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The
practical component of courses contribute towards the
reinstatement of our 1580 timber frame Long House. Get hands-on with
history!
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2025 course
programme
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Timber
Frame Restoration Skills (IHBC CPD)
Discover
why old buildings get damp and how to remedy it. Learn about the use of
earth as a building materials. Get hands on with Wattle and Daub and
Clay Render. Find out about the Lime Cycle and how to use Hot
Lime to lay bricks, repoint brickwork and in a render. Get to
grips with the
basics of a traditional timber frame. Gain skills in the assessment of
old timbers and know how to repair them.
Course duration - 4 days
Dates: Tuesday 24th - Friday 27th
June 2025
Timing: 9.30-4.00
Full course fee: £1,000
Wooden Roof Tiles -
Shingles
(IHBC CPD)
Learn
how to convert coppice logs into shingles using a traditional woodland
tools -
cleaving with a froe, siding up with a side axe and final dressing
using a draw knife. Both practical and theory. Course led by Sarah
Partridge, Centre Manager of
Orchard Barn
Course duration
- 1 day
Date: please email Sarah
Timing: 9.30-4.00
Full course fee: £250
Learn how to work safely with
this traditional
building material. Led by Adrian Winter, supported by the Orchard Barn
Team
Date: Thursday 26th June
Timing: 9.30-4.00
2025 course fee: £250
The basics of timber framing
spelt out. Terms, traditional techniques using HAND TOOLS and locally
sourced green oak. With William Clement-Smith (Timber Framer) and Sarah
Partridge (Centre Manager of Orchard Barn).
Course duration - 1 day
Date: Tuesday 24th June
Timing: 9.30-4.00
2025 course fee: £250
3 day Hot
Lime (IHBC CPD)
Course duration - 3 days
Date: 2025 TBC
Timing: 9.30-4.00
2025 course fee: £750
Learn how to assess old
timbers and undertake simple repairs.
Course duration
- 1 day
Date: Friday 27th June
Timing: 9.30-4.00
2025 course fee: £250
Learn
traditional construction skills using home dug earth, freshly coppiced
Hazel, and Elm
bast. Course taught by Sarah Partridge Centre Manager of Orchard Barn.
Find out about the environmental benefits of this historically sound
practice of locking carbon into buildings, and have fun getting muddy
during the practical sessions!
Course duration - 1 day
Date: Wednesday 25th June
Timing: 9.30-4.00
2025 course fee: £250
Learn
how to use the clay in your land to create a beautiful,
natural, non-toxic and environmentally sound plaster, and apply
it to pretty much any wall.
Course duration
- 2 days
Dates:
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th August
Timing:
9.30-6.00
Interested in
attending? Please
contact Atulya K. Bingham (Tutor)
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