Skills

IHBC Annual School 2013, Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd June 2013, Carlisle

IHBC Full School 

IHBC Day School 

• Up to 7 hours CPD plus extensive networking opportunities
• Skills insights and reviews
• Policy and funding considerations
• 'Green' skills for a low-carbon world
• Generating learning through building contracts  
• Design skills for placemaking
• Spotlights: insights to critical skills
• Optional Annual Dinner & Student Awards
• Commercial and educational display stands

Content

The IHBC’s 2013 Annual School examines critical challenges for built and historic environment conservation specialists and placemakers in the 21st century: what are the skills we need to ensure that our heritage is viable and sustainable, and how do we cultivate and manage those skills? 

The IHBC’s 2013 School will provide delegates from all specialist backgrounds and disciplines with a huge range of opportunities to scrutinise the latest thinking on skills resources, priorities and opportunities. Discussions will range across practice, policy, funding, community education, low-carbon priorities and traditional skills as well as the tools of the mainstream construction sector such as contracts and design review.  All of these areas represent strong drivers in conservation skills as well as for conservation itself.

For a more comprehensive explanation of content see the full School website

Carlisle

Welcome to Carlisle, Cumbria’s 2000 year old Great Border City!

Since its beginnings as a Roman fort in the year 72AD, Carlisle has been filled with conflict and its past reads like a roll call of history. Following the arrival of Emperor Hadrian, Carlisle was turned into a thriving town as he set about the construction of Hadrian’s Wall, an 80 mile long stone wall, built to keep out the ‘barbarians from the north’.

Other famous historical figures that have shaped the city’s history include the mystical figure of King Arthur, who was the reputed ruler of early ‘Caer Luel’, the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots, who was imprisoned in Carlisle Castle, the gallant Bonnie Prince Charlie, leader of the Jacobite rebellions, Sir Walter Scott, who was married in Carlisle Cathedral and the infamous Macbeth, ruler of the city when it was under Scottish control. All have played an important role in shaping the cosmopolitan city that is Carlisle today.

Carlisle Cathedral
Founded in 1122 as the Priory of St. Mary’s, it became a Cathedral on the formation of the Diocese of Carlisle in 1133. Although battered by centuries of warfare, it was built for the glory of God, and services have been said and sung daily in it for nearly 900 years. Items of special interest include the east window, with its tracery containing some very fine 14th century stained glass, the Brougham Triptych, a magnificent 16th century carved Flemish altarpiece in St. Wilfrid’s Chapel, exquisite medieval wall paintings, a magnificent renovated 14th century barrel vaulted painted ceiling in the choir and detailed carving of the early 15th century choir stalls and misericord. 

Carlisle Castle
The original castle was built in wood in 1092 by William ll, and later rebuilt in stone by Henry l in 1122. Within the castle walls visitors can still see carvings etched in the cell’s stone walls by prisoners of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who later became Richard lll. However, the most famous of all prisoners to be confined to the castle was Mary, Queen of Scots, who was imprisoned here after she abdicated the Scottish throne in 1568.

Bonnie Prince Charlie captured the castle in 1745 with his Jacobite troops, but they were forced to surrender when they were unable to maintain the strength of their invasion, and the castle became their prison. In the dungeons, visitors can view the ‘Licking Stones’ which parched Jacobite prisoners desperately used to gain moisture to stay alive.

The Guildhall Museum
The medieval half-timbered Guildhall is one of Carlisle’s treasures, dating back to 1407. There were eight separate guilds in Carlisle (Merchants, Skinners, Tanners, Butchers, Shoemakers, Smiths, Tailors and Weavers) and each guild had a separate meeting room, each with its own character and displays relating to the history of the city and the guild.

Amongst the museum’s exhibits are the stocks used for punishing criminals, the chest in which the city’s valuables were kept during the Middle Ages and two bells from the Elizabethan period that were awarded as prizes for horse racing, a custom that continues to this day.

