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Building Conservation
Building Conservation Master Classes
MSc Programmes
Heavy Horse Experience
Countryside skills
Historic Home Life
Textiles
Drawing and Watercolours
Early Technology
Walks
Evening Talks
Continuing Education Courses - University of Sussex
Timetable for all Courses
Booking Form

Course News

Bursaries available for courses in 2010

With the generous support of the Newby Trust, the Museum is offering seven bursaries to attend courses this year. One student will be selected to attend a number of courses in each of the following disciplines: Coppice crafts, stonework, church conservation, historic building conservation, timber framing, historic brickwork, and vernacular architecture. The deadline for applications is 15th March 2010, and further details and an application form can be downloaded here 

Details of Bursary Scheme  Application form for bursary
 

Course Programme 2009-2010
Building Conservation and the use of traditional materials and processes

The new annual brochure is now published; there are courses relating to timber framed buildings, building conservation, vernacular architecture, timber framing, roofing, brick and lime and other traditional materials, lead work, and much more. The courses are for surveyors, architects, craftsmen and anyone else with a keen interest in building conservation. All courses suitable for CPD (each day seven hours).  Details
Course Programme 2009-2010
Traditional Rural Trades and Crafts

The new annual brochure is now published; there are courses in Countryside Skills, Early Technology Workshops, Heavy Horse Experience Days, Historic Home Life, Drawing and Painting Workshops, Textiles and Guided Walks.  With over one hundred different courses, many new for 2010, there is something for everyone!  Details

New dates will be continually be added to the website so keep checking. If there is a course you are particularly keen to find out more about please get in touch by emailing courses@wealddown.co.uk or phone us on 01243 811464. Also when a workshop is full we always keep a waiting list so let us know if you'd like your name to be added

The Museum will again be the venue for Continuing Education courses organised by the University of Sussex.  There will be an interesting range of topics, and some of the courses will include field trips. The courses are open to all comers.  Completion of these courses entitles participants to Higher Education “credits”, which can be used to demonstrate learning, or even to bring into longer certificate or degree programmes.  Details of the courses running at the Museum are listed below. For course fees, or to book your place, ring the Museum on 01243 811464, email courses@wealddown.co.uk.  A full programme of the University of Sussex’s courses can be obtained  by telephoning 01273 877888. 


The Museum is a centre of excellence in Building Conservation and provides an expanding range of  learning programmes from the academic to the practical and recreational.

Enquiries about these, and other courses yet to be announced, to Diana Rowsell, Head of Learning. We are very receptive to the needs of the conservation industry and  set up bespoke courses for small groups of surveyors, architects and conservation officers on request. Please let us know the needs of your organisation.

The museum is grateful for the support received for its continuing education programme from the Sargent Charitable Trust and the Mitford Foulerton Trust.

HELM

Established in 2004, Historic Environment - Local Management is a partnership project led by English Heritage and supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs.

The aim of the project is to share best practice and build capacity and confidence in those dealing with the historic environment. HELM provides and funds written information and training in a number of ways.  Website

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Building Conservation And The Use Of Traditional Materials And Processes

A wide range of practical workshops and seminars for surveyors, architects, craftsmen and anyone else with a keen interest in building conservation.  All courses are suitable for Continuing Professional Development (CPD).

Cathedral Communications Limited is a good source of information on specialist craftsmen and materials, you may wish to visit their website.

