This seminar will look at the principles and methods behind the conservation, repair and cleaning of stone buildings:

• Traditional construction and craftsmanship
• Analysing and detecting causes of deterioration, failure and decay;
• Methods of repair;
• Cleaning and finishing;
• Specifying and detailing;
• Quality of repair and what to look for.

Speaker: Dr Alex Holton BA (Hons) MA (Dist.) PhD, Heritage Consultant for architects Purcell, Research Associate at The University of York

RIBA Core Curriculum topic: Context: understanding historic buildings