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Provider Course Name Duration Suitable for Notes
BIRMINGHAM
University of Birmingham
School of Continuing Studies
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 7AY
Tel: 0121 414 5607/7529
British Vernacular Architecture 2 Years. Open access 18+ Certificate of Higher Education
BRISTOL
University of Bristol
Centre for the Historic Environment
Department of Archaeology
43 Woodland Road
Bristol
BS8 1UU
tel: 0117 954 6073
www.bris.ac.uk/archanth/continuing/shortcourses
see website for full details of all short courses
 
CHELMSFORD
Katie Seabright
Historic Buildings Education Officer
Essex County Council
County Hall
Chelmsford
Essex
CM1 1QH
tel: 01245 437672
traditional.buildingskills@essex.gov.uk
Short Courses in  2011 and 2012
●8 April 2011 - Lime Plaster for Plasterers
●18 - 20 May 2011 - Timber Frame Repairs

●26 - 27 May 2011 - Understanding Wrought Iron at Malt Kiln Farm, Pentney, Norfolk

●9 - 10 June 2011 - Traditional Plaster at Great Saling

●23 - 24 June 2011 - Repair and Conservation of Flint Walling at Hadstock Church

●31 August - 2 September 2011 - Straw Bale Building at Assington Mill, Suffolk

●8 - 9 September 2011 - Lime Morter and Conservation Brickwork at Braintree Museum

●4 November 2011 - Lime Plaster for Homeowners at Cressing Temple Barns

●26 - 27 January 2012 - Lime Plaster, Run Mouldings and Pargetting at Cressing Temple Barns

 

CPD Lectures in 2011 and 2012

(each lecture consists of two one hour talks of interest to architects, surveyors, conservation professionals and owners of historic or listed properties)

●12 May 2011 - Making Improvements for Energy Efficiency in Old Buildings at Cressing Temple

●2 June 2011 - Painting Historic Buildings at Cressing Temple

●6 October 2011 - Bats, Ecology and Historic Buildings at Cressing Temple

●10 November 2011 - Single and Double Glazing in Traditional Buildings at Cressing Temple

●8 December 2011 - Listed Buildings and Heritage Assets, Current Policy and Practice at Cressing Temple

●9 February 2012 - Structural Repairs to Historic Buildings - Some Case Studies at Cressing Temple

●8 March 2012 - Building Regulations and Historic Buildings at Cressing Temple

 

Special Events in 2011 and 2012

●18 June 2011 - Caring for Your Traditional Building at Great Dunmow Maltings

●1 June 2011 - Mills Day - looking at three different types of mill

●16 June 2011 - Victorian Day at Cressing Temple Wheat Barn

●19 October 2011 - Caring for the Parish Church at Writtle College

●15 March 2012 - Build Your Own Bread Oven at Cressing Temple Barns

●29 March 2012 - Tour of a Traditional Brick Works and a Guided Tour of Bury St Edmunds

CHICHESTER
Liz Campbell
West Dean College
West Dean
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0QA
Tel: 01243 811301
www.westdean.org.uk
Building Conservation Masterclasses (BCMs)
a programme of masterclasses providing training in technical and practical skills in the repair and maintenance of historic structures
Professional Conservators in Practice (PCIP)
for professional conservators to refresh their skills and update their knowledge in materials and techniques
●Conservation of stone surfaces and detail
●Conservation & repair of architectural  & structural metalwork
●Specifying conservation works
●Conservation and Repair of brick, terracotta and flint masonry
●Practice & Theory: Managing change in historic buildings
●Conservation and repair of masonry ruins
●Conservation and repair of plasters and renders
●Managing wildlife in historic buildings
●Masonry cleaning
●The structural repair of historic buildings
●Conservation and repair of timber
●Conservation and repair of stone masonry
●Mortars for repair and conservation
●Conservation of concrete
Professionals, craftsmen
1 to 4 days 
CHICHESTER
Weald and Downland Open Air Museum
Singleton
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0EU
Tel: 01243 811464
www.wealdennown.co.uk
●Traditional carpentry and joinery
●Dating timber framed buildings
●Timber decay and its treatment
●Timber identification of species
●Construction & repair of timber framed buildings
●Lath making
●Wattle & daub
●Strength grading of oak
●Early oak furniture
●Joinery by hand: sash windows
●Timber framing
●The mortice and tenon
●A door in a day
●The roofing square
●Flint walling
●Gauged brickwork
●Cob walling
●Repair of historic brickwork
●Lime mortars
●Basic brickwork
●Lime plasters and renders
●Pargeting
●Brickmaking technology
●Oak shingling
●Thatching
●Energy conservation in traditional buildings
●Green architecture
●Leadwork
●Recording vernacular buildings for conservation
●The Georgian tradition
●Victorian and Edwardian architecture
1 - 5 days

Conservation professionals:
Architects:
Surveyors:
Building craftspeople:
Homeowners.

