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Specifications for Building Conservation. Volume 1, External Structure.

In Specifications for Building Conservation, the National Trust draws on a range of case studies and specifications to provide a much needed guide to specification writing for building conservation. Although traditional building accounts for approximately a quarter of all buildings in the UK, the ol...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Cullen, Rory, Meier, Rick
Other title:External structure.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Subjects:
Historic buildings > Conservation and restoration > Specifications > Great Britain.
Buildings > Repair and reconstruction > Specifications.
Specification writing.
Buildings > Repair and reconstruction.
Great Britain.
Specifications.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Biographies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary
  • PART 1 CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES
  • Conservation philosophy
  • Conservation principles of heritage organisations
  • Consideration of conservation principles
  • Implementation of the principles
  • Conservation plan
  • Heritage legislation
  • Listed buildings
  • Conservation Areas
  • Scheduled Ancient Monuments
  • Planning permission
  • Procurement and its relationship with specification
  • Common procurement routes
  • Partnering and negotiation
  • Different types of contract
  • Procurement and the commercial challenge
  • Procurement legislation
  • Contractor identification and selection
  • Consultant identification and appointment
  • Writing a specification
  • Structure
  • Format and methods
  • Implications
  • PART 2 CASE STUDIES
  • 1 Building recording
  • Saddlescombe Farm, Newtimber, West Sussex
  • Emley Farm, Bowlhead Green, near Witley, Surrey
  • 2 Masonry: brickwork and stonework
  • Hardwick Hall, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
  • Thorington Hall, Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk
  • Old Serpentine Works, Boswednack, Cornwall
  • 3 Timber repairs
  • The Gatehouse, Lower Brockhampton House, near Bromyard, Herefordshire
  • Saddlescombe Donkey Wheel, Newtimber, West Sussex
  • 4 Stone roof coverings
  • Fleece Inn, Bretforton, near Evesham, Worcestershire
  • The Boathouse, Belton House, Grantham, Lincolnshire
  • Lytes Cary, near Somerton, Somerset
  • 5 Thatch
  • Berg Cottage, Barkway, Hertfordshire
  • Selworthy Cottage, Holnicote Estate, Somerset
  • Appendix 1 Conservation management plans and conservation statements
  • Appendix 2 Generic brief for a historic buildings survey
  • Bibliography of specification-related conservation books and publications
  • Index.

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