Historic Buildings & Places are now inviting submissions for the 2025 Stephen Croad Prize
Do you have a new discovery on historical buildings of the United Kingdom?
Stephen Croad was an author, researcher and archivist of architectural history and during his career and in his voluntary roles made a profound impact on our knowledge and understanding of the UK’s architectural history.
In Stephen’s memory Historic Buildings & Places now run an annual competition, with a prize award of £600, to encourage new architectural research and writing.
In the spirit of Stephen’s own research and practice, contributions should be on factually verifiable, documenting new discoveries on historic buildings in the United Kingdom, whether part of the established canon or areas less examined. Essays on building conservation and heritage crafts will also be considered. We would encourage submissions, revised according to the guidelines, based on work submitted towards an academic qualification already achieved.
Please read the linked document below for the full set of conditions for making a submission.
Conditions for Stephen Croad Prize.
Submissions should include the author’s full name and contact details and be sent to: editor@hbap.org.uk with the subject heading Stephen Croad Prize 2025.
Essays will be judged by the members of an expert panel and the decision of the panel will be final; the panel will reserve the right to make no award.
The winner of the award will be presented with a certificate at the Historic Buildings & Places’ Annual General Meeting held online on Zoom on 30th September 2025. We ask that the winner attend the Annual General Meeting to give a brief talk about their essay and to ‘receive’ the certificate.
The deadline for submission is 31st May 2025.
There is no age limit for contributors, and we welcome all contributions.
