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Do you live in cob cottage?
If you do or you're thinking about it, do you know what condition the cob is in, and could you repair it if needed? You can learn the answers on our one day Cob Repair & Maintenance course on Saturday 23rd August. Click here to find out more and book.
Sustainable Building Course
Our first four-day Sustainable Building Course will take place from 2nd to 5th September. Places are limited and we are taking bookings now. As well as learn about straw, lime and cob you will understand the basics of sustainable buildings, what it really means and why it is so important.
Lime Rendering Volunteers Required
Gain hand-on experience on 9th September at Carymoor Environmental Centre with Rob Buckley. Call us on 01747 811099 to register.
Studio space at DCRS.
We will soon have a new studio available to rent at DCRS. Click here for more information.
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Dorset Centre for Rural Skills
Straw bale building course at DCRS
Dorset Centre for Rural Skills (DCRS)
is an established, not for profit, training centre based in the north Dorset
between Blandford and Shaftesbury.
The centre runs specialist courses in traditional renovation of buildings
and the use of cob, lime and timber.
DCRS has pioneered modern bale building techniques and runs courses in straw
bale building and understanding
renewable energy.
Courses in rural skills include blacksmithing, hurdle
making and glassblowing.
See the full range of courses available. All courses
take place here at the centre in our converted barn. The centre
also boasts a large hall, glassblowing studio, forge and
pottery studio.
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Rob Buckley, Director at DCRS.
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“Sustainable
building not only provides homes that are a joy to live in,
but also stimulates local economies and eliminates the damaging
impact the construction industry is having on the planet".
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Dorset Centre for Rural Skills, West
Farm Barn, Farrington, Blandford, Dorset DT11 8RA
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