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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.

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.

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.

A person's hand picks up a small circular metal disc from a selection on the viewing platform of a microscope-like machine.
  • Thursday 16 October 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Lecture
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Heritage Science at the Engine Shed

An introduction to the applied use of material science in heritage conservation in Scotland.

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