In front of the Guildhall is the Greenmarket where vegetables were sold on market days, whilst meat and fish were traded in the market place, grain in English Street and potatoes in Castle Street.

The Old Town Hall
Dating from 1669, this replaced a medieval Moot Hall on the same site. The Grade l listed building is currently undergoing essential repair and maintenance work but normally houses the city’s award winning Tourist Information Centre. The 17th century Market Cross stands outside the building and marks the junction of where the A6 from London meets the A7 from Edinburgh. Nearby is a replica of England’s first pillar box which had originally stood in Botchergate.

The Tithe Barn
Here the tithes, one tenth of every farmer’s crop, were stored for the Priory of St. Mary’s. Tithes and other goods were often brought in through the Sally Port, a secret gateway, to avoid paying city tolls.

The West Walls and Citadel
Most of Carlisle’s west walls, which would have linked the twin drum towers of the Citadel to the Castle, remain intact despite centuries of attack, and give a good impression of how the city would have looked in medieval times.

The Citadel’s towers were first built in 1541 to improve the city’s defences, and it was here that tolls were collected for goods entering and leaving the city. Now the West Tower houses the County Court and prisoners’ cells which can still be seen today.

Tullie House Museum
The Jacobean part of Tullie House was built in 1689 replacing a medieval building. This was extended in 1893 and more recently in the 1980’s and lastly in 2000 when a new underground gallery was constructed together with a new underpass to improve the link between the city and the castle. The work revealed key elements of the Roman fort, and the remains of an earlier Saxon fortress.

St. Cuthbert’s Church
The current church is unusually aligned along an old Roman Road rather than in an east-west direction, and dates back to 1778. It also features an unusual moveable pulpit mounted on rails

Thursday 20th June

Friday 21st June - Day School

Crown & Mitre Hotel, Carlisle

Saturday 22nd June

Speakers

Conference Venues

Crown & Mitre Hotel 

Main School venue and accommodation 

Crown & Mitre Hotel,
English Street,
Carlisle,
Cumbria,
CA3 8HZ

Telephone: 01228 525491

link

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery

Reception venue

http://www.tulliehouse.co.uk/

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria,  CA3 8TP

Telephone: 01228 618718

Delegate Rates

Full residential IHBC members £444  (£370+£74VAT)

Full residential non-members £486 (£405+£81VAT)

Non residential with Annual Dinner IHBC member £324  (£270+£54VAT)

Non residential with Annual Dinner non member £366  (£305+£61VAT)

Day School IHBC members £150 (£125+£25VAT)

Day School non-members £180 (£150+£30VAT)

Day School IHBC members with dinner £192 (£160+£32VAT)

Day School non-members with dinner £222 (£185+£37VAT)

Annual Dinner only £42 (£35+£7VAT)

Early bird Booking rates apply until 19th April

Cancellation fees
Before 31 May - 60% refund
On or after 31 May - No refund
All cancellations must be made in writing.
IHBC Enterprises gives no assurance that the details provided are accurate and that final changes may be required to the Annual School programme, including speakers, the order of the speakers, the content of their contributions or the study tours.

IHBC Enterprises does not recommend or endorse any organisations exhibiting, speaking or supporting the Annual School. The views and opinions of speakers at the Annual School, or expressed in material provided by exhibiting or supporting organisations or in respect of the Annual School do not necessarily reflect those of IHBC Enterprises.

IHBC Enterprises makes no representation and gives no assurance or warranty, express or implied, regarding activities, status or financial standing of organisations exhibiting, speaking or supporting Annual School. IHBC Enterprises accepts no responsibility for any acts or omissions of such organisations and is not liable for any direct or indirect losses, costs, expenses or claims arising out of or in connection with any acts or omissions of organisations exhibiting, speaking or supporting the Annual School.

Booking

Directions to School

The Crown & Mitre hotel car park can be found with Sat Nav at CA3 8HB

By Rail:

Carlisle Railway Station and Citadel Railway Station are both a 5 minute walk away from the Crown & Mitre hotel

By coach:

National Express operate direct coach services to a number of major cities including London, Glasgow & Edinburgh.

