Programme

Traditional Building Skills in Action


Project Partner:
Irish Georgian Society in association with Cork City Council

Contact:
www.irish-architecture.com/igs

Date: 28 – 29 May 2005
Venue: The Warehouse, Albert Quay


Project Description:
A weekend-long demonstration of traditional building skills used in the restoration of older buildings. Demonstrations included stonecarving, thatching, restoration of sash windows, historic paint effects, use of lime-based mortars and renders, recreating historic wallpapers, restoration of decorative plasterwork, ironwork (with a forge), wood carving, stained glass, signwriting and pointing. The Irish Georgian Society provided a full advice and information centre on restoring period properties.