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USEFUL INFORMATION
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MISCELLANEOUS COURSES
The Attingham Trust
Tel 020 7253 9057
The historic house and its collections:
residential courses
Varies
European Restoration
Institute (Istituto Europeo
del Restauro)
Tel +39 (0)81 333 4536
Various heritage conservation and
restoration courses
Varies
Hornemann Institute
Tel + 49 (0)5121 408174
Various online conservation courses
Varies
International Academic
Projects
Tel 020 7380 0800
Professional development courses
in conservation, collections care,
archaeology and museum studies
3–5 days
Planning Summer School
Tel 01722 339811
Short courses in advanced town planning 3 days
The Society for the Protection
of Ancient Buildings
Tel 020 7377 1644
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SPAB Scholarship: programme for
young building professionals
■
William Morris Craft Fellowship
9 mnths FT
3 blocks,
2mnthsFTeach
SHORT COURSES
The Brooking Collection
Tel 01483 274203
Masterclasses exploring architectural
period details
Varies
Burngate Stone Centre
Tel 01929 439405
Courses in masonry, carving and letter
cutting
Varies
Bursledon Brickworks
Conservation Centre
Tel 023 8027 5153
Various short courses in building
conservation, traditional materials and
skills
1 day
Chalk Down Lime Ltd
Tel 01580 830092
Various courses on brickwork, pointing,
lime plasters and wattle and daub
1 day
The Chippendale
International School of
Furniture
Tel 01620 810680
Cabinet making and furniture restoration 30 wks
Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Tel 01208 79779
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Lime rendering and plastering courses
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CPD seminars
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Traditional paint courses
1 day
Half day
1 day
Craven College Centre for
Construction & Heritage Skills
Tel 01756 708934
Various heritage skills courses
Varies
Dorset Centre for Rural Skills
Tel 01747 811099
Lime and straw bale building courses
1–2 days
Ecole d’Avignon Centre
Tel +33 (0)490 855 982
Various traditional craft and heritage
conservation courses
Varies
Eden Lime Mortar
Tel 07717 400233
Lime mortar training days
1 day
Essex County Council
Tel 01245 437672
Various short courses in traditional
building skills (see Events section for
details)
1–3 days
European Centre for Heritage
Crafts and Professions
Tel +39 (0)445 372329
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Architectural heritage conservation
courses
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Various intensive craft and conservation
courses
Varies
Varies
Fleur Kelly
Tel 01373 814651
Intensive courses on fresco and panel
painting techniques; 2-wk residential
courses
Varies
The Flintman Company
Tel 01273 556827
Flint-related courses
Varies
The Green Wood Centre
Tel 01952 432769
Professional short courses in woodland
management and greenwood crafts
1–5 days
Heritage Craft Alliance Ltd
Tel 01677 422289
Various short courses in traditional
building skills
ICCROM (International
Centre for the Study of the
Preservation and Restoration
of Cultural Property, Rome)
Tel +39 (0)6 585531
Various conservation training courses
Varies
Lambeth College
Tel 020 7501 5000
Advanced craft skills courses in plastering,
joinery, decorating and stonemasonry
Varies
Lead Sheet Association Ltd
Tel 01622 872432
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Introductory leadworking course
including basic welding and bossing
■
Leadwork seminars
■
Decorative casting
3–5 days
1 day
5 days
The Lettering and
Commemorative Arts Trust
Tel 01728 688393
Short courses in calligraphy for letter-
carvers
1–7 days
The Lime Centre
Tel 01962 713636
Bespoke courses on lime in traditional
building
Varies
Low-Impact Living Initiative
Tel 01296 714184
Various craft courses including cob and
clay plasters
Varies
Mike Wye & Associates Ltd
Tel 01409 281644
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Practical course in the use of Venetian
and marmorino polished plasters
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Practical course in the use of traditional
lime mortars in renovation
■
Practical course in the use of tadelakt
and polished plasters
1 day
1 day
1 day
North of England Civic Trust
Tel 0191 232 9279
■
Technical course in built environment
conservation
■
Various practical heritage skills courses
24 days
Varies
Old House Store Ltd
Tel 0118 969 7711
Practical courses in building conservation 1 day
Orchard Barn
Tel 01473 658193
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Green oak timber-framing courses
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Careandrepairfortraditionalhomescourses
Varies
3 days
The Orton Trust
Tel 01536 711600
Practical courses in all aspects of
stonemasonry
3 days
Oxford Brookes University
Tel 01865 483560
Various short planning courses for
professionals
Varies
The Penicuik House
Preservation Trust
Tel 01383 872722
Building conservation and traditional
building skills courses (see Events section
for details)
1–5 days
The Portland Sculpture and
Quarry Trust
Tel 01305 826736
Introductory and advanced courses in
stone carving, sculpture, architectural
detail, letter cutting and stonemasonry
Varies
The Prince’s Foundation
Tel 020 7613 8531
Tailored education programmes on the
built environment
Varies
Rainbow Glass Ltd
Tel 020 7249 0276
Day courses in stained glass and evening
workshops
Varies
Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Tel 01383 872722
Building conservation and traditional
building skills courses (see Events section
for details)
1–5 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 Britain’s
historic places of worship
■
The Repair of Old Buildings Course: an
introduction to the SPAB conservation
approach (see Events section for details)
Varies
1 day
5 days
Sturge Conservation Studio
Tel 01604 717929
Conservation and restoration of historic
leather
3–5 days
Tom Phillips Stonecraft
Tel 07765 432271
Various stone carving workshops
Varies
The Traditional Building
Skills Company Limited
Tel 01497 831125
Short courses for the heritage
construction industry
10 days
Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd
Tel 01874 611350
Various short courses on the use of lime Varies
Tywi Centre
Tel 01558 824271
Short craft training courses
Varies
Weald & Downland Open Air
Museum
Tel 01243 811464
Various short courses in building
conservation and traditional crafts and
skills (see Events section for details)
1–5 days
West Dean College
Tel 01243 811301
A range of building conservation master-
classes (see Events section for details)
1–4 days
Wheathills
Tel 01332 824819
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Antiques restoration study days
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Lime plastering
1 day
2 days
Womersley’s Limited
Tel 01924 400651
Short building conservation courses
1 day
Woodchester Mansion Trust
Tel 01453 861541
Various short courses including dry stone
walling, stone carving and architectural
drawing
Varies
University of York
Tel 01904 433997
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Various short courses in the conservation
of historic buildings and places
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Various CPD courses (see Events section
for details)
2–3 days
Varies
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Tel 01924 832528
Various craft and sculpture courses
Varies
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