IHBC logo

The mark of the conservation professional

                    

Context

Number Theme Copy submission deadline Publication Date
188 The listing process 10 April 2026 June 2026
189 Technical: craft skills 11 July 2026 September 2026
190 Cultural appropriation 10 October 2026 December 2026

Context is the journal of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation which represents professionals working in the historic built environment in the UK. It is published four times a year and is distributed to Institute members and to a range of other subscribers. Context informs readers about developments in professional practice and the management of the historic environment and provides a forum for discussing issues of professional concern.

Context is edited by Rob Cowan. All enquiries should be directed to: editor@ihbc.org.uk Context is published four times a year.


Guidance for contributors to Context
Notes for authors
Notes for book reviewers

Publication schedule

Editorial Board meetings, last Friday of the month

ACTING CHAIR OF EDITORIAL BOARD
Michael Taylor email

The IHBC is a registered charity and exists to promote our charitable objectives. Context is sent to individuals who are not members of the IHBC only when they subscribe to the charity. Subscriber rates are the same as membership rates, and benefits include, as well as Context, the IHBC's annual review, the IHBC Yearbook. Subscribers are strongly encouraged to sign up to Gift Aid to support the IHBC's charitable activities. No concessionary rates are available to subscribers. To join as a subscriber please contact admin@ihbc.org.uk.

Context is made available to corporate bodies (libraries; educational bodies etc) at a corporate subscription rate, including postage of: United Kingdom £65; Elsewhere £100.

Subscription orders together with cheques made payable to the 'Institute of Historic Building Conservation' should be sent to the:

IHBC Business Office: IHBC, Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 873133
Fax 01747 871718

Email admin@ihbc.org.uk



Context on-line archive
The articles from Context are published on a searchable on-line archive six months after publication. To visit the archive click here.

Advertising
To advertise appropriate products and services in Context, please contact our publisher Cathedral Communications on context@cathcomm.co.uk, 01747 871717. Full details

Cotext 187


Cover of
CONTEXT No.187
March 2026

Wessex

Articles include:

Wessex: chalk and cheese
Daniel Cantrell

Thomas Hardy: Dorset’s first conservation campaigner?
Duncan McCallum

Saving Somerset buildings
Greg Venn and Jane St John Webster

Remains of the West Country wool industry
Eliza Gray

Bath: A tale of two world heritage sites
Adrian Neilson

Buckler’s Hard, Beaulieu: building the Georgian navy
Rosemary Thornber and Mary Montagu-Scott

Defending the legacies of the welfare estate
John Pendlebury


The 2024 IHBC Yearbook

Published by
Cathedral Communications Ltd
To order Contact:
Lydia Porter
IHBC Admin Officer
Tel: 01747 873133
fax: 01747 871718
email: admin@ihbc.org.uk

© Copyright IHBC

Registered and Business Office: Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA
Registered as a Charity in England & Wales: No1061593. Registered as a Charity in Scotland: No. SC041945. Listed in Northern Ireland.
Company Limited by Guarantee; Registered in England No 3333780.

Contact us