Help preserve our future
West Dean is part of a registered charity and relies on the support of generous donors, friends, legacies to help us deliver world-class education in conservation and the creative arts and maintain our award-winning gardens.
Nick Durnan
Nick Durnan - BCM Course Leader
Nick Durnan originally trained as a stone mason at Canterbury Cathedral and went on to study for a degree in carving and conservation at the City and Guilds of London Art School. After a Churchill Fellowship studying stone conservation in France, Germany and Italy he trained as a sculpture conservator on the west front of Wells Cathedral. Nick has been a freelance conservator, conservation consultant and carver since 1984 and has worked at many English cathedrals including Exeter, Wells, Salisbury, Canterbury, Rochester and Peterborough.