The SPAB is seeking applications for Scholars (architects etc.) and Fellows (heritage crafts) for 2015 with applications due by 1 December.
The William Morris Craft Fellowship is an advanced training scheme run by The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). It is awarded each year to three or four highly skilled craftsmen or women. The training scheme is spread over a year and in that time the successful candidates will be able to widen their experience in a range of traditional building skills, repair techniques, materials and also prepare them for a position of responsibility.
The SPAB Lethaby Scholarship has been running since 1930, with the SPAB offering the Scholarship to support architects, surveyors and engineers.
The nine-month full time programme is intensive but rewarding. Each year the Scholars travel the length of the country together, making site visits and meeting expert craftspeople and architects working in building conservation. SPAB Scholars are now among the leading conservation experts in the UK, looking after some of the foremost buildings in Britain. Some are cathedral architects, others look after palaces, National Trust houses or English Heritage scheduled monuments. Some Scholars have devoted their careers to more humble buildings such as abandoned medieval churches or vernacular agricultural buildings, producing work of the highest quality.
The deadline for 2015 applications is 1 December 2014.
The Fellow Bursary will be just over £5,800.
For the Fellows see WMCFT website
For the Scholars see SPAB website
