Past Event - Conservation of Architectural Ironwork, - CPD Course - March 2011

Tender procedures often requires the commissioner of the work – whether restoration or new work in an ancient setting – to have knowledge of the medium in order to procure the best value. NHIG offered to fill to this knowledge gap with a series of lectures designed to equip commissioners of ironwork, whether architects, surveyors or conservation professionals with information they will find essential in the writing of specifications.

At the end of March, the NHIG hosted three days of CPD lectures to ten conservation building professionals at the King’s Manor in York. The event was organised by Glenn Young and the lecturers were Bethan Griffiths, Geoff Wallis and Chris Topp.

The first day was spent discussing the need for conservation ethics to be applied to ironwork, history, problems encountered and techniques of repair, the second day They visit our Tholthorpe Site for practical demonstrations of forge work technique and discussion of projects they had in hand. In the afternoon, the group visited Castle Howard to look at case studies relating to ironwork in the grounds, and the final day was delivered by Geoff on conservation policy, specifications, estimating, materials and technical matters, particularly in the light of the previous day’s lessons.