DUNDEE
School of Social Sciences
Town & Regional Planning
University of Dundee
School of Architecture and Town Planning
Perth Road
Dundee
DD1 4HT
Tel: 01382 385115
www.trp.dundee.ac.uk
n.f.grieve@dundee.ac.uk
Dundee Conservation Lecture Series Evenings    
EDINBURGH
Edinburgh College of Art
Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies
School of Architecture
Lauristen Place
Edinburgh
EH3 9DF
Tel: 0131 2216072
www.eca.ac.uk
Conservation Master Class  CPD Evenings    
HAVERDFORDWEST
Pembrokeshire College
Haverfordwest
Pembrokeshire
SA61 1SZ
tel: 01437 765247 ext 255
www.pembrokeshire.ac.uk
Architectural and Building Conservation 2 yrs FT /PT GNVQ, 1 A level or mature entry  
Architectural and Building Conservation
Foundation Degree
1 yr FT / PT HNC / HNC Architectural & Building Conservation  
LINCOLN
University of Lincoln
Greestone Centre
Wordsworth Street
Lincoln
LN1 3BP
Tel: 01522 895050
www.lincoln.ac.uk/aad/courses
Access to Higher Education
Conservation and Restoration
Open College Network
1 year over age of 21 Access to Higher Education Certificate
LONDON
The Prince's Foundation
19-22 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3SG
Tel: 020 7613 8500

www.princes-foundation.org
Building Crafts Apprenticeships
Bricklaying
Carpentry
Glazing
Joinery
Metalwork
Plastering
Stonemasonry
Roofing & tiling
Thatching

LONDON
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
37 Spital Square
London
E1 6DY
Tel: 020 7456 0915
www.spab.org.uk

William Morris Craft Fellowship

3 x 2 months FT

Mastercraftsmen

 

SPAB Scholarship

9 months FT

Architects
Building Surveyors
Engineers

 

SPAB Repairs Course

6 days

Mastercraftsmen
Conservators
Professionals

CPD Certificate

SPAB Course for Historic Home Owners

2 days

Home owners

 

SPAB Technical days

1 day

Mastercraftsmen
Conservators
Professionals

CPD Certificate

STROUD
Woodchester Mansion Trust
Nympsfield
Gloucestershire
GL10 3TS
Tel: 01453 750455
www.woodchestermansion.org.uk
●Lime mortar
●Lime working
●Dry stone walling
●Creative architectural drawing
Craftsmen
Professionals
Owners
 
SCOTTISH LIME CENTRE
Charleston Workshops
Rocks Road
Charleston
Fife
KY11 3EN
Tel: 01383 872 722
www.scotlime.org
admin@scotlime.org
●Making and using traditional mortars
●Traditional masonry repair
●National units in conservation masonry
●Plaster patching and repair
●Internal and external lime finishes
●Decorative plasterwork
●Rubble wall building and repair
●Drystone dyking
●Limewash and traditional paints
●Surface repair of stone
●Mechanical spray harling
●Lime pointing
Courses for contractors
 
●Introduction to masonry repairs in traditional buildings
●Masonry building conservation - principles and techniques
●Building conservation masterclass
Courses for building professionals and homeowners
 
TELFORD
Ironbridge Institute
Coalbrookdale
Telford
Shropshire
TF8 7DX
tel: 01952 435900

www.ironbridge.bham.ac.uk
●The use of lime in historic buildings.
The conservation and repair of stone.
Metals in construction.
20th century materials.
The conservation of timber .
Ceramic building materials.
Recording historic buildings.
Large object conservation.
Introduction to traditional estate management skills.
Conservation Officers
QS's
Architects
Building Owners
CPD Certificate
1 -2 days
WINCHESTER
The Lime Centre
Long Barn
Morestead
Winchester
SO21 1LZ
Tel: 01962 713636
www.thelimecentre.co.uk
bob@thelimecentre.co.uk
Introduction for Use of Lime in Historic Buildings 1 day Homeowners Course CPD Certificate
 
Advanced Use of Lime 1 -2 days Craftsmen
Professionals
Owners
CPD Certificate
 
YORK
Centre for Conservation
Department of Archaeology
The University of York
The King's Manor
York
YO1 2EP
tel: 01904 4333963
www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/gsp/openshort/menu.htm
see King's Manor web site for details of courses