The combination of the HBPGE exhibition with over 70 stands, Historic Houses 50th anniversary celebrations, live demonstrations, short talks, an opportunity to meet experts and a free SPAB advice surgery, means you can be assured of an interesting and rewarding day.
This year, the Historic Houses National AGM 2024 marks the culmination of a yearlong programme of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Association’s foundation. It also marks the 50th anniversary of the V&A’s ‘Destruction of the Country House’ exhibition, which did so much to bring the fate of historic houses to public attention. The Historic Houses National AGM will reflect on the revival in the fortunes of houses over the last 50 years and consider what the next 50 years might hold.
Visitors may listen to the address by Martha Cobbold, President of Historic Houses*, and hear from their guest speakers Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A* and Lord Mendoza CBE, Chair of Historic England*and the Savills lecture given by Henry & Martha Cobbold of Knebworth* alongside a selection of short talks and live demonstrations given by experts about practical skills and conservation techniques at the HBPGE.
Please keep an eye on the website for the latest details
*by kind permission of Historic Houses and subject to seating.
Examples of the types of services and advice represented at the exhibition include; interior and exterior building conservation, repair and decoration, garden and landscape design and restoration, lighting, security, building alterations & extensions, carpet restoration, information technology, cast stone, columns & pilasters, estate management, gates, gilding, ironwork, terracotta, textiles, windows, fine art restoration, auctions, energy conservation, valuations, catering, insurance, gifts, souvenirs, publishing, printing, event management and many, many more.
FREE ADMISSION is available to everyone in the historic buildings, landscape conservation and heritage sectors. This includes owners of historic buildings, parks & gardens, private or commercial, historic landscapes and all those who are involved in their upkeep, restoration or conservation.
Pre-registration for the Historic Buildings, Parks & Gardens Event is now open, you can register here.
If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us on Tel: 01462 896688
Historic Houses members are not eligible for our pre-registration offer and should register with Historic Houses.
(all timings are provisional and subject to change) We will be updating the details of timings, speakers and demos over the coming weeks so please check back regularly for the latest info.
9.00AM The Historic Buildings Parks & Gardens Event opens.
Featuring an All-day Exhibition of products and services with 75 exhibitors, as well as live practical demonstrations held throughout the day, where experts show practical skills, conservation techniques on a wide range of issues relating to the conservation of historic buildings including contents and historic landscapes.
9.45AM – 11.30PM Demonstrations and short talks, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
11.00AM Historic Houses AGM (Historic House Members only), Churchill Auditorium
11.30AM Address by Martha Cobbold, Historic Houses President*, Churchill Auditorium
11.50PM Dr Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A*, Churchill Auditorium
12.30PM – 2.00PM Demonstrations and short talks, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
2.30PM Lord Mendoza CBE, Chair of Historic England*, Churchill Auditorium
2.45PM Historic Houses Awards *, Churchill Auditorium
3.00PM – 3.45pm Demonstrations and short talks, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
3.00PM Historic Houses Savills Lecture*, Henry & Martha Cobbold, Churchill Auditorium
3.15pm SPAB Technical & Research Director, Douglas Kent, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
3.45pm Book Signings, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
4.00PM – 5.00pm Demonstrations and short talks, Exhibition Hall, 3rd Floor
*By kind permission of Historic Houses and subject to seating availability
We are pleased to announced the following exhibitors for this year
ANOXART Ltd, Art Advisory Group Ltd, Artorius Faber, Ashbridge Partners, Ayesa, Beyonk Ltd, BSG Ecology, The Buildings Craft College, Bury Hill Landscapes Supplies, Cambridge HOK, Cast Iron Welding, Castrads Ltd, Charles Russell Speechlys, Chroma Conservation, Cliveden Conservation, Crown and Canopy, CSC Window Films & Blinds, David Austin Roses, Doerr Dallas, Eibe Play Ltd, Envirograf Intumescent Systems Ltd, Fine Art Restoration Company, The Gardens Trust, Gauntlet Insurance, Gerratts Carpet Planners, Greenspan Projects Ltd, Harris Bugg Studio, Hirst Conservation, Historyonics, Humphries Weaving Company, Hutton & Rostron Environmental Investigations Ltd, Ingleton Wood, ISO Energy, J & J W Longbottom Ltd, James Byatt Garden & Estate Landscapes, Jarrold Publishing, Jigsaw Design & Publishing, John Good Limited, Land and Water Services Ltd, Lilla Rugs, Locker & Riley, London Parks & Gardens, Mason Navarro Pledge, Mid Beds Locksmiths Ltd, Miles Water Engineering Ltd, The Morton Partnership, NT Surveying, Oxbow Books, Professional Gardeners’ Guild, Rose of Jericho, The Rug & Carpet Studio, Russell Taylor Architects, Savills, Selway Joyce Ltd, SPAB, Spencer & Fry, Stonewest Ltd, SUN-X Ltd, Sworders, TM Lighting, Vennersys, Venue Zen, The Victorian Society, The Vikings, Water Lilly, The William Morris Society, William Sugg & Co Ltd, Your Choice Fire & Security & Cygnus Group Ltd, Zardi & Zardi