Managing Built Heritage -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction -- Note -- References -- 2 Heritage Assets: Their Nature and Management Implications -- Introduction -- Some introductory thoughts about heritage assets -- Heritage assets and their management implications -- Buried archaeology -- Archaeological sites and monuments -- Individual historic structures and buildings -- Cultural landscapes -- Landed estates -- Historic areas and urban landscapes: towns and cities -- World Heritage Sites and Cities -- Buffer zones and urban settings to major heritage assets -- Intangible heritage -- Owners, managers and management approaches -- References -- 3 Heritage Values and Cultural Significance -- Benefits of conservation -- 1 There are significant benefits to the social, psychological and political well-being of individuals, groups and nations - or indeed collections of nations -- 2 There are significant educational benefits: that we can understand aspects of past societies not only through analysis of the physical remains of the past but also the historic environment is a focus and an opportunity for a less 'expert' engagement with the lives and experiences of previous generations -- 3 As existing buildings, they are a resource that should be reused for (environmental and financial) sustainability reasons -- 4 The historic environment contributes to a sense of place through its character and its visual aesthetic -- 5 Historic buildings and areas attract significant tourist revenue and make significant contributions to local, regional and sometimes national economies and employment -- Understanding the cultural significance of a heritage asset -- Development in the idea of values -- International charters -- Value characterisation: typologies -- Categories of values -- Aesthetic -- Scenic and panoramic -- Architectural/technological.

Historical -- Associational -- Archaeological -- Economic -- Educational -- Recreational -- Artistic -- Social -- Commemorative -- Symboliciconic -- Spiritual and religious -- Inspirational -- Ecological -- Environmental -- Some examples of assets and their values -- References -- 4 Assessing Significance -- Establishing and analysing the origins and development of an asset -- Gathering evidence about significance -- Research and types of evidence -- Documentary evidence -- Primary source material -- Illustrations, including paintings -- Registrations of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials/cremations -- Correspondence, reports, minutes of committee meetings, specifications of work, contractors invoices, etc. -- Census returns -- Trade directories -- Maps -- Plans -- Photographs and postcards -- Surveys -- Local newspapers and journals -- Secondary material -- Example: a North of England church -- Interpreting the building/physical remains -- Establishing and analysing the character, dynamics and setting of the asset -- Assessing community values -- Analysing significance -- Assessing significance: comparisons and relativity -- Comparisons -- Some issues in value assessment -- Sensitivity to change -- References -- 5 Using Significance in Management Tools and Processes -- Introduction -- The conservation plan -- Genesis of an idea -- Organisational drivers -- Format and content of conservation plans -- Who should be consulted? -- Who should write the conservation plan? -- Developing the plan -- Undertaking a conservation plan: understanding the asset and assessing significance -- Describing the asset, as it is now -- Establishing and analysing the historical development of the asset and gathering and analysing evidence about its significance -- Vulnerability -- Integrity of the asset -- Developing policies for the conservation plan.

The management plan -- Preparing a management plan -- Requirements, opportunities and barriers -- The client and organisational culture -- Other possible coverage of the management plan -- Incorporating community perspectives and liaison with the community -- Monitoring the plan -- Reviewing the plan -- Management tools for historic areas -- The conservation plan discussed again -- Historic area appraisals -- Characterisation -- Heritage impact assessments -- Heritage statements within the development planning process -- Local management agreements -- Care, design and quality standards guidance -- References -- 6 Maintenance Management -- Introduction -- A strategic perspective -- Recording -- Programmes -- Prioritisation -- Condition surveys -- Financial management of maintenance management -- Information management in maintenance management -- Performance indicators -- References -- 7 Sustainability, Built Heritage and Conservation Values: Some Observations -- Introduction -- Sustainable development -- Sustainability and the built heritage -- Trade-offs -- Charters and guidance documents -- Sustainable management of historic buildings -- References -- 8 Conservation Principles -- Introduction -- Development of conservation principles -- Core conservation principles -- Authenticity -- The importance of the fabric -- The importance of maintenance -- Minimum intervention -- Truth and honesty -- Reversibility -- Fit the new to the old -- The importance of the relationship of a site with its surroundings -- The importance of records -- New uses -- The relationship between significance-based management and traditional conservation principles -- References -- 9 Case Studies -- Case Study 1: Royal Dart Hotel, Kingswear, Devon, England -- Case Study 2: Baixa, Maputo, Mozambique -- Case Study 3: The Site of the Former Taunton Gaol, Taunton, Somerset, England.

Case Study 4: Maintaining the Commonwealth War Graves -- Equality of Treatment -- References -- Index -- EULA.