york handmade wins accolade at brick awards
The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company welcomed conservation students
from nine countries across the world this week.
York Handmade, based at Alne, near
Easingwold, opened its doors to students on the one-year Historic Buildings Conservation
MA course at Kings Manor, University of York.
The students heard a lecture on the
role of hand-made bricks in conservation work by David Armitage, the chairman and
managing director of York Handmade, before being given a tour of the companyís factory.
David Armitage commented: For some years now we have enjoyed a close relationship with this course, which focuses on
brickwork amongst many other basic materials.
Our pedigree in the conservation field has been forged out of our involvement in the restoration of many famous brick buildings
both in the United Kingdom and overseas. It is wonderful for us to be involved hands on with the conservators of the future, he added.