Timber Framed Buildings    
5 October 2009   TIMBER DECAY
8-10 March 2010 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO TIMBER REPAIRS
11 March 2010   TRADITIONAL TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION
24 March 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO DATING TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS
25 March 2010   HISTORIC TIMBER FRAMING: MODERN ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
26 April 2010   REPAIR OF TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS.
27 April 2010   AS GOOD AS NEW - IN SITU REPAIRS TO HISTORIC TIMBER STRUCTURES
30 April 2010 NEW MARKING THE BUILDING
28 May 2010   VICTORIAN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
Issues in Building Conservation    
4 February 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION - OBSERVING AND SKETCHING
25 February 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION - IMPOSING A GRID
4 March 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION -  STUDIO TECHNIQUES
12 February 2010 NEW THE MANAGEMENT OF VERTEBRATE PESTS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS
24 February 2010   ENERGY CONSERVATION IN TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS
1 March 2010   ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
5 March 2010 NEW LOOKING AFTER YOUR HISTORIC HOME
12 March 2010 NEW UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR THE FABRIC OF YOUR PARISH CHURCH
15 March 2010   PREPARING CONSERVATION PLANS
22 March 2010 NEW PUTTING BUILDING CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY INTO PRACTICE
28 April 2010   GRAFFITI
Vernacular Architecture    
26 March 2010   THE GEORGIAN TRADITION
30 March 2010   VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN BUILDING TYPES
Timber Framing from Scratch    
14-18 September 2009 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
12-16 October 2009 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
22-26 February 2010 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
19-23 April 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
23-27 August 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
18-22 October 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
18-22 January 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: BRACES STUDS AND PLUMB BOB SCRIBING
17-21 May 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: BRACES STUDS AND PLUMB BOB SCRIBING
23-27 November 2009   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: RAFTERS AND LINE TRANSFER SCRIBING
21-25 June 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: RAFTERS AND LINE TRANSFER SCRIBING
13-17 September 2010   SQUARE RULE TIMBER FRAMING
10 June 2010   THE ROOFING SQUARE
Brick and Lime    
14-15 September 2009 FULL JOINTING, POINTING AND RE-POINTING OF HISTORIC BRICKWORK
16 September 2009   ENGLISH BRICKWORK, TUDOR TO EDWARDIAN
29 March 2010   A HISTORY OF BRICKS AND BRICKMAKING
19-21 April 2010   INTRODUCTION TO GAUGED BRICKWORK
25-27 May 2010   ADVANCED GAUGED BRICKWORK
14-16 June 2010 FULL REPAIR OF TRADITIONALLY CONSTRUCTED BRICKWORK
17 June 2010   LIME MORTARS FOR TRADITIONAL BRICKWORK
28 June 2010   BASIC BRICKWORK FOR HOMEOWNERS
29-30 June 2010   HISTORIC LIME PLASTERS AND RENDERS
1 July 2010   PRACTICAL LIME PLASTERING
2 July 2010   PARGETING
13-14 September 2010   JOINTING, POINTING AND RE-POINTING OF HISTORIC BRICKWORK
15 September 2010   ENGLISH BRICKWORK, TUDOR TO EDWARDIAN
Traditional Building Materials    
3-4 February 2010 FULL PRACTICAL FLINT WALLING
9-10 February 2010 FULL PRACTICAL FLINT WALLING
22 March 2010   WATTLE AND DAUB
24 March 2010   TIMBER IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES
20 April 2010   NATURAL STONE: ITS USE IN CONSERVATION AND IN NEW BUILD
21 April 2010   COB WALLING, HISTORY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
10-12 May 2010   HISTORIC PAINTING METHODS
28 May 2010 NEW LIMEWASH, DISTEMPER & LINSEED BASED PAINTS: A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP
22-23 June 2010   STONE : DIVERSITY AND DISTINCTIVENESS
5-6 July 2010   PRACTICAL STONE WALL REPAIRS
Strength Grading    
10-12 November 2010 NEW SOFTWOOD STRENGTH GRADING
24-26 May 2010 NEW STRENGTH GRADING OF OAK
Leadwork    
22 April 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO LEADWORK FOR SPECIFIERS AND INSTALLERS
23 April 2010   PRACTICAL LEADWORK
23-25 June 2010   ADVANCED LEADWORK
Roofs    
29 April 2010 FULL PRACTICAL THATCHING
13 May 2010   OAK SHINGLES: HISTORY, MANUFACTURE & USE
Weald Forest Ridge Landscape Partnership    
23 September 2009 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF WEATHER-BOARDED AND TILE HUNG BUILDINGS
24 September 2009 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS AND THEIR CONSERVATION
18 September 2009 NEW CONSERVATION OF IRONWORK
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  For all Continuing Education enquiries contact Rebecca Osborne

