The MSc Historic Conservation has been running at Oxford Brookes for more than 25 years, with each new cohort of students bringing new questions and new insights to the course. Here are some highlights from the 2018-19 academic year. With thanks to David Garrard, the course leader for the photos and text - click on the blue links for more information...
For more information about the MSc Historic Conservation take a look at our website or the information on this blog:
MSc Historic Conservation on the website
MSc Historic Conservation on the blog
We have also spent the last year making a course video - you can watch the result here:
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| SEPTEMBER: Headington Hill Hall, Oxford – Induction Day at Oxford Brookes' very own stately home |
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| OCTOBER: Wirksworth, Derbyshire – exploring the labyrinthine back-streets of this ancient lead-mining town with help from the Wirksworth Heritage Centre |
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| OCTOBER: Ilam Hall, Staffordshire –a night in the surviving wing of a vast Regency Gothick mansion, now a youth hostel… with board games! |
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| NOVEMBER: Broad Street, Oxford – an introduction to urban morphology in Oxford’s historic centre |
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| DECEMBER: Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford – heritage consultant Nicholas Worlledge shows us around this 18th-century former hospital site, now redeveloped by Oxford University |
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| FEBRUARY: Hampton Court Palace, Surrey – a rooftop tour of the great Tudor and Stuart royal residence, courtesy of Historic Royal Palaces |
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| MARCH: Mapledurham, Oxfordshire – a hands-on tutorial in traditional lime mortar techniques from conservation contractors IJP Owlsworth |
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| MARCH: Stanton Harcourt Manor, Oxfordshire – undertaking a measured survey of the medieval great kitchen |
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| MAY: Weald and Downland Museum, West Sussex – inspecting timber repairs at Bayleaf, a 15th-century yeoman’s house now reconstructed as an open-air museum exhibit |
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| MAY: St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London – a peek at William Hogarth’s famous painted staircase of the 1730s, courtesy of the Friends of St Bart’s |
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| JUNE: Oxford Brookes University – some of this year’s MSc graduates celebrate the conclusion of their studies |
For more information about the MSc Historic Conservation take a look at our website or the information on this blog:
MSc Historic Conservation on the website
MSc Historic Conservation on the blog
We have also spent the last year making a course video - you can watch the result here:
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