COURSES Courses: short |
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University of Oxford
Address | Department for Continuing Education Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square Oxford OX1 2JA |
Tel | 01865 270360 |
enquiries@conted.ox.ac.uk | |
Website | www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cwhe |
Course Details |
Various short courses and training in architectural history and the historic environment |
Duration | varies |

Charles Brooking Architectural Historian
Tel | 01483 274203 |
charlesbrooking33@gmail.com | |
Website | www.cbah.uk |
Course Details |
The Development of the Coal-Burning Fire-Grate, circa 1750-1950 Master classes |
Duration | ½ day to 1 day, or tailor-made |

Charles Brooking Architectural Historian
Tel | 01483 274203 |
charlesbrooking33@gmail.com | |
Website | www.cbah.uk |
Course Details |
History of the English Door |
Duration | ½ day to 1 day, or tailor-made |

Charles Brooking Architectural Historian
Tel | 01483 274203 |
charlesbrooking33@gmail.com | |
Website | www.cbah.uk |
Course Details |
The Development of Domestic Staircases, circa 1690-1960 Masterclasses |
Duration | ½ day to 1 day, or tailor-made |

Charles Brooking Architectural Historian
Tel | 01483 274203 |
charlesbrooking33@gmail.com | |
Website | www.cbah.uk |
Course Details |
Master Classes - The Development of Rainwater Heads, circa 1700-1960 |
Duration | One hour |

The Red Mason
Address | 10 Blackthorn Grove, Woburn Sands Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK17 8PZ |
Tel | 01908 584163 |
redmason@btinternet.com | |
Website | www.theredmason.co.uk/workshop-courses/ |
Course Details |
Historic brickwork and mortar courses |
Duration | 30 days |

Terrence Lee Conservation
Address | Beehurst, 34 Lyth Hill Road Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury Shropshire SY3 0EW |
Tel | 01743 874 837 |
info@terrenceleeconservation.co.uk | |
Website | www.terrenceleeconservation.co.uk/teaching-training-lecturing.html |
Course Details |
Brickwork conservation |
Duration | 1-4 days |

King's Foundation and Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
Address | Dumfries House Estate East Ayrshire Scotland - |
Tel | 01290 425 230 |
Fax | 020 7613 8599 |
michael.goodger@kings-foundation.org | |
Website | kings-foundation.org/study/building-arts-programme/ |
Course Details |
Building Arts Programme |
Duration | 3 Wks |

Boniface Enterprises Ltd
Address | 10 Windsor Gardens Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4PQ |
Tel | 07836 795474 |
stephen@beconservation.com | |
Website | www.beconservation.com |
Course Details |
Coaching and training in building conservation |
Duration | varies |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Various building conservation and traditional building skills courses |
Duration | 1-5 days |

Royal Agricultural University
Address | C/O The Old House Consultancy Carpenters Cottage, Church End Blewbury, Oxfordshire OX11 9QH |
Tel | 07808 287507 |
marianne@oldhouseconsultancy.co.uk | |
Website | www.tickettailor.com/events/buildingconservationsummerschool/582744 |
Course Details |
Building Conservation Summer School |
Duration | 4 days |

SPAB Repair of Old Buildings Course
Address | 37 Spital Square London E1 6DY |
Tel | 020 7377 1644 |
education@spab.org.uk | |
Website | www.spab.org.uk/whats-on |
Course Details |
Repair of Old Buildings Course: an introduction to the SPAB approach to repair and maintenance, an intensive programme of lectures and visits to building repair projects |
Duration | 5 days (spring and autumn) |

Historic England
Address | Online - - |
Tel | 01793-414883 |
Fax | 020 7973 3001 |
Train@HistoricEngland.org.uk | |
Course Details |
Climate Change and Heritage - various online courses |
Duration | Varies |