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Building Conservation Master Classes

A collaboration in specialist training between West Dean College, English Heritage and the Weald and Downland Museum supported by the Radcliffe Trust.  Click here for further information and bookings

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Traditional Rural Trades and Crafts

Countryside Skills
    To Print a Booking Form Click Here
2010    
30-31 January 2010 FULL HEDGE LAYING
3 February 2010   CONTINUOUS HURDLE FENCING
20-21 February 2010 FULL MAKE A BENTWOOD CHAIR
27 February 2010   TRADITIONAL ROPEWORK
27-28 February 2010   STICKMAKING WORKSHOP
6 March 2010 FULL LIVING WILLOW WORKSHOP
6-7 March 2010   LEATHER BAG WORKSHOP
7 March 2010 FULL LIVING WILLOW WORKSHOP
27-28 March 2010 FULL CORACLE MAKING WORKSHOP
28 March 2010 FULL WILLOW WORKSHOP
10 April 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
17 April 2010   LEATHER CARVING WORKSHOP
18 April 2010   TILE MAKING WORKSHOP
18 April 2010   KEEPING SHEEP
24 April 2010   NET MAKING WORKSHOP
24-25 April 2010   SUSSEX TRUG MAKING WORKSHOP
30 April 2010   CANE SEATING WORKSHOP
7 May 2010   A DOWSING WORKSHOP
8 May 2010   POULTRY HUSBANDRY
14 May 2010 FULL LEADED LIGHT STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP
15 May 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARCOAL BURNING
15 May 2010   WILLOW GARDEN SUPPORTS
16 May 2010   WILLOW GARDEN SUPPORTS
22 May 2010 NEW KNOT CRAFT DAY
22 May 2010 NEW KEEPING PIGS
23 May 2010 FULL FOOD FOR FREE
12 June 2010   POLE LATHE WOOD TURNING
19 June 2010   STONE CARVING WORKSHOP
26-27 June 2010   SKEP MAKING
3 July 2010   LETTER CUTTING IN SLATE
9 July 2010   BIRDS OF PREY EXPERIENCE
10 July 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
29 July 2010   WEAVE A RUSH HAT
30 July 2010 FULL WEAVE A RUSH HAT
1 August 2010   ANIMAL TRACKING
6 August 2010 FULL BIRDS OF PREY EXPERIENCE
7 August 2010   WILLOW WORKSHOP
21 August 2010   CORN DOLLY WORKSHOP
10 September 2010 NEW HAZEL STOOL WITH WOVEN WILLOW SEAT
11 September 2010   POLE LATHE WOOD TURNING
11-12 September 2010 FULL MAKE A BENTWOOD CHAIR
18 September 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
26 September 2010 NEW FIELD BUTCHERY
2-3 October 2010   CORACLE MAKING WORKSHOP
Christmas Workshops    
1 December 2009 FULL TUDOR CHRISTMAS FOOD
4 December 2009   CHRISTMAS RAG–RUGGING
5 December 2009 FULL WILLOW WREATH FOR CHRISTMAS
5 December 2009 FULL CHRISTMAS HERBAL GIFTS & DECORATIONS
12 December 2009   WILLOW WREATH FOR CHRISTMAS
16 December 2009 FULL CHRISTMAS HERBAL GIFTS & DECORATIONS
18 December 2009   CHRISTMAS STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP
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Historic Home Life

