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USEFUL INFORMAT ION

COURSE LISTINGS

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Cornish Lime Company Ltd

Tel 01208 79779

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CPD seminars on breathable

paints and lime

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Lime rendering/plastering courses

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Painting and decorating courses

½ day

1 day

Dartmoor Arts Project

Tel 01647 281295

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Stone carving

3 days

Dorset Centre for Rural Skills

Tel 01747 811099

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Lime and straw bale building

courses

1–2 days

E I Flood & Sons

Tel 0117 961 8040

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Heritage lime plastering

1–5 days

Ecole d’Avignon Centre

Tel +33 4 90 85 59 82

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Various traditional craft and

heritage conservation courses

Varies

Eden Lime Mortar

Tel 07717 400233

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Lime mortar training days

1 day

Essex County Council, Traditional

Building Skills Courses

Tel 03330 136560

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Various short courses in

traditional building skills

including lime plaster, mortars,

pargetting, conservation and

repair of brickwork, joinery,

timber frames and wrought iron

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CPD lectures on building

conservation

1–3 days

Fleur Kelly

Tel 01373 814651

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Intensive short courses, run on

demand, on a variety of fresco

and panel-painting techniques

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2-week residential courses

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Bespoke courses

5daysor2wks

The Flintman Company

Tel 01273 556827

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Practical courses on flint and its

use in structures

1 day

The GreenWood Centre

Tel 01952 432769

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Professional short courses in

Woodland management and

greenwood crafts

1–5 days

Heritage Craft Alliance Ltd

Tel 01677 422289

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L2 NOCN Award Heritage

Conservation and British Canal

andWaterway Restoration (QCF)

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L3 Award – Understanding Repair

and Maintenance of traditional

pre-1919 buildings

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L2 Award Heritage Construction

Varies

HeritageSkillsCentreatLincolnCastle

Tel 01522 552434

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Various, heritage skills

Varies

ICCROM

Tel +39 06 585531

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Various heritage conservation

training courses

Varies

Lead Sheet Association Ltd

Tel 01622 872432

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Leadwork Seminars for architects,

surveyors etc

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Introductory Leadworking Course

including basic welding and

bossing

1 day

3–5 days

University of Leicester School of

History

Tel 0116 252 2587

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Various CPD courses

Varies

The Lettering and Commemorative

ArtsTrust

Tel 01728 688393

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Short courses in wood and stone

letter carving and calligraphy

1–9 days

The Lime Centre

Tel 01962 713636

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Bespoke courses on lime in

traditional building

Up to ½ day

Low-Impact Living Initiative

Tel 01296 714184

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Various craft and sustainable

building courses including the

use of cob and lime, and

straw-bale building

Varies

MikeWye & Associates Ltd

Tel 01409 281644

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Practicalcourse intheuseoftadelakt

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Practical course in the use of

traditional lime mortars in

renovation

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Limeplasteringday,practicalcourse

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Practicalcourse intheuseof

Venetianpolishedplasters

1 day

North of England CivicTrust

Tel 0191 232 9279

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Various practical heritage

skills courses throughout the

North East, North Yorkshire

and Cumbria

Varies

Old House Store Ltd

Tel 0118 946 9146

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Practical courses in building

conservation

1 day

Orchard Barn

Tel 07766 054042

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Restoration Skills for Home-

owners and Professionals

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Timber framing courses

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Wattle and Daub course

4 days

Varies

1 day

The OrtonTrust

Tel 01536 711600

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Practical courses in all aspects of

stonemasonry, including carving,

lettering, conservation, masonry

conservation, tool sharpening

and drawing

3 days

Oxford Brookes University

Tel 01865 483560

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Various short courses relating to

planning for professionals

Varies

The Penicuik House

PreservationTrust

Tel 01383 872722

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The Penicuik House Project –

Building conservation and

traditional building skills courses

1–5 days

Philip A Gaches Plasterwork

Tel 01778 342188

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Traditional plastering courses

