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26 T H E B U I L D I N G C O N S E R VAT I O N D I R E C T O R Y 2 0 1 7 ARCHAEOLOGISTS ◾ ◾ ARCHAEOLOGY SOUTH-EAST 2 Chapel Place, Portslade, East Sussex BN41 1DR Tel 01273 426830 Email fau@ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeologyse ARCHAEOLOGISTS : See also: display entry in Heritage Consultants, page 27 and profile entry in Measured Surveys, page 36. ◾ ◾ ARCHITECTURAL ARCHAEOLOGY 15 Grove Road, Ramsgate, Kent CT11 9SH Tel 01843 585792 Email twoarches@aol.com Mark Samuel PhD FSA MCIfA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES : Architectural Archaeology is employed by developers, museums and archaeological units for its specialist services. It can supply all planning permission requirements from statements of significance to RCHME 4 reports. It has particular expertise in church architecture for faculty applications. Architectural fragments can be assessed and recorded, allowing unnecessary stones to be discarded. It can reconstruct architectural features using CAD, and provide content for display purposes. ◾ ◾ ARMOUR HERITAGE LTD Foghamshire Timber Yard, Foghamshire Lane, Trudoxhill, Frome, Somerset BA11 5DG Tel 01373 836448 Mobile 07964 863143 or 07985 631411 Email rob.ac@armourheritage.co.uk www.armourheritage.co.uk ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICES : See also: profile entry in Heritage Consultants, page 27. ◾ ◾ CHARTERED INSTITUTE FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS Miller Building, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AB Tel 0118 378 6446 Email admin@archaeologists.net www.archaeologists.net PROFESSIONAL BODY : CIfA is the leading professional body representing archaeologists working in the UK and overseas. It advances the practice of archaeology by promoting professional standards and ethics for the conservation, management and study of the archaeological resource. Cathedral Communications publishes the CIfA yearbook, a useful working guide to the UK’s archaeology profession including complete listings of CIfA members along with essential industry contacts and a directory of specialist services. ◾ ◾ HISTORIC BUILDING ADVISORY SERVICE PO Box 2140, Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 2DW Tel 01747 870772 Email info@historicbuilding.co.uk www.historicbuilding.co.uk BUILDINGS ARCHAEOLOGIST : See also: profile entry in Heritage Consultants, page 29. ◾ ◾ M O L A (MUSEUM OF LONDON ARCHAEOLOGY) ▪ ▪ London Tel 020 7410 2200 ▪ ▪ Northampton Tel 01604 809 800 ▪ ▪ Birmingham Tel 0121 698 8580 Email business@mola.org.uk www.mola.org.uk BUILDING RECORDING : MOLA’s historic building recording team works on a variety of projects across the UK, recording, analysing and reporting on historical buildings and structures. Produced to a high standard, MOLA’s reports rely on expert research, clear historical and analytical written accounts and take in detailed photographic surveys, 3d modelling, plans and drawings. See also: profile entry in Heritage Consultants, page 31. Historic Environment Circular 1 provides detailed guidance on the processes involved in managing change in the historic environment in Scotland. Managing Change in the Historic Environment is a series of concise guidance notes published by Historic Environment Scotland to support and expand on the policies outlined in HESPS . For example, the edition on windows provides useful guidance on repairs, alterations and improvements, including when double glazing might be accepted. Others in the series include Accessibility, Battlefields, Boundaries, Demolition, Doorways, Engineering structures, External fixtures, External walls, Extensions, Interiors, Micro-renewables, Roofs, Setting, Shopfronts, and Works on scheduled monuments . LISTED BUILDINGS IN WALES Cadw (the word means ‘to keep’ or ‘protect’), is the Welsh Government’s historic environment service and is part of the Welsh Government’s Economy and Infrastructure Department. Details of national designations (including listed buildings and scheduled monuments) can be found online under ‘Cof Cymru, National Historic Assets of Wales’, or via the Historic Wales portal, www.historicwales.gov.uk . The nation shares primary legislation with England ( Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ), with some modifications made under the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 . The principal government policy and guidance on its application is contained in Chapter 6 of the Welsh Government’s Planning Policy Wales and Circular 61/96 Planning and the Historic Environment . Although the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 makes important legislative changes, it cannot alone provide Wales with up-to-date and responsive systems for the positive management of change in the historic environment. Cadw is therefore preparing new draft policy, advice and guidance documents in line with the modern conservation philosophy set out in its Conservation Principles document. Circular 61/96 gives advice on the level of information required to support an application for LBC: applicants ‘must provide the local planning authority with full information to enable it to assess the likely impact of their proposals on the special architectural or historic interest of the building and on its setting’ (Section 69). It explains that ‘achieving a proper balance between the specialist interest of a listed building and proposals for alterations or extensions is demanding and should always be based on specialist expertise’ (Section 97). Repairs are unlikely to require LBC unless they involve a degree of alteration which would affect the character of the listed building. However, Circular 61/96 points out that ‘Whether proposed works constitute alterations or demolition is a matter of fact and degree which must be determined in each case’ (Section 67). An appendix to Annex D contains succinct advice on many typical features and details which contribute to the character of historic buildings or which affect their performance. For example, it explains why lime mortars and renders are important and, under roofs, it explains that ‘Details such as swept valleys should always be retained, as should regional construction traditions such as grouted slate roofs of the western coast.’ The result may not deal with every possible detail, but in practice it illustrates the sort of issues that a conservation officer will be looking for. It is to be hoped that Cadw finds room for such practical advice in future guidance too, whether in this form or in the form of Historic Scotland’s Managing Change guidance notes. Further Information The online version of this article includes hyperlinks to all legislation and guidance mentioned here – see http://bc-url.com/protection C Mynors, Changing Churches: A practical guide to the faculty system , Bloomsbury, London 2016 C Mynors, Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets (5th edition), Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2015 (revised edition due in 2017) AUTHOR This article was prepared by directory editor Jonathan Taylor , with the help of Matthew Coward , Cadw, Manus Deery , Department for Communities (NI), Beth Harries , Historic England, and Barbara Cummins , Historic Environment Scotland.