Building Legislation and Historic Buildings

A Guide to the Application of the Building Regulations, the Public Health Acts, the Fire Precautions Act, the Housing Act and Other Legislation Relevant to Historic Buildings

Alan C. Parnell

• Publisher: Architectural Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780851397900
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483141497
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Historic Preservation in Architecture
• Index: Law

Building Legislation and Historic Buildings offers a guide to the application of the Building Regulations, the Public Health Acts, the Fire Precautions Act, the Housing Act and other legislation relevant to historic buildings. The purpose is to aid the architect in tackling his own design problems and support him in his negotiations with the various controlling authorities. This book reviews the statutory controls exercised in England and Wales, including London, by local authorities over historic buildings in use, and when alterations or a change of use are proposed. It indicates the impact of such controls on the character and environment of historic buildings, outlining the main problems that result, and showing how far and in what ways they can be resolved. It considers the case for relaxing some buildings from control in the interests of conservation of historic character. It examines the possibility of improving the application of the various administrative procedures to historic buildings. It also attempts to increase understanding of the problems of the continuing use of historic buildings and the current standards for safety and amenity and recommending ways in which this understanding can best be promoted.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Building legislation and historic buildings
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• General introduction
• Chapter 1. The legislation before the Building Regulations 1985
• Case Study 1: Shops with mixed uses and tenancies
• Case Study 2: Warehouses and Mills
• Chapter 2. Problems and conflicts
• Case Study 3: Victorian Villas
• Case Study 4: Civic Buildings
• Chapter 3. Administration and enforcement
• Case Study 5: Town Houses
• Case Study 6: Churches
• Chapter 4. Recent changes in legislation
• Case Study 7: Hotels and Public Houses
• Case Study 8: Shops
• Chapter 5. Historic buildings as a specialcase
• 5.1 Establishing Standards for Historic Buildings
• 5.2 The Need for Further Research
• 5.3 Relaxations
• 5.4 Exemptions
• Case Study 9: Country Houses
• Case Study 10: Country Cottages and Barns
• A. Nos. 5 and 8 St John's Square, Wilton, Wiltshire
• Chapter 6. Conclusions and recommendations
• Case Study 11: Schools
• Case Study 12: University Buildings