27 January 2010 NEW WHATS IN A NAME?
13 March 2010 NEW AGEING THROUGH THE AGES
5 May 2010   VICTORIAN CLEANING
6 May 2010 FULL HISTORIC CHEESE MAKING
21 May 2010   COTTAGE HERB GARDEN
8 June 2010 NEW HISTORIC CLOTHING DAY
12 June 2010 NEW MAKE A HERBARIUM
13 June 2010 NEW SING SUSSEX SONGS
18 June 2010   15TH CENTURY - HERBS IN THE MEDIEVAL MANOR
19 June 2010   SECRETS OF THE TUDOR STILLROOM
7 July 2010   VICTORIAN AND TUDOR HAIR AND MAKEUP
8 July 2010   TUDOR SALADS AND VEGETABLES
10 July 2010 NEW HERB WALK AROUND THE MUSEUM
July 2010 Date later   BELOW STAIRS
20 July 2010   HERBS FOR HEALTH
21 August 2010 NEW "RE-WRITING HISTORY" - MAKING HISTORICAL INKS
8 September 2010 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - BREAD
9 September 2010 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - PIES AND PASTRIES
24 September 2010   18TH CENTURY STILLROOM SECRETS
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Textiles
13 February 2010 FULL TAPESTRY WORKSHOP WEAVE A LANDSCAPE
27 February 2010 FULL LEARN TO CROCHET
13 March 2010   FELT BAGS
23 April 2010   RAG RUGGING - A TRADITIONAL TEXTILE FORM
23 April 2010   KNITTING WORKSHOP
27 April 2010   SPINNING - PREPARATION AND THE DROP SPINDLE
4 May 2010   SPINNING - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WHEEL
27 May 2010   TATTING WORKSHOP
12 June 2010   FELTING FOR FUN
2 July 2010 NEW SPINNING IMPROVERS
2 July 2010   RAG RUGGING - A TRADITIONAL TEXTILE FORM
5 August 2010   BOBBIN LACE MAKING FOR BEGINNERS
6 August 2010   NATURAL DYEING
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Drawing and Watercolour Workshops
Week long courses    
14-18 June 2010   OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP
6-10 September 2010   IMPROVERS WATER COLOUR WORKSHOP
11-15 October 2010   THE DOWNLAND SKETCHBOOK
Weekend Courses    
21-23 May 2010   BEGINNERS WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOPS
26-27 June 2010   DRAWING WEEKEND
9-11 July 2010 NEW IMPROVERS WATERCOLOUR WEEKEND
30 July - 1 August 2010   WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING
Day Workshops    
17 July 2010   DAY WALK WITH SKETCHBOOK - BOSHAM
11 June 2010   COSTUME FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOP
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Early Technology Workshops
17 April 2010 FULL SHOOTING THE TRADITIONAL LONGBOW
6 August 2010   PREHISTORIC JEWELLERY WORKSHOP
7-8 August 2010   PREHISTORIC TOOL MAKING
19 September 2010   SHOOTING THE TRADITIONAL LONGBOW
24-26 September 2010 FULL TRADITIONAL ENGLISH LONGBOW MAKING
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Walks
6 May 2010   FICTION WALK
8 May 2010   DAWN WALK WITH BREAKFAST
26 May 2010   TREE WALK
18 June 2010 NEW DUSK WALK
24 June 2010 NEW PERIOD  GARDENS WALK
20 August 2010   BAT WALK
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Evening Talks - Tales from the Downs and beyond...

All the speakers are experts in their fields, who will share their knowledge on these evenings in a relaxed talk, with illustrations. Questions are welcome. The talks will start at 6.30pm, with tea/coffee and cake served from 6pm. The ticket allows entrance to the museum site from 4pm on the day of the talk.

All talks cost £10 per person including refreshments.

The programme for April to July 2010 will be published in January 2010, last years talks are shown below to give a flavour of the topics covered.

