I’ve tried, unsuccessfully to date this Protimeter Surveymini which I purchased recently. It looks to be older than the ones shown in...

Back out on site in Harthill this morning with @edwards_restoration to check on the lime works undertaken last year following the...

Two things that non-Sheffield folk associate with Sheffield are steel and knives / cutlery / blades (cutting, not football). As a...

A thourghly enjoyable talk by James Russell yesterday evening @sheffmuseums – Seaside Modern – Art and Life on the Beach. A quick tour of...

Distinguished Sheffield-based historian Mike Higginbottom’s latest book, Demolished Sheffield – a Personal View details the fate of...

A page dedicated to the many many interesting and face-palm moments I have on-site every week... Or a place to dump all the photos that...

Link: https://www.economist.com/interactive/britain/2022/11/29/how-to-fix-30m-draughty-homes Accessed: 29th November 2022 I very much...

September 2022, The Sheffield Society of Architects and Sheffield Civic Trust hosted an afternoon of history and debate on the Grade II...

I am really rather fond of the design and robustness of the Speedy Calcium Carbide meters that Thomas Ashworth (now part of GE) of...

I recently attended a photography walk around Victoria Quays, Sheffield arranged by @canalrivertrust and led by @replacement.hipster...

I can't get enough of these old Building Conservation magazines, most of my collection are from before I was born. It is both interesting...

Whilst wondering about Great Malvern, I came across The Malvern Bookshop which had an excellent selection of building and architecture...

A weekend trip took me to Great Malvern (one of the four areas that make up Malvern). In the centre is Great Malvern Priory, a Grage I...

Mid-January took me to the lovely little village of North Kyme in Lincolnshire, with a population of under 500, it was a lovely rural...

A level three building survey on this detached property round the corner from home. A couple of points of interest here: The garage roof...

A very long day out to Chester on a January Sunday following a week of snow. This superb hall (well, the attached cheese shop) was once...

A glorious January day took me over to Nantwich in Cheshire to look at this Edwardian terrace house on behalf of a landlord client. The...

Rushton Spencer Christmas 2020 saw my biggest survey to date, a Grade II 21 bed house and barn that I spend three full days surveying and...

Following on from yesterday's post, further down the driveway are the ruins of the original Thorpe Salvin Hall which are Grade II* listed...

The spring weather has allowed good progress to be made on the re-roofing of Thorpe Hall. A green/grey natural Brazilian slate has been...