Heritage Conservation Workshops - Tuesday 26th January & Tuesday 2nd February, 2021

For Barking heritage enthusiasts there are two free workshops available online during this winter lockdown. The first is entitled: An Introduction to Heritage Conservation and its key themes are - opportunities for enhancement of historic buildings, including the benefits of improving shop fronts and re-instating historic features; an explanation of historic building conservation and the most likely types of building you will come across in Barking, the importance of conserving built heritage and approaches to heritage conservation. It will also cover practical guidance on the maintenance and repair of historic buildings.

The second workshop has a slightly different focus as an: Introduction to heritage legislation, policy and guidance - this develops themes from the first workshop by examining the new conservation area appraisal and will include input from Historic England and our own planning officers. There will also be an opportunity to ask your own questions.

To take the opportunity to make these Tuesday afternoons a time to learn more about historic conservation in Barking - please email colin.bannon@befirst.london for an invite to either or both of these free workshops

The workshops are funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, hosted by Be First Regeneration - working with Barking & Dagenham, and presented by Purcell Consultants with input from Historic England.