16 April 2009 NEW A CARPENTER'S TALE OF THE LONG GALLERY AT PARHAM HOUSE.
21 April 2009 FULL EARLY WEALDEN AND DOWNLAND CHURCHES.
29 April 2009 NEW TRADITIONAL SUSSEX SONGS
6 May 2009 NEW GREAT EXPECTATIONS
11 May 2009 NEW A HISTORY OF PLANTS IN SUSSEX
1 June 2009 FULL A CURSE ON YOUR NEIGHBOUR. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 16TH CENTURY WITCHCRAFT.
11 June 2009 NEW BEYOND THE DOWNS…TO THE SEA
16 June 2009 NEW FARMING IN THE DOWNS C.1750-1914
19 June 2009 NEW HEAVY HORSES TALES
1 July 2009 FULL CHARLES II AND HIS ESCAPE THROUGH SUSSEX
10 July 2009 FULL ELIZABETHAN HERBS AND HERB GARDENS
21 July 2009 NEW LIVING LANDSCAPES
7 September 2009 FULL A CURSE ON YOUR NEIGHBOUR. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 16TH CENTURY WITCHCRAFT.
    To Print a Booking Form Click Here
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Heavy Horse Experience/Skill Days

A seasonal series of experience days aimed at the enjoyment of working with heavy horses and becoming familiar with the equipment and skills involved.  Come and have fun and get to know these wonderful creatures!  All courses include a ploughman’s lunch and cost £80.

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1 November 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
22 November 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
13 December 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
2010    
7 March 2010   CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY HORSES
21 March 2010   HORSE LOGGING
18 April 2010   CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY HORSES
25 April 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
9 May 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
23 May 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
13 June 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
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University of Sussex - Continuing Education Courses

A series of history based courses organised by the University of Sussex, each spread over several days which can lead to Higher Education "credits". 

22 September 2009 Tuesdays, 2pm–4pm for 20  weeks

  

RURAL LIVES 1300-1900

 
8 &22 May, 5&19 June, 3 July 2010
Saturdays, 10.30am–3.30pm		 NEW DEVISING CHURCH TRAILS IN SUSSEX
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Course Timetable

2009   To Print a Booking Form Click Here
4 September 2009   BAT WALK
7 September 2009 FULL A CURSE ON YOUR NEIGHBOUR. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO 16TH CENTURY WITCHCRAFT.
7-11 September 2009 FULL IMPROVERS WATER COLOUR WORKSHOP
9 September 2009 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - BREAD
10 September 2009 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - PIES AND PASTRIES
11 September 2009   A DOWSING WORKSHOP
12 September 2009 FULL POLE LATHE WOOD TURNING
14-18 September 2009 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
14-15 September 2009 FULL JOINTING, POINTING AND RE-POINTING OF HISTORIC BRICKWORK
16 September 2009   ENGLISH BRICKWORK, TUDOR TO EDWARDIAN
18 September 2009 NEW CONSERVATION OF IRONWORK
19 September 2009 FULL IRONS IN THE FIRE
19 September 2009 FULL BRONZE SWORD CASTING
20 September 2009   PREHISTORIC BEAD AND CORDAGE WORKSHOP
22 September 2009   18TH CENTURY STILLROOM SECRETS

22 September 2009 Tuesdays, 2pm–4pm

  