West Dean College
Address | Chichester West Sussex PO18 0QZ |
Tel | 01243 818219 |
Fax | 01243 811343 |
cpd@westdean.org.uk | |
Website | www.westdean.org.uk/study/school-of-conservation/conservation-cpd |
Course Details |
Building Conservation Masterclasses - A range of masterclasses delivered in collaboration with Historic England |
Duration | 1-4 days |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Damp in buildings seminars & CPD |
Duration | Varies |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Lime seminars & CPD: winter working with lime, lime for civil engineering etc |
Duration | Varies |

Stonehealth Ltd
Address | G4/5 Draycott Business Park Cam, Dursley Gloucestershire GL11 5DQ |
Tel | 01453 540600 |
info@stonehealth.com | |
Website | www.stonehealth.com/services/ |
Course Details |
Cleaning of Building Masonry (RIBA CPD-approved) |
Duration | Varies |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Materials analysis seminars |
Duration | Varies |

Oxford Brookes University
Address | Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment Department of Planning, R115 Wheatley Campus,Wheatley OX33 1HX |
Tel | 01865 483560 |
dgarrard@brookes.ac.uk | |
Website | www.brookes.ac.uk/study/subject-areas/architecture-and-the-built-environment/built-environme |
Course Details |
Various short courses relating to planning for professionals |
Duration | Varies |

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
Address | 37 Spital Square London E1 6DY |
Tel | 020 7377 1644 |
education@spab.org.uk | |
Website | www.spab.org.uk/whats-on |
Course Details |
SPAB courses, workshops, webinars and talks |
Duration | Up to 2 days |

Birmingham City University
Address | Birmingham Institute of Art & Design The Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street Birmingham B4 7BD |
Tel | 07849 006478 |
harriet.devlin@bcu.ac.uk | |
Website | www.bcu.ac.uk/courses/conservation-of-the-historic-environment-ma-pgdip |
Course Details |
Various building conservation CPD courses |
Duration | 2 days |

Weald & Downland Living Museum
Address | Town Lane, Singleton Chichester West Sussex PO18 0EU |
Tel | 01243 811021 |
courses@wealddown.co.uk | |
Website | www.wealddown.co.uk/courses |
Course Details |
Various short courses in building conservation and traditional crafts and skills - see Courses for details. |
Duration | 1-5 days |

The Lettering Arts Trust
Address | 50 Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1RJ |
Tel | 01728 688393 |
Fax | 01728 266411 |
education@letteringartstrust.org.uk | |
Website | www.letteringartstrust.org.uk |
Course Details |
Short courses in wood and stone letter carving and calligraphy |
Duration | 1-6 days |

Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Address | Brims Park, Old Callywith Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2DZ |
Tel | 01208 79779 |
justine@cornishlime.co.uk | |
Website | www.cornishlime.co.uk |
Course Details |
CPD seminars on breathable mortars and paints |
Duration | 1 hour |

Chippendale International School of Furniture
Address | Myreside Grange Gifford East Lothian EH41 4JA |
Tel | 01620 810680 |
Fax | 01620 810701 |
info@chippendale.co.uk | |
Website | www.chippendaleschool.com |
Course Details |
Professional Furniture Making |
Duration | 30 wks |

Sturge Conservation Studio
Address | 6 Woodland Avenue Northampton NN3 2BY |
Tel | 01604 717929 |
Website | www.leatherconservation.co.uk/training.htm |
Course Details |
Practical leather conservation |
Duration | 3-5 days |

Orchard Barn
Address | Orchard Barn Far Ringshall Suffolk |
Tel | 07766054042 |
sarah@orchardbarn.org.uk | |
Website | orchardbarn.org.uk/lime.html |
Course Details |
Introduction to using Lime |
Duration | 1 day |

Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Address | Brims Park, Old Callywith Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2DZ |
Tel | 01208 79779 |
justine@cornishlime.co.uk | |
Website | www.cornishlime.co.uk |
Course Details |
Lime rendering and plastering courses |
Duration | 1 day |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Lime training: rendering/harling, plastering and pointing courses |
Duration | Varies |

