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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.

SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS:

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.