Information
Resource:
Sources and Suppliers for conservation materials, lime mortars,
paints and distempers.
INFORMATION
Technical Advice Note No. 001, "The Preparation and use of Lime Mortars", Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, Ty Brunel, 2Ffordd Fitzalan, Cardiff.
SPAB information sheets:
No 1. How to make Limewash.
No 4. The need for Old Buildings to Breathe.
No 9. An Introduction to building Limes.
No 11. Rough-Cast for Historic Buildings.
No 14/5 Pointing Stone and Brick Walling.
No 14/8 Control of Damp in Old Buildings.
All from The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY.
Robert Bennett, The Lime Centre, The Long Barn, Forestead, Winchester, Hants. SO21 1LE. 0962 713636. (courses on the use of traditional building techniques).
The Preparation and Use of Lime Mortars, Historic Scotland Technical Advice Note 1, Pat Gibbons.
The Scottish Lime Centre. 0131 553 4999.
H. J. Chard & Sons, Feeder Road, Bristol, 0272 777681. (Lime, premixed lime mortars and lime putty).
Peter Hood, Rose of Jericho, Deene Northamptonshire, NN17 3EJ. 0780 85456. (All traditional building mortars, plasters and lime based paints).
Liz and Bruce Induni, Redlands, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 3SE. 09847 253. (lime mortars).
The Traditional Lime Company, Church Farm, Luckhampton, Gloucestershire Gl51 5XX 01242 525444
Ty Mawr Lime, Ty Mawr farm, Llangasty, Pal y Llyn, Llangoise, Powys, L63 7PJ 01874 658249
Welsh Historical Mortars, Whitford Sand Lime and Mortar Co., Bedw Cottage, Whitford Road, Holywell, Clwyd CH8 9AE 01352 714144 (Lime, lime sand, lime putty).
The Scottish Lime Centre Trust 0131 553 4999.
Robert Butcher, Potmolen Paints, 27 Woodstock Industrial Estate, Warminster, Wilts. BA12 9DX. 0985 213960. (traditional paints).
L. Cornelissen, 105 Great Russel Street, London, WC1B 3R. 071 636 1045. (finest pigments and art materials, booklet on making your own paints).
Craig and Rose, 172 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, EH6 5EB 0131554 1131 (lead and oil based distemper)
Cy-Pres, Northants (limewash, soft distemper)01536 373431
Farrow and Ball, Uddens Estate, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7NL 01202 876141
Annie Sloan, Relics of Whitney, 35 Bridge Street, Whitney Oxfordshire OX8 6DA 01993 704611
Chapman and Rose, 6A Windsor Street, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8AS 01932 567752.
Jane Churchill, 151 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9VX 0171 730 9847
LASSCo, St Michael’s, Mark Street, (off Paul Street) London EC2A 4ER 0171 739 0448
Lawrence T Bridgeman, 1 Church Road, Roberttown, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 7LS 01924 413813.
Paint Magic 79 Shepperton Road London N1 3DF 0171 354 9696
Papers and Paints, 4 Park Walk, London SW10 0AD. 071 3528626. (Stockists of Craig & Rose varnishes & distempers).
Rory and Young, 7 Park Street, Cirencester Glos. 0285 658826. (Raw materials for making your own paints).
Leyland. 43-45 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JB, 0171 405 8985 / 242 5799
Tobias and the Angel, 68 White Heart lane, Barnes London SW13 0PZ 0181 878 8902
Fired Earth, Twyford Mill, Oxford Road, Adderbury, Bambury Oxon. OX17 3HP 01295 812088
Brodie and Middleton, 68 Drury Lane, London. WC2B 5SP. 071 836 3289/3280. (Professional artists materials).
Nutshell Natural Paints, 10 High Street, Totnes, Devon. TQ9 5RY. 0803 867770. (Natural chemical free paints).
Livos Natural Paint Products, 27 Harvest Green, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 6DW. 0635 37988. (Natural chemical free paints).
The Period House Shop, 141 Corve Street, Ludlow, SY8 2PG.
ORGANISATIONS
Ecological Design Association, The British School, Slad Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire. GL5 1QW. 0453 765575.
The Institute of Building Biology, Tara, Rectory Lane, Ashdon, Saffron Waldon, CB10 2HN. 0799 584727.
Cadw, Welsh Historic Monuments, Ty Brunel, 2 Ffordd Fitzalan, Cardiff, CF2 1UY. 0222 465511.
