Summer: Summer School in Building Conservation Longford Academy aims to run the summer school in 2022 — pencil in 6–12 February 2022 and APT will keep you posted. Those enrolled or who have expressed interest for this year’s course (2021) will be put on Longford Academy’s mailing list for Summer School 2022 so you get the earliest notification of registrations … Read More
Longford Academy Spring Masterclass
Spring: Specialist Masterclasses A number of masterclasses are run concurrently, focusing on particular aspects of conservation practice. In recent years these have included: lime mortars and plasters in conservation practice carpentry and joinery conservation techniques roofing and roof plumbing repair & reproduction methods traditional and decorative finishing Participants choose one masterclass stream, but are able to ‘cross’ streams for certain … Read More
Brickendon Farm Estate
Five minutes drive from The Racecourse Inn is Brickendon Farm, one of Australia’s oldest farming properties, which has been continuously farmed by the Archer Family since 1824. ?Situated on the alluvial soils of the Norfolk Plains, on the banks of the Macquarie River, Brickendon lies next to Woolmers, also an?important convict estate. In July 2010 Brickendon and nearby Woolmers were … Read More