Eden Lime
Address | Edenholme Great Musgrave, Kirkby Stephen Cumbria CA17 4DP |
Tel | 01768 341291 |
info@edenhotlimemortar.co.uk | |
Website | edenhotlimemortar.co.uk |
Course Details |
Lime mortar training days |
Duration | 1 day |

Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Address | Brims Park, Old Callywith Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2DZ |
Tel | 01208 79779 |
justine@cornishlime.co.uk | |
Website | www.cornishlime.co.uk |
Course Details |
Decorative Plaster and Running Mould Masterclasses |
Duration | 1 day |

Cornish Lime Company Ltd
Address | Brims Park, Old Callywith Road Bodmin Cornwall PL31 2DZ |
Tel | 01208 79779 |
justine@cornishlime.co.uk | |
Course Details |
Pointing Course |
Duration | Half day |

Scottish Lime Centre Trust
Address | Charlestown Workshops, 2 Rocks Road Charlestown Fife KY11 3EN |
Tel | 01383 872722 |
Fax | 01383 872744 |
admin@scotlime.org | |
Website | www.scotlime.org |
Course Details |
Sash & case window repairs |
Duration | Varies |

Rainbow Glass Ltd
Address | 172 Stoke Newington Church Street London N16 0JL |
Tel | 0207 249 1565 |
Fax | 020 7241 0764 |
richard@rainbowglassstudios.co.uk | |
Website | www.rainbowglassstudios.co.uk |
Course Details |
Day courses in stained glass and evening workshops |
Duration | 1 day |

Burngate Purbeck Stone Centre
Address | Kingston Road Langton Matravers Swanage BH19 3BE |
Tel | 01929 439405 |
info@burngatestonecentre.co.uk | |
Website | www.burngatestonecentre.co.uk |
Course Details |
Short courses and evening classes in stone carving and letter cutting |
Duration | Varies |

Orchard Barn
Address | Orchard Barn Far Ringshall Suffolk |
Tel | 07766054042 |
sarah@orchardbarn.org.uk | |
Website | orchardbarn.org.uk/restorationskills.html |
Course Details |
Timber Frame Restoration Skills |
Duration | 3 days |

Orchard Barn
Address | Orchard Barn Far Ringshall Suffolk |
Tel | 07766054042 |
sarah@orchardbarn.org.uk | |
Website | orchardbarn.org.uk/timberframecourse.html |
Course Details |
Timber framing courses |
Duration | Varies |

Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd
Address | Unit 12, Brecon Enterprise Park Brecon Powys LD3 8BT |
Tel | 01874 611350 |
Fax | 01874 658502 |
tymawr@lime.org.uk | |
Website | www.lime.org.uk/courses-site-visits-consultancy/courses.html |
Course Details |
Various short courses in building skills such as lime in building, lime plastering, decorative plastering, laying Limecrete floors, sustainable retrofit, dry stone walling and thatching. Also RIBA-accredited CPD seminars on the use of lime. |
Duration | Varies (usually 1-2 days) |

Ecole d'Avignon Centre
Address | 6 Rue Grivolas 84000 Avignon France |
Tel | +33 (0)490 855 982 |
Fax | +33 (0)490 270 518 |
Website | www.ecole-avignon.com/en_US/Formations |
Course Details |
Various traditional craft and heritage conservation courses |
Duration | Varies |

Orchard Barn
Address | Orchard Barn Far Ringshall Suffolk |
Tel | 07766054042 |
sarah@orchardbarn.org.uk | |
Website | orchardbarn.org.uk/wattleanddaub.html |
Course Details |
Wattle and Daub course |
Duration | 1 day |

Place Services, Essex County Council
Address | County Hall Chelmsford Essex CM1 1QH |
Tel | 03330 132 738 |
Fax | 01245 437213 |
conservation.courses@essex.gov.uk | |
Website | www.placeservices.co.uk/courses |
Course Details |
Various short courses and lectures in traditional building skills and conservation including lime plaster, mortars, conservation and repair of brickwork and flint, joinery, timber frames plus CPD on building conservation and the wider historic environment |
Duration | 2 days |