The Ancient Monuments Society, St. Anne's Vestry Hall, 2 Church Entry, London EC4. 071 236 3934.
The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England, Fortress House, 23, Saville Row, London W1X 2JQ.
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 37, Spital Square, London, E1 6DY. 071 377 1644.
The London Ecology Centre, 21 Endell Street,
WC2H 9BJ. 071 379 8208.
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BOOKS ON PAINTS AND PIGMENTS
The Craftsman’s Handbook: "Il Libro dell’ Arte". Cennino d’Andrea Cennini., Dover Books.
Spon's Workshop Receipts, Vols 1 - 5
Paint Magic. Jocasta Innes. Winward.
BOOKS ON VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE
Traditional Buildings of Britain, An Introduction to Vernacular Architecture. R. W. Brunskill, Gollancz. 1981.
Illustrated Handbook of Vernacular Architecture, R. W. Brunskill, 1978.
The Pattern of English Building, A. Clifton-Taylor 1972.
Discovering Cottage Architecture, Christopher Powell, Shire Publications. 1984.
The Functional Tradition in Early Industrial Building, J. M. Richards, 1958.
The Development of English Building Construction, C. F. Innocent. 1971.
The English Farmhouse and Cottage, M. W. Barley, 1961.
The English Mediaeval House, Margaret Wood, Dent 1965.
BOOKS ON TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS IN WALES
Home-made Homes. Dwellings of the rural poor in Wales, Eurwyn Wiliam, Curator of the Welsh Folk Museum.
Houses of the Welsh Countryside, Peter Smith, RCAHMW, HMSO 1975.
The Welsh House, Iorweth C. Peate, Bryhon Press 1946.
Welsh Country Workers Housing, 1775-1875, Jeremy Lowe, National Museum of Wales, 1985.
Welsh Long Houses, Four Centuries of farming at Cilwent, Eurwyn Wiliam, National Museum of Wales, 1992
Peasant Architecture in Caernarfonshire, E. Wiliam, transactions of the Caernarfonshire Historical Society, No. 43, 1982.
Yr Aelwyd: The architectural development of the hearth in Wales. Eurwyn Wiliam, Folk Life, 1978.
Old Cottages of Snowdonia, Harold Hughes, Republished 1979 by SNPS
Traditional Farm Buildings in North East Wales, 1550-1900, Eurwyn Wiliam,
Historical Farm Buildings of Wales, Eurwyn Wiliam,
Straw Rope Under thatch in South West Wales: a note. Eurwyn Wiliam, Folk Life vol. 13, 1975, pp. 84-89.
The Cottages of Rural Wales: A cultural challenge, Eurwyn Wiliam, Period Home, vol. 2, no. 3, 1981 pp. 5-9.
The Truth about Cottages. John Woodeforde, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.
Caernarvonshire, A Survey and Inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales.
BOOKS ON THE CARE OF OLD BUILDINGS
Save the Last of the Magic, Traditional qualities of the West Wales Cottage, Martin Davies, Llandusul 1991.
The House Restorers Guide, Hugh Lander, David & Charles.
The Care of Old Buildings Today, Donald Insall, Architectural Press 1972.
Listed Buildings, The Law and Practice, Roger W. Suddards, Sweet & Maxwell 1982.
Technical Guidance Sheet 001, Lime Mortars, Cadw.
Converting Old Buildings, Alan Johnson, David & Charles.
New Uses For Old Buildings, Sherban Cantacuzino, The Architectural Press.
Reviving Buildings and Communities, A Manual of Renewal, Michael Talbot, David Charles.
Old Stone Buildings, J.A.C. Harrison, David & Charles.
The D-I-Y Guide to Natural Stonework, J.A.C. Harrison, David & Charles.
Mortars Plasters and Renders in Conservation. John Ashurst. Ecclesiastical Architects & Surveyors Assoc.
Practical Building Conservation. Vol. 3. Mortars, Plasters and Renders. John & Nicola Ashurst. Gower Technical Press.
An Introduction to Building Limes, Michael Wingate, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
The Need for Old Buildings To Breathe, Technical Pamphlet No4. Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
OTHER INSPIRING BOOKS
Shelter. Dover Books USA
Illustrated Guide to Shaker Furniture. Robert Meader. Dover.
Places of the Soul. Christopher Day
Hand Made Houses, or the Wood Butchers Art.
Craftsman Homes. Gustav Stickley. Dover
The Pattern Language. Chris Alexander. OUP
New York.