Scottish Traditional Building Skills Audit Scoping ... - Historic Scotland

Table 1: List of “traditional building skills”
as agreed by Project Board
LIST OF “TRADITIONAL BUILDING SKILLS” AS AGREED BY PROJECT BOARD
Decorative Finishes Masonry Plasterwork
Painting Quarrying Limework – on flat
Gilding Hewing Limework – on hard
Marbling, graining Stone carving Limework – external finishes
Sign-writing Banker Decorative
Tiling Building Harling
Paper hanging Monumental Stucco
Traditional materials Machining Plastic repairs
Conservation, repair and Traditional paving and stone flooring Mosaic and terrazzo
maintenance Dry stane dyking Traditional floors
Brick
Traditional materials
Enhancement Traditional concrete Conservation, repair and maintenance
Traditional materials
Vernacular building skills - earth
Conservation, repair Vernacular building skills - clay Plumbing
and maintenance Vernacular building skills - turf Traditional materials
Traditional materials
Conservation, repair and maintenance
Energy Efficiency
Conservation, repair and maintenance
Traditional materials
Roofing
Conservation, repair Metals Slating
and maintenance Pattern making Rainwater goods
Founding – ferrous
Tiling
Glasswork Founding - non ferrous External surface finishes
Glazing – plain and decorative Wrought iron m/f Thatch
Stained glass Blacksmithing Leadwork – hotwork
Leaded glass Structural ironwork Leadwork – folded coldwork
Sheet metalwork – copper
Traditional materials
Graveyards Sheet metalwork – zinc Conservation, repair and maintenance
Traditional materials
Sheet metalwork – lead
Conservation, repair and maintenance Traditional materials Services
Conservation, repair and maintenance Traditional materials
Timber
Processing
Structural carpentry
Architectural joinery
Selection of timber
Timber preservation technicians
Woodcarving and pattern making
Traditional materials
Conservation, repair and maintenance
A “wish-list” of the specific areas of knowledge and skills that would enable tradespeople to work with traditional
buildings was compiled by the Project Team for each trade (with the assistance of in-house expertise and that of
known and trusted partners).
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