SPAB – Understanding Your Old Building
Join us for an introduction to the care and maintenance of period properties, ideal for homeowners and tenants of old buildings. This modular, self-paced online course features six pre-recorded presentations and a live Q&A session. It introduces the SPAB conservation approach and offers guidance on how best to tackle common problems and maintain the character … Continue reading SPAB – Understanding Your Old Building
ICOMOS-UK Wood Forum: Oak Timber Framing course: Jowl Posts
Weald and Downland Living Museum Town Lane, ChichesterOak Timber Framing: Jowl Posts The Course This course teaches students how to frame timbers together to ensure the correct lengths, bevels and allowances and carry out double-cut scribing, string-line and plumb rule layouts. During the workshop the primary timbers – posts, plates, beams and cills – will be lined-out, scribed, cut and fitted. … Continue reading ICOMOS-UK Wood Forum: Oak Timber Framing course: Jowl Posts
HES Engine Shed – Scottish Roofing: Materials and Practices
Engine Shed Forthside Way, StirlingThursday 22 February 2024, 9.30am - 1.30pm or 9.30am - 4.00pm Event Description Natural slate, lead and iron have been used to cover (and sometimes decorate) traditional Scottish buildings for generations. Our three morning talks will introduce you to the methods and materials traditionally used in Scotland for roofing. We will also discuss the prospects … Continue reading HES Engine Shed – Scottish Roofing: Materials and Practices
HTVF – Creating Vibrant Villages and Towns: The Current View
Our next webinar takes place on Thursday 22 February: Creating Vibrant Villages and Towns: The Current View. 1pm-2.30pm on Zoom This webinar will explore aspects of heritage in planning and conservation of the built environment, using the past to provide context for the present. Speakers:David McDonald, Chair of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) & Heritage … Continue reading HTVF – Creating Vibrant Villages and Towns: The Current View
AHSS – LIZ DAVIDSON – Hill House, Helensburgh
St Andrews West & Renfield Centre 260 Bath Street, GlasgowThursday 22nd February 2024 7.30pm at St Andrews West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow Note: Lectures will also be streamed online via Zoom Liz Davidson, Project Director for the house, talks about the ongoing consolidation and conservation undertaken by the National Trust for Scotland.