The Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme at the North Wessex downs AONB is a grant programme, having recently approved funding for a historic building restoration. Old Burghclere Barn is on Highclere Estate and after being built by the Bishop of Winchester in 1451 as one of the first tiled barns in the country, it is still in operation today as an agricultural building. We are extremely keen on the barn and the investment into it being utilised as a potential resource for education. Due it still being an operating farm building and in the context of the yard where it is located, we are unable to ensure the barn is used as a location for school groups or similar. As a result, we are investigating how else we could create value for education in the restoration of the barn. We think producing a film would be suitable (though we are open to other suggestions) showcasing the barn, its history and restoration to help inform and educate. However, we are not experts in education and especially not experts in history education! So we would like to understand what is needed to ensure this could be a useful resource and how best to achieve this. As such we would love input from experts in this field. Email Katherine Cook for details: katharinecook@northwessexdowns.org.uk

Roebuck Street Research Studio

HOF Commonwealth Traineeship Application

Deadline for applications: 11:59pm GMT on Tuesday 15 November 2022

To apply and find out more – Hyderabad Application — The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme (chstrainingprogramme.org)

Organised with the Roebuck Street Redevelopment Project and the Tulane University School of Architecture, Historic Preservation Program, the Commonwealth Heritage Forum has developed the Roebuck Street Research Studio opportunity as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Commonwealth Heritage Skills (CHS) Training Programme. The objectives of this programme include building capacity on the technological aspects of built heritage conservation and sharing knowledge and experience among university students from Barbados, the US and UK.

The CHS Training Programme will offer 6 Hamish Ogston Foundation Commonwealth Traineeships to fund the attendance of UK-based participants on this course – who will work alongside 12 students from Tulane University and 10 students from the University of the West Indies.

The output of this programme is a heritage conservation management plan for Roebuck Street in Bridgetown, Barbados. The 650-meter street was laid out in the seventeenth century by British settlers and is presently situated within a UNESCO World Heritage designation comprising the historic Bridgetown and its garrison. Join Dr. Brent Fortenberry, Director of Historic Preservation at Tulane University, and use digital technologies such as drones, LiDAR and 3D scanning to identify and document the existing architectural heritage of Roebuck Street. Working alongside local stakeholders and heritage groups, you will analyse the remaining structure and contribute to a conservation management plan to aid in the restoration of this historic area.