| Reading Room |
| 10.15am – 11.15am | Anna Kettle – historic plasterwork and pargeting |
| 11.45am – 1pm | Rick Lewis – traditional carpentry and timber framing |
| 1.30pm – 2.30pm | Anna Kettle – historic plasterwork and pargeting |
| 2.45pm – 4pm | Leigh Alston – understanding the architectural history of your house |
| Lounge |
| 10.15am – 11.45am | Keith Quantrill – everything you need to know about thatch! |
| noon – 1pm | Paula Sunshine – wattle and daub |
| 1.15pm – 2.45pm | Sheila Reed – how to research the social history of your house |
| 3pm – 4pm | Paula Sunshine – wattle and daub |
About the speakers
Anna Kettle - Historic plasterwork and pargeting
Unsatisfied with a career in computing, I was sitting in a pub staring at the ceiling (as one does) when I saw the light...
The beautiful Jacobean ceiling is covered with roses and fleurs de lys and the pub is the Fox and Hounds in East Bergholt, Suffolk.
I trained as a plasterer at my local college, then gained experience of conserving old buildings with lime plaster by working for a large building conservation company. I studied on the Mastro (master craftsman) course at San Servolo, Venice specialising in marmorino and then in 2002 I started my business creating new parget and conserving old lime plaster.
www.kettlenet.co.uk
Paula Sunshine – traditional building skills teacher
Paula Sunshine spends much of her time teaching period home owners and members of the building trade traditional methods of repair from her 16th century timber-framed Suffolk home. She specialises in teaching how to repair old wattle and daub panels and also how to use wattle and daub in new green oak construction.
www.paulasunshine.co.uk
Rick Lewis – traditional carpentry and timber framing
Rick Lewis has worked on timber framed buildings for twenty years and employs a small team of dedicated craftsmen. We repair historic framing as well as constructing new oak frames ranging from porches to large houses.
www.traditionaloakcarpentry.co.uk
Sheila Reed- Public Service Manager
I have been the Public Service Manager at Bury Record Office for almost 12 years. It is my job to lead a team of staff who can advise both beginners and experts on the records in our care. We collect, store and make available records which tell the story of the history of Suffolk, its buildings and most importantly the people who built and lived in them. Our earliest records go back to the twelfth century, but not everything is old. We have vellum, parchment and paper records as well as Videos, DVDs and CDRoms. Part of my role is to teach people how to research the social aspects of property history. My talk will explain how to get started and show examples of the sort of records you will be using to piece together the story of your building. Even if you want to research a building in another part of the country, the method you use and the documents you read will be the same.
In the mean time, if you have not seen our website, you may find some helpful information in these links:
Keith Quantrill - Thatching Consultant
Has been a thatching consultant with over 34 years experience in the craft.He served a seven year thatching apprenticeship before starting his own business in Bedfordshire in 1982. He has worked with all of the main thatching materials throughout his career, and has specialised in the repair and management of traditional thatched buildings.He began working as a thatching consultant in 1998 in response to a growing demand for independent professional advice.
Keith now works throughout the UK conducting condition assessment surveys, preparing specifications, assessing contractors, managing projects, sourcing materials and historical interpretation; as well as tutoring and publishing. He also assists with planning applications, fire risk assessments and act as an expert witness.
www.thatchconsultant.co.uk
Leigh Alston - Architectural Historian
Architectural Historian specialising in timber- framed buildings. He lectures in the Department of Archaeology at Cambridge University but also undertakes private commissions. He is the current Chairman of the Suffolk Historic Buildings Group.
Exhibitors at the show (confirmed to date)
- Aluminium Roofline Products - the UK’s principal manufacturer and distributor of aluminium roofline products;
- Anglia Lime Company - Suppliers of matured lime putty, natural hydraulic limes, ready-mix mortars and plasters, wooden laths and other conservation materials.
- Anna Kettle - traditional plasterer/pargeter
- Aquablast - specialists in low pressure fine media cleaning and solvent stripping;
- Bulmer Brick and Tile and Cambridge Tile and Brick – companies which produce hand-made bricks, specials, copings and rubbers, suppliers of lime products and associated materials and hand-made gault clay tiles, copings and specials, pantiles and fittings;
- Bury St Edmunds Record Office - a great source of information for anyone wishing to research the social history of their building;
- Clement Steel Windows - who manufacture, supply and install steel windows, doors and rooflights to match originals;
- Fire Prevention Products - suppliers of passive fire protection products, including Envirograf;
- FJP Designs - specialising in pargeting and bespoke pargeted panels;
- Hendry and Sons - suppliers of conservation materials;
- H-H-Heritage-East - historic building consultants;
- Ingliby/Mariner - manufacturers of traditional paints and limewashes;
- J and J W Longbottom - manufacturers of traditional cast iron rainwater goods and ancillary castings;
- Keith Quantrill - thatching consultant
- Nicholas Jacob Architects - architects with experience of working with historic buildings;
- Paula Sunshine - traditional building skills teacher
- R and J Hogg Ltd - building contractors specialising in the sympathetic repair, renovation, conservation and occasional development of historic buildings
- St Edmundsbury Borough Council Building Control, Development Control and Conservation staff - on hand to provide you with all the information you need regarding the Building Regulations, planning and conservation matters;
- Suffolk Limecraft - specialists in the repair of rendered and plastered surfaces, wattle and daub and mud block;
- The Morton Partnership - structural engineers and historic building specialists;
- The Organic Building Co - Specialists in traditional and sustainable building techniques.
- The Whitworth Co-Partnership - architects and surveyors experienced in the survey, analysis, repair and conservation of traditional and timber framed buildings; and
- Ventrolla - specialists in the renovation and performance upgrading of sash windows.
This site will be regularly updated with profiles of the speakers and who’ll be exhibiting to be added soon, so do keep checking!
For more information contact the Conservation Team
Email: conservation@stedsbc.gov.uk
Phone: 01284 757356 or 757339
