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PROJECT 2010-2 : COMPLETED NOVEMBER 2011 ************************ AIM: To produce a short step-by-step guide on how to view and record a historic building, whose steps will follow the ‘natural process of discovery’, and which will be intended for people with an interest in historic buildings but without a lot of experience. PROJECT TEAM: Peter Marsden, Andrew Muir In October 2010 members of the Historic Buildings Group at the Wingrave Historic Buildings Workshop considered a survey form that had been produced by a similar group in Surrey, a county rich in medieval and early modern timber-framed buildings - and equally rich in experienced in historic building surveyors. The general conclusion was that for those with more interest than experience this was too complex. The workshop suggested therefore that:
Starting from these principles, and informed by recent surveying experience in both Wingrave and Hedgerley, the guide was worked and reworked through eight drafts. The final draft of the resulting Step-by-step Survey Guide for Historic Buildings is now available to download. If you do use this guide to do a historic building survey, you will find two other resources useful:
FROM AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF HISTORIC BUILDING FEATURES BY TREE-RING SERVICES
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