Journal
Observations on traditional buildings, repair, material behaviour, and conservation practice. Notes from site inspections, ongoing projects, and the realities of working with historic fabric.
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What is a conservation plan?
A conservation plan sets out what is significant about a building and what policies will retain that significance, and how it differs from a conservation statement and a heritage statement.
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Obtaining Listed Building Consent in Scotland
Listing does not prevent a building from changing. It ensures that alterations are considered carefully and that the features contributing to its special architectural or historic interest are properly understood. Listed Building Consent is the principal means of managing physical changes to listed buildings in Scotland. A successful application should explain what is significant about the building, how the proposed work will affect that significance, and why the chosen approach is appropriate. Crowstep Conservation, based…
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What is a condition survey?
A condition survey records what a listed building is, what condition it is in, what is going wrong, and what to do about it, graded by urgency.
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What is a listed building?
What listed building status actually protects in Scotland, what the categories mean, and why the listing description is only a starting point.
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What do Conservation Architects actually do?
Conservation work begins with the building, not the brief. Ashley Turner on what conservation architects do and why diagnosis must precede intervention.