Carlisle Coach Station on Lonsdale Street is a 5 minute walk away from the Crown & Mitre.

M6 from the south:

Exit at junction 42, take the A6 into the city centre (approximately 2 Miles). Proceed up Botchergate taking the left-hand lane through the traffic Lights at the railway station. When you reach the twin round towers of the Citadel, proceed straight ahead into English Street, taking the left-hand lane (one-way system) to the next traffic lights. Turn left at the lights, then a sharp right into Blackfriars Street (between Chapmans furnishers and Natwest Bank). 

The hotel car park and rear entrance is at the end of Blackfriars Street. There is a bell to the right-hand side of the car park gates.

M6 from the north:

Exit at junction 44, take the A7 into the city centre (approximately 1.5 miles). At the Hardwick Circus round about follow the signs for city centre following the one-way system. When you reach the twin round towers of the Citadel, proceed straight ahead into English Street, taking the left-hand lane (one-way system) to the next traffic lights. Turn left at the lights, then a sharp right into Blackfriars Street (between Chapmans furnishers and Natwest Bank). The hotel car park and rear entrance is at the end of Blackfriars Street. There is a bell to the right-hand side of the car park gates.

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Annual School Bursaries

Introduction

To promote education and learning in built and historic environment conservation, the IHBC is delighted to be able to offer up to £2,000 of funding for bursaries to assist members in attending the 2013 Annual School.

Bursary awards will be based on need and circumstances, but applications are open to members of all categories: Full; Affiliate & Associate. 

Process

We intend to provide up to 10 bursaries of up to £200 each to IHBC Members attending the Institute’s 2013 Annual School.  Each case will be judged on its own merits, and assessed in line with the criteria identified below.  Applicants are encouraged to submit their bursary application by 31 March, and we will endeavour to reply as soon as possible after that, though clearly the precise timing will depend on the number of applications. 

Please note that individual bursary allocations may be more or less than £200, as we will endeavour to get best value from the entire allocation, and submissions will be judged on a case by case basis.  All applications will be kept confidential.

We cannot guarantee to be in a position to consider applications that are received after 31 March.

When booking a place at the School using our online booking system, any bursary application or awards should be noted in the relevant ‘special notes’ field of the form.  Awards will be deducted from the final charge attached to the delegate place.  No money will be paid to successful applicants and the decision of the IHBC is final.

Successful applicants may be asked to contribute to the organisation or running of the event and/or its promotion, depending on circumstances.  Specific allocations will not be publicised without the express agreement of the recipient.

 

To apply

Please email the following details in support of your case to bursaries@ihbc.org.uk :

• Contact details (including IHBC number, alternative email addresses, etc)
• The personal and professional benefits attached to your attendance, including links to your career plans in line with your CPD
  (see link )
• Additional funding that will or may be available (both personal and employer funding is welcome; it does not have to be confirmed, but clearly you can add value to bursaries by generating matched funding)
• How your attendance will add value to the event.
• If you are willing to have your award publicised

Branch Bursaries

Contact your branch to see if these are available.

Exhibitions space and delegate information

Taking display space at the Exhibition or booking the literature distribution service is a unique opportunity for your company to target potential specialist clients, advisers, specifiers and those influencing the choice of conservation products and services.

Exhibition stands will be arranged in and around the refreshment hall and delegates will get the opportunity to visit during all breaks. 

Stand prices begin at just £250 plus VAT and we can include your publicity material in the delegate packs from £100.

Exhibition space

Exhibitors must bring their own freestanding display stands. Products and equipment can be placed in front of stand spaces up to one metre.

Three stand sizes are available 

2m x 1m at £250 + VAT 

3m x 1m at £350 + VAT 

4m x 1m at £400 + VAT

The exhibition areas are in prominent positions in the area where all refreshment breaks will take place offering excellent exposure to your stand space throughout the event.

