The Conservation of Historic Buildings course awards a Graduate Diploma on completion of its two-year, part-time programme. Designed for built heritage professionals, and following the ICOMOS training guidelines, the course aims to enhance awareness and skills in the core areas of historic knowledge and cultural appreciation; research and report writing; philosophies of conservation; the international conservation charters; traditional building materials and construction; structures of historic buildings; fabric deterioration and repair; building investigations and assessments; regeneration and conservation; design in modern urban contexts, and international projects.
The programme has developed with the input of current and past students, and emphasis is placed on practical craft skills, with hands-on experience of lime, timber, stonework and metalwork. The developing theories and practice of conservation of post-1919 ‘modern’ buildings continue to be addressed. The students are encouraged to research the lecture/visit themes and to develop their ideas in their written assessment exercises, which also emphasise practical, professional skills. Diverging from previous years the course did not have a visiting foreign lecturer. However, plans are in place for a tour of World Heritage city Gjirokastër in Albania that will take place later this summer. This is in conjunction with director Andrew Shepherd’s ongoing contributions to restoration camps in various Balkan countries arranged by the Swedish NGO, Cultural Heritage without Borders.
Finally, it would be remiss to not take this publication as an opportunity to thank David Heath for his significant contribution to the course as thesis tutor over the past five years. As his students can certainly attest, his knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication have been exemplary, and he will be missed.
Director
Andrew Shepherd
Year Tutor
David Hills
Thesis Tutor
David Heath
Coordinator
Danielle Hewitt
Visiting Lecturers
Megan Aldrich
Brian Ayers
Marion Baeli
John Bailey
Justine Bailey
John Beauchamp
Clyde Binfield
Joseph Bispham
Bill Blake
Karen Butti
David Bonnett
Ian Bristow
Richard Brown
Sarah Brown
Linda Bullock
John Burton
Neil Burton
Oliver Caroe
Sharon Cather
Alan Cathersides
Nick Chapple
Jonathan Coad
Peter Cox
Patrick Crawford
Robert De Maus
Brian Dix
Philip Dixon
Michael Drury
Keith Emerick
Helen Ensor
Geoff Evans
Tim Floyd
Jeremy Foster
John Gajewski
Claire Gapper
Dan Golberg
Alan Greening
Richard Halsey
Julian Harrap
Richard Harris
Rupert Harris
Elain Harwood
Robert Harwood
Bob Hawkins
Carolyne Haynes
David Heath
Paula Henderson
Jacques Heyman
Charles Hind
Liz Hirst
Helen Hughes
Ian Hume
Richard Ireland David James
Timothy Jones Frank Kelsall
Shawn Kholuchy
Monica Knight
Ellen Leslie
John Letts
Steve Levrant
Cathy Littlejohn
Alyson McDermott
Michael Morrison
Ed Morton
Cathy Oakes
David Odgers
Lisa Pasquale
Robyn Pender
Alan Powers
Monica Price
Sam Price
John Redmill
Ian Rice
Geoff Rich
Clive Richardson
Judith Roebuck
Matthew Saunders
Veronica Sekules
Malcolm Starr
Sally Strachey
Robert Thorne
Dante Vanoli
Tony Walker
Karin Walton
Michael West
Marc Wiese
Gill White
Roger White
Andrew Wiles
Christopher Woodward