Varies

The Portland Sculpture and

QuarryTrust

Tel 01305 826736

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Introductory/advanced courses

in stone-carving, sculpture,

letter-cutting, architectural detail,

stonemasonry and geometry

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Bespoke programmes for individual

study, CPD and vocational training

Varies

Rainbow Glass Ltd

Tel 020 7249 0276

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Day courses in stained glass and

evening workshops

1 day

Scottish Lime CentreTrust

Tel 01383 872722

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Various building conservation and

traditional building skills courses

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Surveying and Assessing the

Conservation,Repair&Maintenance

ofTraditional Buildings

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Meeting the Challenges of Climate

Change

1–5 days

2 days

ScottishTraditional SkillsTraining

Centre

Tel 01888 511347

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BuildingandRepairingDryStoneWalls

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WindowandWindowSash

Maintenance,RepairandReplacement

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UseofLimeMortar intheRepairand

MaintenanceofTraditionalBuildings

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Conserving,Repairingand

MaintainingTraditionalRoofs

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TraditionalLeadwork

2 days

The Society for the Protection of

Ancient Buildings

Tel 020 7377 1644

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SPAB seminars and masterclasses

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SPAB Faith in Maintenance: free

courses for volunteers who care

for historic places of worship

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The Repair of Old Buildings

Course: an introduction to the

SPAB conservation approach

Up to 1 day

1 day

5 days

Sturge Conservation Studio

Tel 01604 717929

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Conservation and restoration of

historic leather

3 days

TheTraditional Building Skills

Company Limited

Tel 01497 831125

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Accredited courses for the

heritage construction industry in

stone masonry

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Accredited courses for the

heritage construction industry in

wood occupations

5–20 days

Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd

Tel 01874 611350

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Various short courses in building

skills such as lime in building, dry

stone walling and thatching

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RIBA-accredited CPD seminars on

the use of lime

Varies

Weald & Downland Open Air

Museum

Tel 01243 811464

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Variousshortcoursesinbuilding

conservationandtraditionalcrafts

andskills

1–5 days

West Dean College

Tel 01243 818219

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Building Conservation

Masterclasses: a range of short

courses delivered in collaboration

with Historic England

1–4 days

Womersley’s Limited

Tel 01924 400651

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Shortcoursesonbuilding

conservationandsustainablebuilding

1 day

Woodchester MansionTrust

Tel 01453 861541

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Variousshortcoursesincludingdry

stonewallingrepairs,stonecarving,

stainedglassandarchitecturaldrawing

Varies

University ofYork

Tel 01904 323950

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Various CPD courses

1–2 days

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Tel 01924 832528

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Various craft courses including dry

stone walling and sculpture courses

Varies

For the latest information on all short courses and seminars,

see our ‘What’s on’ event listings at

www.buildingconservation.com

MISCELLANEOUS COURSES

The AttinghamTrust

Tel 020 7253 9057

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Residential courses on the historic

house and its collections

Varies

European Restoration Institute

(Istituto Europeo del Restauro),

Ischia

Tel +39 081 333 4536

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Various courses in the

conservation and restoration

of historic objects and finishes

including wall paintings, gilding,

wood carvings and mosaics

Varies

Hornemann Institute, Hildesheim

Tel + 49 05121 408174

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Various online conservation

courses

Apr–Jul or

Sep–Nov

International Academic Projects

Tel 020 7380 0800

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CPD courses in conservation,

collections care, archaeology and

museum studies

3–5 days

The Prince’s Foundation

Tel 020 7613 8582

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Building Skill in Summer:

conservation crafts summer

school

3 wks

The Society for the Protection of

Ancient Buildings

Tel 020 7377 1644

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William Morris Craft Fellowship:

craft training for qualified

craftspeople

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SPAB Scholarship: programme

for young qualified architects,

surveyors and building

professionals interested in

heritage and conservation

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2 mnths FT

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