Practical Learning & Events Log
4-week ICON Course: Essentials of Collections Care for Non-Conservators
This course provides an essential introduction to collections care, offering practical conservation training for those working in heritage institutions without an in-house conservator.
Historic Buildings, Parks and Garden Event 2026
QEII Conference Centre. Credit: Visit London
2-day SPAB Course: Introduction to Surveying Traditionally Constructed Buildings and Building Pathology
Travelling to the Church of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol (Churches Conservation Trust), for a two day introduction to the essentials of surveying traditionally constructed buildings and building pathology.
Job Shadowing with the Churches Conservation Trust at Borbach Chantry
I’ll be joining Churches Conservation Trust’s Estates Officer, Sarah Schmitz and Conservation Project Manager, Meriel O’Dowd MRICS, at the C14 rural chapel, Borbach Chantry in West Dean, Wiltshire.
The building itself is a modest single-celled chapel of knapped flint-faced rubble construction with limestone ashlar quoins. An attractive gothic tracery window of the decorated style is located the east end, now blind with flint infill and blind niche above. The latter may have once housed an image of the Virgin Mary; Madonna with Child, or perhaps the Annunciation. The chapel houses several impressive monuments for local gentry dating back to C17.
This will be a great opportunity to meet with ecclesiastical built environment professionals and find out more about the chapel and it’s current condition.
COMPLETED: Practical Lime Mortar and Masonry Conservation Workshop
I am attending a one day practical workshop on lime mortar and masonry conservation at St.Saviour’s Church in Redbrook, Monmouthshire, arranged by Toby Falconer Architects Ltd trading as Falconer & Gilbert Scott Architects.
COMPLETED: SPAB Sussex Group. Behind the Scenes Visit to Knole House
Joining the SPAB Sussex Group on a very special visit to Knole House.
Senior Building Surveyor, Tom Nesbit, will show us round the Conservation studios and some of the areas not usually seen by visitors.
COMPLETED: Society of Antiquaries Conference. Relics: Their Life & Afterlife
I will be attending a conference on Church Relics hosted by the Society of Antiquaries in London Piccadilly on 11th September 2026.
COMPLETED: RICS Matrics Seminar: Heritage Talk at Savills
A talk on heritage building surveying by Claire Brown MRICS, held in the boardroom of Savills Southampton.
COMPLETED: CPD Essentials Historic Building Day
An engaging and insightful CPD day dedicated to surveyors working with historic buildings. This event offered a valuable opportunity to deepen my understanding of traditional construction methods, conservation principles, and the unique challenges posed by heritage structures.