The Queen Street Gateway Townscape Heritage Scheme
The city of Wolverhampton Council has secured funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support The Queen Street Gateway Townscape Heritage Scheme. As part of this they are running ‘Practical Conservation Skills Training’ as a series of day workshops, free of charge for up to 20 people.
Historic Ironwork Day is scheduled for early summer 2017. This includes an overview of the manufacture of wrought iron, cast iron and steel; uses of iron in building, failure and decay processes, conservation and repair of wrought iron and cast iron; specification for repair; cleaning, finishing and maintenance; demonstration of forging techniques; tour of working foundry showing casting and repair processes.
For further information contact;
The Queen Street TH Officer
John Healey on 01902 554 007 or email john.healey@wolverhampton.gov.uk