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USEFUL INFORMAT ION
6 EVENTS continued
September 11 Maintaining Traditional Buildings This seminar will help those
who are planning to undertake simple repairs themselves or want
to make more informed decisions about the work they commission
from others Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Sept 14–16 Masonry Building Conservation: Professional Level 2
A three-day workshop on repair principles, materials and
techniques for traditional masonry buildings Venue: Charlestown
Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Sept 14–17 Masonry Cleaning A course for architects, surveyors and
practitioners which covers the aesthetic, technical and practical
issues involved in cleaning masonry Venue:West Dean College,
West Sussex Contact: West Dean College (see below)
Sept 18–20 The Building Limes Forum Conference and Gathering
This three-day annual conference and gathering includes papers
on the use of lime from users, specifiers, academics and historians
Venue: Clare College, Cambridge Contact: Rosemary Mann,
The Building Limes Forum,
September 19 Dry StoneWalling Attendees will construct a new dry stone
wall and learn how to repair existing walls Venue: Charlestown
Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Sept 21–22 Surface Repair of Stone This course is designed to ensure
successful surface repairs Venue: Merryhill Training Centre, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Sept 21–25 Oak Timber Framing: Jowl Posts This course will provide
students with the opportunity to frame up the principal timbers
of a traditional Sussex timber framed building Venue: Weald &
Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex Contact: WDOAM (see
below)
September 25 Writing Specifications for Conservation Projects This CPD
event will discuss ways of achieving high standards of building
conservation through writing specifications Venue: Centre for
Conservation Studies, University of York Contact: University of York
(see below)
September 25 Winter Working with Lime Practical advice on working with lime
mortars in cold weather Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
September 28 LimeMortars forTraditional Brickwork Gerard Lynch leads a course
of lectures and practical demonstrations Venue: Weald & Downland
Open Air Museum,West Sussex Contact: WDOAM (see below)
28 Sept–1 Oct Conservation and Repair of Stone Masonry This course provides
a study of building and decorative stone from formation and
extraction to repair and maintenance Venue: West Dean College,
West Sussex Contact: West Dean College (see below)
29 Sept–1 Oct Repair of Traditionally Constructed Brickwork This course includes
causes of failure and principles of repair Venue: Weald & Downland
Open Air Museum, West Sussex Contact: WDOAM (see below)
OCTOBER
October 3 Homeowners’ Day The course will cover how to interpret the
historic development of a house, and will look at materials,
structure, fixtures and fittings, rules, regulations and advice
Venue: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Contact: WDOAM (see below)
October 5–7 Traditional Masonry Repair: Contractor Level 2 Three-day
workshop on the repair of traditional masonry to match original
work, conservation ethics and how to develop repair strategies
Venue: Merryhill Training Centre, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime
Centre Trust (see below)
October 5–9 SPAB Repair of Old Buildings Course Presented by the SPAB since
the 1950s, this five-day course delivers an intensive programme of
lectures and visits to building repair projects Venue: Spital Square,
London Contact: SPAB (see below)
October 8 Practical Thatching A hands-on course thatching with straw on a
model roof using traditional tools and techniques
Venue: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Contact: WDOAM (see below)
October 10 Lime Pointing This one-day practical workshop is aimed at those
who would like to undertake repointing works as part of a renovation
project or for general maintenance Venue: Merryhill Training Centre,
Fife Contact:Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
October 17 Sash and CaseWindow Repair for Homeowners This half-day
course will demonstrate how to undertake repairs to traditional
timber sash and case windows Venue: Merryhill Training Centre,
Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
October 23 Traditional Materials for the Repair of Civil Engineering
Structures This workshop introduces the range of lime and early
cement-based mortars used in historic masonry structures
Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre
Trust (see below)
October 26–29 Mortars for Repair and Conservation A detailed study of
traditional mortars including investigation and basic analytical
techniques, diagnosis of typical failures and repair techniques
Venue: West Dean College, West Sussex Contact: West Dean
College (see below)
October 29–30 Repairing Traditional Masonry: Professional Level 1 This
two-day workshop for building professionals provides an
introduction to the conservation and repair of traditional masonry
structures Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
October 31 Homeowners’ Day How to interpret the historic development of a
house including structure, materials and advice
Venue: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Contact: WDOAM (see below)
October 31 Decorative Stone Carving This course will give attendees the skills
and knowledge required to produce good quality architectural
stone carvings Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
October 31 Letter-cutting in Stone An ideal starting point for those interested
in the setting out and application of letter-cutting in stone
Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre
Trust (see below)
NOVEMBER
November 6 Winter Working with Lime Practical advice on working with lime
mortars in cold weather Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Nov 9–13 Intensive Mortar and Masonry TrainingWeek This intensive week
of training and assessment allows students to gain SQA National
Units 1, 2 & 3 in Conservation Masonry Venue: Charlestown
Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Nov 17–18 Flint Walling A practical two-day course covering the sorting,
selection, preparation and knapping of flints
Venue: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Contact: WDOAM (see below)
Nov 22–27 Oak Timber Framing: Wall Framing A short timber-framing course
led by Joe Thompson focussing on wall framing
Venue: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, West Sussex
Contact: WDOAM (see below)
Nov 23–24 Making and Using Traditional Mortars: Contractor Level 1
This practical, two-day workshop will provide attendees with a
strong understanding of lime technology Venue: Merryhill Training
Centre, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
Nov 23–26 Conservation of Historic Interiors Led by senior conservators,
this course will cover investigation and survey, conservation and
contextual research Venue: West Dean College, West Sussex
Contact: West Dean College (see below)
DECEMBER
December 4 Winter Working with Lime Practical advice on working with lime
mortars in cold weather Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
December 5 Decorative Stone Carving This course will give attendees the skills
and knowledge required to produce good quality architectural
stone carvings Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife
Contact: Scottish Lime Centre Trust (see below)
December 5 Letter-cutting in Stone An ideal starting point for those interested
in the setting out and application of letter-cutting in stone
Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre
Trust (see below)
December 7–8 Repairing Traditional Masonry: Professional Level 1 This two-
day workshop for building professionals provides an introduction
to the conservation and repair of traditional masonry structures
Venue: Charlestown Workshops, Fife Contact: Scottish Lime Centre
Trust (see below)
December 7–9 Project Management for Historic Buildings The objective of
this course is to provide participants with a better understanding
of broader conservation processes Venue: West Dean College,
West Sussex Contact: West Dean College (see below)
CONTACTS
Essex County Council
Katie Seabright, Place Services, Essex County Council, County Hall,
Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1QH
Tel 03330 136560 Email
Birmingham City University
Harriet Devlin, BCU, Birmingham B4 7BD
Tel 0121 331 7880 Email
The Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road, Charlestown, Fife KY11 3EN
Tel 01383 872722 Email
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY
Tel 020 7377 1644 Email
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
Adult Learning Department, WDOAM, Singleton, Chichester,
West Sussex PO18 0EU
Tel 01243 811931 Email
West Dean College
CPD Course Organiser, West Dean, nr Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ
Tel 01243 818219 Email
University of York
Centre for Conservation Studies, Kings Manor, York YO1 7EP
Tel 01904 323901 Email
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