RURAL LIVES 1300-1900
23 September 2009 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSERVATION OF WEATHER-BOARDED AND TILE HUNG BUILDINGS
24 September 2009 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS AND THEIR CONSERVATION
26 September 2009 FULL FOOD FOR FREE
3-4 October 2009   CORACLE MAKING WORKSHOP
5 October 2009   TIMBER DECAY
12-16 October 2009 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
12-16 October 2009   THE DOWNLAND SKETCHBOOK
16 October 2009 FULL FUNGI WALK
17 October 2009 FULL WILLOW WORKSHOP
24 October 2009   ICE AGE LANDSCAPES
31 October 2009   CORN DOLLY WORKSHOP
31 October 2009   INTRODUCTION TO COPPICE MANAGEMENT
31 October 2009   SPINNING - PREPARATION AND THE DROP SPINDLE
1 November 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
4 November 2009   MEAT AND MORE MEAT
5 November 2009   MEAT AND MORE MEAT
7 November 2009   SPINNING - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WHEEL
7 November 2009 FULL POULTRY HUSBANDRY
17-21 November 2008 NEW OAK TIMBER FRAMING: RAFTERS AND LINE TRANSFER SCRIBING
21 November 2009   LEATHER BELT WORKSHOP
22 November 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
27-29 November 2009 FULL TRADITIONAL ENGLISH LONGBOW MAKING
28-29 November 2009   WOVEN HURDLE MAKING
1 December 2009 FULL TUDOR CHRISTMAS FOOD
4 December 2009   CHRISTMAS RAG–RUGGING
5 December 2009 FULL WILLOW WREATH FOR CHRISTMAS
5 December 2009 FULL CHRISTMAS HERBAL GIFTS & DECORATIONS
12 December 2009   WILLOW WREATH FOR CHRISTMAS
13 December 2009 FULL PLOUGHING
15 December 2009 FULL CANDLELIT WALK
16 December 2009 FULL CHRISTMAS HERBAL GIFTS & DECORATIONS
18 December 2009   CHRISTMAS STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP
2010    
18-22 January 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: BRACES STUDS AND PLUMB BOB SCRIBING
27 January 2010 NEW WHATS IN A NAME?
30-31 January 2010 FULL HEDGE LAYING
3 February 2010   CONTINUOUS HURDLE FENCING
3-4 February 2010 FULL PRACTICAL FLINT WALLING
4 February 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION - OBSERVING AND SKETCHING
9-10 February 2010 FULL PRACTICAL FLINT WALLING
12 February 2010 NEW THE MANAGEMENT OF VERTEBRATE PESTS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS
13 February 2010 FULL TAPESTRY WORKSHOP WEAVE A LANDSCAPE
20-21 February 2010 FULL MAKE A BENTWOOD CHAIR
22-26 February 2010 FULL OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
24 February 2010   ENERGY CONSERVATION IN TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS
25 February 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION - IMPOSING A GRID
27 February 2010 FULL LEARN TO CROCHET
27 February 2010   TRADITIONAL ROPEWORK
27-28 February 2010   STICKMAKING WORKSHOP
1 March 2010   ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
4 March 2010   RECORDING VERNACULAR BUILDINGS FOR CONSERVATION -  STUDIO TECHNIQUES
5 March 2010 NEW LOOKING AFTER YOUR HISTORIC HOME
6 March 2010 FULL LIVING WILLOW WORKSHOP
6-7 March 2010   LEATHER BAG WORKSHOP
7 March 2010 FULL LIVING WILLOW WORKSHOP
7 March 2010   CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY HORSES
8-10 March 2010 FULL AN INTRODUCTION TO TIMBER REPAIRS
11 March 2010   TRADITIONAL TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION
12 March 2010 NEW UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR THE FABRIC OF YOUR PARISH CHURCH
13 March 2010   FELT BAGS