Energy Trust
Address | 8 Riverside Court Croft Leicestershire LE9 3HG |
Tel | 0333 012 0002 |
Website | www.energy-trust.co.uk/level-3-award-in-traditional-older-buildings/ |
Course Details |
L3 Award in Energy Efficiency for Older and Traditional Buildings |
Duration | 2 days (online) |

Timbabuild

ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property,
Address | Via di San Michele, 13 I-00153 Rome |
Tel | +39 06 585531 |
Fax | +39 0658 553349 |
iccrom@iccrom.org | |
Website | Courses | ICCROM |
Course Details |
Various heritage conservation training courses |
Duration | Varies |

Heritage Skills Centre at Lincoln Castle
Address | Castle Hill Lincoln LN1 3AA |
Tel | 01522 552434 |
heritageskillscentre@lincolnshire.gov.uk | |
Website | www.lincolncastle.com/heritageskillscentre |
Course Details |
Various, heritage skills |
Duration | Varies |

The Environment Study Centre
Address | Registered Office, 1st Floor 5 High Street Pontypridd CF37 1QJ |
Tel | 020 7193 9926 |
info@environmentstudycentre.org | |
Website | environmentstudycentre.org |
Course Details |
Damp, Mould and Condensation (includes Investigation of Moisture and its Effects in Traditional Buildings) |
Duration | 1 day |

Lead Sheet Training Academy
Address | Unit 10, Archers Park, Branbridges Road East Peckham, Tonbridge Kent TN12 5HP |
Tel | 01622 872432 |
info@leadsheet.co.uk | |
Website | www.leadsheet.co.uk |
Course Details |
Traditional Basic Leadwork (C&G Accredited) |
Duration | 3 or 5 days |

Womersley's Limited
Address | Ravensthorpe Industrial Estate, Low Mill Lane Dewsbury West Yorkshire WF13 3LN |
Tel | 01924 400651 |
info@womersleys.co.uk | |
Website | www.womersleys.co.uk/shop/training_courses |
Course Details |
Lime and clay - various short courses for conservation and sustainable building |
Duration | 1 day |

Gaches Plasterwork
Address | Stonehouse Farm 36 Station Road, Deeping St James Lincolnshire PE6 8RQ |
Tel | 01778 342188 |
philip@gachesplastering.co.uk | |
Website | www.gachesplastering.co.uk |
Course Details |
Traditional plastering courses |
Duration | Varies |

Historic Building Conservation & Repair
Address | - West Sussex |
Tel | 07748 758 569 |
rolandlocke@hbcandr.com | |
Website | www.historicbuildingconservationandrepair.co.uk/training |
Course Details |
Repair and maintenance training for owners |
Duration | 1 day |

Tywi Centre
Address | Dinefwr Farm Llandeilo Carmarthenshire SA19 6RT |
Tel | 01558 824271 |
hburke@carmarthenshire.gov.uk | |
Website | www.tywicentre.org.uk/what-we-do/training-and-education/level-3-award-repair-and-maintenance |
Course Details |
L3 Award, Repair and Maintenance of Traditional (pre 1919) Buildings |
Duration | 2 days |

City & Guilds of London Art School
Address | 124 Kennington Park Road London SE11 4DJ |
Tel | 020 7735 2306 |
summerschool@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk | |
Website | www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk |
Course Details |
Various short courses in woodcarving, stone carving, lettering, clay modelling and more |
Duration | 5 days |

Tywi Centre
Address | Dinefwr Farm Llandeilo Carmarthenshire SA19 6RT |
Tel | 01558 824271 |
canolfantywicentre@carmarthenshire.gov.uk | |
Website | www.tywicentre.org.uk/what-we-do/training-and-education/?l=en |
Course Details |
Various short courses on timber and masonry conservation, use of lime, window repairs etc |
Duration | 1 day |
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