The IHBC reserves the right to refuse the reservation of exhibition space.

Exhibitor information

Each exhibitor will be allocated one free delegate place as part of the stand package. This is for one person manning the stand to take advantage of the whole day. They can attend School sessions if they wish. Additional delegate places will be required if you wish to have more than one person on the stand and may be booked via the on-line booking pages. Even if you do not wish to attend School sessions a delegate place is still required to attend the event.

Literature distribution Your trade literature can be included in delegate packs at £100 plus VAT for exhibitors and £130 plus VAT for non-exhibitors.

For more on the exhibition venue the Crown and Mitre visit http://www.peelhotels.co.uk/hotels/crown-and-mitre-hotel-carlisle-cumbria-england/business.shtml

To book exhibition space click here

Sponsors and supporters

If you would like details about becoming a sponsor, contact Fiona Newton at projects@ihbc.org.uk

Sponsors

Refreshment sponsor

UK Restoration Services

 

Reception Sponsor

Carlisle City Council

www.carlisle.gov.uk

Supporter

English Heritage

Tour sponsor

Burlington Stone

www.burlingtonstone.co.uk

Water sponsor

Aqua Pura Water

http://www.aqua-pura.com/

Open Skills Day

Co-sponsors: 

National Heritage Training Group

www.nhtgskills.org

Carlisle City Council

www.carlisle.gov.uk

IHBC-NHTG Skills Fair Day

Carlisle, Saturday 22nd June 2013

Background
In June 2013 The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) will join in partnership to present a day of heritage skills demonstrations and displays open to public viewing in Carlisle's main civic square.

IHBC’s Annual School on Skills: A civic initiative with the NHTG
The IHBC-NHTG Heritage Skills Fair Day is part of the IHBC's Annual School, a 3-day national conference that will bring together in Carlisle conservation specialists and heritage and construction practitioners from across the United Kingdom and beyond. Here delegates will learn from and about the heritage of Carlisle and Cumbria, and develop skills critical to securing the future of traditional and historic buildings and places.

IHBC-NHTG Heritage Skills Fair Day
On Saturday 22 June, as just one part of the IHBC’s Annual School programme, up to ten display stands will host heritage skills activities for public viewing, learning and scrutiny. With experts demonstrating traditional crafts and skills ranging from lead welding and bossing in roofing, to the work of blacksmiths and stone carvers, local people and visitors will be able to view non-specialists as they are shown the basics of rare building and traditional crafts and skills.

Activities
Delegates from the IHBC's Annual School will be able to participate in any of the following activities, subject to availability, while passers-by look on, explore, question and learn about the activities, guided by skilled practitioners supported by staff from the North of England Civic Trust and IHBC volunteers.

The activities will take place in the square from 10am to 4pm approx. Taster sessions for School delegates will take place in 2 consecutive sessions, from 10.30 am 12.30 pm, and 2pm to 4pm approx.

Sampler sessions

• Lime working - (8 max) Learn about the Lime Cycle; join a lime slake and use lime to point panels of masonry
• Pole lathing – (4 max) Make a garden’ dibber’ from green wood using traditional bodging techniques
• Blacksmithing – (4 max) Create a key ring using some core blacksmithing skills
• Slate and Lead roofing - (8 max) Learn about Lead welding, bossing, slating and tiling
• Stone carving - (6 max) Carve a flower onto sandstone using core masonry techniques

Event sponsors
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is the UK's principal professional body for building conservation practitioners and historic environment specialists: www.ihbc.org.uk

The National Heritage Training Group is a collective of leading trade, heritage and other bodies that work together to promote traditional building and heritage skills: www.nhtgskills.org

The IHBC-NHTG Heritage Skills Fair is organised by the Heritage Skills Initiative of the North of England Civic Trust and supported by Carlisle City Council.

The IHBC-NHTG Heritage Skills Fair is part of the IHBC's 2013 Annual School, which is supported by English Heritage.