13 March 2010 NEW AGEING THROUGH THE AGES
15 March 2010   PREPARING CONSERVATION PLANS
21 March 2010   HORSE LOGGING
22 March 2010   WATTLE AND DAUB
22 March 2010 NEW PUTTING BUILDING CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY INTO PRACTICE
24 March 2010   TIMBER IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES
24 March 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO DATING TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS
25 March 2010   HISTORIC TIMBER FRAMING: MODERN ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS
26 March 2010   THE GEORGIAN TRADITION
27-28 March 2010 FULL CORACLE MAKING WORKSHOP
28 March 2010 FULL WILLOW WORKSHOP
29 March 2010   A HISTORY OF BRICKS AND BRICKMAKING
30 March 2010   VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN BUILDING TYPES
10 April 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
17 April 2010   LEATHER CARVING WORKSHOP
17 April 2010 FULL SHOOTING THE TRADITIONAL LONGBOW
18 April 2010   CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF HEAVY HORSES
18 April 2010   TILE MAKING WORKSHOP
18 April 2010   KEEPING SHEEP
19-21 April 2010   INTRODUCTION TO GAUGED BRICKWORK
19-23 April 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
20 April 2010   NATURAL STONE: ITS USE IN CONSERVATION AND IN NEW BUILD
21 April 2010   COB WALLING, HISTORY, THEORY AND PRACTICE
22 April 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO LEADWORK FOR SPECIFIERS AND INSTALLERS
23 April 2010   PRACTICAL LEADWORK
23 April 2010   RAG RUGGING - A TRADITIONAL TEXTILE FORM
23 April 2010   KNITTING WORKSHOP
24-25 April 2010   SUSSEX TRUG MAKING WORKSHOP
24 April 2010   NET MAKING WORKSHOP
25 April 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
26 April 2010   REPAIR OF TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS.
27 April 2010   SPINNING - PREPARATION AND THE DROP SPINDLE
27 April 2010   AS GOOD AS NEW - IN SITU REPAIRS TO HISTORIC TIMBER STRUCTURES
28 April 2010   GRAFFITI
29 April 2010 FULL PRACTICAL THATCHING
30 April 2010 NEW MARKING THE BUILDING
30 April 2010   CANE SEATING WORKSHOP
4 May 2010   SPINNING - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WHEEL
5 May 2010   VICTORIAN CLEANING
6 May 2010 NEW HISTORIC CHEESE MAKING
6 May 2010   FICTION WALK
7 May 2010   A DOWSING WORKSHOP
8 May 2010   DAWN WALK WITH BREAKFAST
8 May-July 2010
Saturdays, 10.30am–3.30pm		 NEW DEVISING CHURCH TRAILS IN SUSSEX
8 May 2010   POULTRY HUSBANDRY
9 May 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
10-12 May 2010   HISTORIC PAINTING METHODS
13 May 2010   OAK SHINGLES: HISTORY, MANUFACTURE & USE
14 May 2010 FULL LEADED LIGHT STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP
15 May 2010   AN INTRODUCTION TO CHARCOAL BURNING
15 May 2010   WILLOW GARDEN SUPPORTS
16 May 2010   WILLOW GARDEN SUPPORTS
17-21 May 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: BRACES STUDS AND PLUMB BOB SCRIBING
25-27 May 2010   ADVANCED GAUGED BRICKWORK
21 May 2010   COTTAGE HERB GARDEN
21-23 May 2010   BEGINNERS WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOPS
22 May 2010 NEW KNOT CRAFT DAY
22 May 2010 NEW KEEPING PIGS
23 May 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
23 May 2010 FULL FOOD FOR FREE
24-26 May 2010 NEW STRENGTH GRADING OF OAK
26 May 2010   TREE WALK
27 May 2010   TATTING WORKSHOP
28 May 2010 NEW LIMEWASH, DISTEMPER & LINSEED BASED PAINTS: A PRACTICAL WORKSHOP
