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  • Tuesday 18 February 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Lime Mortar: Principles and Practices

An introduction to the practical and scientific use of traditional lime for building purposes in Scotland.

A bell shaped tiled roof of a turreted building, with chimneys in the background. The roof has a spike on the top and the sky is blue with scattered clouds.
  • Tuesday 11 March 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Scottish Roofing: Materials and Practices

An introduction to traditional roofing materials and techniques in Scotland, with guidance on current best practice and an update on recent HES slate quarry initiatives.

A timber door and window set into the side of a historic castle wall, made up of many intricate stones and shaped bricks.
  • Tuesday 18 March 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Conserving Timberwork and Timber Windows

A day focusing on the use and the repair of timberwork in Scotland’s buildings, with a special focus on traditional sash and case windows.

A row of whitewashed stone cottages with a long connected thatched roof. The doors of the cottages are blue, and they open directly onto a track road.
  • Thursday 27 March 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Vernacular Building Materials in Scotland

Discover a range of vernacular building materials used in Scotland and recent projects undertaken to understand their construction.

Lego figures standing in front of a castle on sunny day
  • Tuesday 8 April 2025 to Wednesday 9 April 2025
  • Douglas Library
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Architecture
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

The BIG Claypotts Castle LEGO™ Build

Your chance to help build a model version of the castle out of LEGO™

Lego figures in front of a tenement building
  • Wednesday 16 April 2025 to Saturday 19 April 2025
  • Borders Textile Towerhouse
  • Living History
  • Technical Level:
  • Architecture
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

The BIG Hawick LEGO™ Build

Your chance to help build a model of Hawick's oldest building using LEGO™ bricks

View from Clyde Place, Glasgow of the Central Station Bridge during construction, September 1902
  • Saturday 26 April 2025 to Sunday 7 September 2025
  • Stirling Castle
  • Exhibition
  • Technical Level:
  • Architecture
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Smoke and Steel: the History of Scotland’s Railways

2024 marked the 200th anniversary of modern railways in Scotland, this exhibition explores how they connected the nation and changed Scotland

An architectural drawing of a historical building as seen from the side view.
  • Thursday 8 May 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Researching Scotland’s Buildings

An introduction to research sources and methods for architectural and construction history in Scotland.

A digital surveying camera mounted on a tripod overlooking a historic burial site next to the sea.
  • Thursday 22 May 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Documenting Scotland’s Historic Environment

An introduction to a range of traditional and innovative methods for recording Scotland’s historic built environment.

A tall grey castle surrounded by temporary fencing, with the entrance way boarded up with scaffolding.
  • Selected dates until Friday 6 June 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Talks and Seminars
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Introduction to Building Conservation Week

Through a series of lectures and site visits, this 5-day course will explore conservation of the Scottish Built Environment and Traditional Building Skills.

Two children examining a brick on a table
  • Saturday 27 September 2025 to Sunday 28 September 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Free Weekend/Open Days
  • Technical Level: Least technical
  • Architecture
  • Family friendly
  • HES, Engine Shed
  • Feature weight: 0

Doors Open Day at the Engine Shed

Join us to explore Scotland’s dedicated building conservation centre in Stirling.

An old looking industrial building in a neglected state, taken from just outside the open doorway. The brickwork is stained with some windows boarded up, and others broken. Weeds and small trees are growing on the grounds.
  • Tuesday 7 October 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

An Introduction to Building Conservation

We will introduce you to the essential principles of building conservation in Scotland.

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