The day’s course will consider in depth three aspects of building conservation.

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• The care and repair of historic timber frames and roof structures
• The range of historic roof coverings
• Problems of decay and methods of repair

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The venue has been carefully chosen as the museum has a varied and extremely fine collection of rescued buildings dating from the medieval period through to the 20th century. The buildings illustrate a wide range of structures and roof coverings and building materials used at the various periods. The day will include formal Power Point presentations, material handling sessions and first hand observations of the buildings. The mornings presentations will be based in one of the barns and the afternoon will be spent looking at a wide range of buildings on site so come suitably dressed for the weather conditions of the day.

Speaker
Kevin Stubbs BA(Hons)  DipBldgCons(AA)  IHBC   CertEd
Kevin Stubbs is a Historic Buildings Consultant and comes with a background of education, archaeology and building conservation. He was Director of Archaeology for the Test Valley in Hampshire and later moved to Hampshire County Council to join the Historic Buildings Bureau, where he became the Principal Buildings Conservation Officer for the County. For eleven years he acted as the Director of a Conservation Centre and now runs his own Historic Building Consultancy and Training Company.

He advises on the repair and maintenance of all historic structures and provides training at all levels for the building conservation industry.  This includes the development of historic building technology, traditional materials and hands-on craft training.  Work for Local Government Authorities includes Conservation Area appraisals, historic building condition surveys and feasibility studies.  He has provided training exercises with local communities to raise awareness of their village plans and local heritage interpretation documents and he has provided Traditional Skills Awareness Courses for a number of bodies. He undertakes the Historic Analysis of buildings and produces: Statements of Significance; Method Statements; Impact Assessments and Specifications for the repair and conservation of traditional buildings.

He lectures for various CPD providers, Universities and national building conservation organizations including SPAB, RICS and the Weald and Downland Museum.  Topics include: Bricks and Mortar; Lime, Plasters and Renders; Cob and Earth, Timber Frame and Stone Structures and Traditional Roofing.

Main themes

Historic roof structures
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• Causes of decay and failure including mechanical failure, rot and insect attack
• Approach to structural repairs, selection and use of materials and techniques
• Case studies
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Historic roof coverings

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• Thatch, problems of decay, selection of materials, fire and fire mitigation.
• Shingle, decay and repair including selection of materials.
• Tile, history, manufacture, problems of decay and repair.
• Slate, Metamorphic and stone, history and quarrying, problems of failure, selection of materials and repair.
• Lead, flashings and lead sheet, problems including under sheet corrosion, acid attack, correct detailing and installation.
• Other sheet materials and rainwater disposal.
• Chimney pots and roofscapes

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The Museum

The museum was founded in 1976 with the aim to rescue and restore common buildings typical of the Chilterns area, which otherwise would have been destroyed or demolished. The collections also contain artefacts and equipment associated with the buildings and local crafts and rural industries. The museum is in 45 acres of parkland and woodland and contains 35 buildings rescued from destruction and moved to the museum site. They include medieval barns and later agricultural buildings, domestic buildings of various periods including a 20th century prefab and rural industrial/craft buildings. The process of dismantling and rebuilding structures has enabled a better understanding of historic constructional techniques and the use of traditional materials. It has also enabled the developing and testing of conservation approaches and methods which are now becoming applicable to commercial renovations of our stock of heritage buildings.

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