Welcome to Charlestown Workshops
Here at Charlestown Workshops, home of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust, we provide specialist advice and training in the use of lime-based materials for the conservation and repair of Scotland's traditional buildings.
We offer a range of training workshops and longer courses for industry, professionals and homeowners and 2008 looks to be an exciting (and busy!) year at Charlestown Workshops. Our expanded training course timetable offers the widest range of ‘short’ courses available for building contractors in the UK. We offer courses on everything from drystone dyking to decorative plasterwork, alongside our most popular one day lime pointing and harling courses. Follow the link on the left for course details
2008 will also see The Merryhill project come one step closer to reality, with the imminent construction of welfare facilities and the relocation of our practical masonry training from Charlestown Workshops to the nearby Merryhilll site later this year.
Charlestown Consultants is also offering a wider range of services for 2008, due to the recent expansion of our in-house consultancy team. In addition to our traditional on-site advice, investigation, survey, materials analysis and specification services, we can also prepare conservation management plans, conservation area appraisals and management plans, maintenance guides and much more. Click on the Charlestown Consultants link on the left for more information
Would you like funding to attend a course?
The Scottish Lime Centre Trust have been selected by the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS)as being a suitable partner institution to distribute grants to those studying or working in conservation through the Patricia Fay Memorial Fund.
This means that we are able to give financial assistance to learners who may have been unable to attend courses at Charlestown Workshops due to financial constraints.
Click here to download a copy of our latest annual report