28 May 2010   VICTORIAN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
8 June 2010 NEW HISTORIC CLOTHING DAY
10 June 2010   THE ROOFING SQUARE
11 June 2010   COSTUME FIGURE DRAWING WORKSHOP
12 June 2010 NEW MAKE A HERBARIUM
12 June 2010   FELTING FOR FUN
12 June 2010   POLE LATHE WOOD TURNING
13 June 2010 FULL DRIVING HEAVY HORSES
13 June 2010 NEW SING SUSSEX SONGS
14-18 June 2010   OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP
14-16 June 2010 FULL REPAIR OF TRADITIONALLY CONSTRUCTED BRICKWORK
17 June 2010   LIME MORTARS FOR TRADITIONAL BRICKWORK
18 June 2010 NEW DUSK WALK
18 June 2010   15TH CENTURY - HERBS IN THE MEDIEVAL MANOR
19 June 2010   SECRETS OF THE TUDOR STILLROOM
19 June 2010   STONE CARVING WORKSHOP
21-25 June 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: RAFTERS AND LINE TRANSFER SCRIBING
22-23 June 2010   STONE : DIVERSITY AND DISTINCTIVENESS
23-25 June 2010   ADVANCED LEADWORK
24 June 2010 NEW PERIOD  GARDENS WALK
26-27 June 2010   DRAWING WEEKEND
26-27 June 2010   SKEP MAKING
28 June 2010   BASIC BRICKWORK FOR HOMEOWNERS
29-30 June 2010   HISTORIC LIME PLASTERS AND RENDERS
1 July 2010   PRACTICAL LIME PLASTERING
2 July 2010   PARGETING
2 July 2010 NEW SPINNING IMPROVERS
2 July 2010   RAG RUGGING - A TRADITIONAL TEXTILE FORM
3 July 2010   LETTER CUTTING IN SLATE
5-6 July 2010   PRACTICAL STONE WALL REPAIRS
7 July 2010   VICTORIAN AND TUDOR HAIR AND MAKEUP
8 July 2010   TUDOR SALADS AND VEGETABLES
9 July 2010   BIRDS OF PREY EXPERIENCE
9-11 July 2010 NEW IMPROVERS WATERCOLOUR WEEKEND
10 July 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
10 July 2010 NEW HERB WALK AROUND THE MUSEUM
17 July 2010   DAY WALK WITH SKETCHBOOK - BOSHAM
20 July 2010   HERBS FOR HEALTH
29 July 2010   WEAVE A RUSH HAT
30 July 2010 FULL WEAVE A RUSH HAT
30 July - 1 August 2010   WATERCOLOUR SKETCHING
July 2010 Date later   BELOW STAIRS
1 August 2010   ANIMAL TRACKING
5 August 2010   BOBBIN LACE MAKING FOR BEGINNERS
6 August 2010   NATURAL DYEING
6 August 2010 FULL BIRDS OF PREY EXPERIENCE
6 August 2010   PREHISTORIC JEWELLERY WORKSHOP
7 August 2010   WILLOW WORKSHOP
7-8 August 2010   PREHISTORIC TOOL MAKING
20 August 2010   BAT WALK
21 August 2010   CORN DOLLY WORKSHOP
21 August 2010 NEW "RE-WRITING HISTORY" - MAKING HISTORICAL INKS
23-27 August 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
6-10 September 2010   IMPROVERS WATER COLOUR WORKSHOP
8 September 2010 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - BREAD
9 September 2010 FULL THE TUDOR BAKEHOUSE - PIES AND PASTRIES
10 September 2010 NEW HAZEL STOOL WITH WOVEN WILLOW SEAT
11 September 2010   POLE LATHE WOOD TURNING
11-12 September 2010 FULL MAKE A BENTWOOD CHAIR
13-14 September 2010   JOINTING, POINTING AND RE-POINTING OF HISTORIC BRICKWORK
13-17 September 2010   SQUARE RULE TIMBER FRAMING
15 September 2010   ENGLISH BRICKWORK, TUDOR TO EDWARDIAN
18 September 2010   IRONS IN THE FIRE
19 September 2010   SHOOTING THE TRADITIONAL LONGBOW
24 September 2010   18TH CENTURY STILLROOM SECRETS
24-26 September 2010 FULL TRADITIONAL ENGLISH LONGBOW MAKING
26 September 2010 NEW FIELD BUTCHERY
2-3 October 2010   CORACLE MAKING WORKSHOP
11-15 October 2010   THE DOWNLAND SKETCHBOOK
18-22 October 2010   OAK TIMBER FRAMING: JOWL POSTS AND DOUBLE-CUT SCRIBING
10-12 November 2010 NEW SOFTWOOD STRENGTH GRADING
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