RIAI CONSERVATION INDUCTION MODULE 2015

PREPARATORY READING LIST

In this document you will find:

A Preparatory Reading list.

A Booklist of other publications to which you will need access during the course and/or for
conservation work afterwards
Additional Texts of interest

Preparatory Reading
Before the first session of Phase 2 of the Module participants will be expected to read and familiarise
themselves with the following texts and the speakers will proceed on the basis that they have done
so.
The first nine documents listed below are included in the RIAI CIM Document Pack 2015;

International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites.
ICOMOS, 1964. (The Venice Charter)
ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas.
1987. (The Washington Charter)
The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance.
Originally adopted 1979, revisions 1981, 1988, 1999, 2013. (The Burra Charter)
The Nara Document on Authenticity. ICOMOS/UNESCO, 1993.
Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe. Council of Europe
1985. (The Granada Convention)
European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised). Council of
Europe ETS .143 (The Valletta Convention).
Framework and principles for protection of archaeological heritage. Department of Arts,
Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, 1999.
Archaeology and the Urban Project: A European Code of Good Practice. Council of Europe,
2000.
RIAI Guidelines for the Conservation of Buildings.
http://www.riai.ie/uploads/files/Conservation_Guidelines_December_2010.pdf 3rd Edition.
RIAI 2010
Bernard M. Feilden. Conservation of Historic Buildings, 3rd Edition. Butterworth Architecture.
Chapters 1 and 18.
(Note: Chapter 18: Presentation of Historic Buildings appears as Chapter 17 in the earlier
edition). This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

Booklist
This booklist contains other essential texts with which participants will be expected to be familiar
before the end of the course and any of which may feature in the Assessment Exercise.

Planning & Development Act 2000 and amendments

Planning and Development Regulations 2001 and amendments
National Monuments Acts 1930-2004
Architectural Heritage (National Inventory) and Historic Monuments (miscellaneous
provisions) Act 1999
(Note: Copies of these are likely to be available in many practices offices. They can be
purchased from the Government Publications Sales Office but are also available to download
at www.oireachtas.ie.)

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An unofficial consolidation of the Planning and Development Acts is available on the website
of the Law Reform Commission at the following link:
http://www.lawreform.ie/_fileupload/Restatement/Second%20Programme%20of%20Restate
ment/EN_ACT_2000_0030.PDF

Architectural Heritage Protection: Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2011

Hardcopies can be purchased by mail order from Government Publications or from the RIAI
Bookshop. These guidelines were first published in 2004 and reissued in 2011 to take
account of changes in government functions but are otherwise unchanged from the 2004
version. The reissued version can be downloaded from the website of the Department of
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht at:
http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Publications/HeritagePublications/BuiltHeritagePolicyPublications/

BS 7913:2013 Guide to the Conservation of Historic Buildings, British Standards Institution,

2013.
Available from National Standards Authority of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. www.nsai.ie or
online at http://shop.bsigroup.com
(All practices subscribing to the RIAI Construction Information Service will already have
access to this document. For further information contact: Marketing, Technical Indexes Ltd.,
Willoughby Road, Bracknell, Reading RG12 8DW. Fax +44 1344 424971
[email protected].)

Dept. Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Built Heritage Policy Publications - Advice Series:

Thatch a guide to the repair of thatched roofs (2015)

Paving the conservation of historic ground surfaces (2015)
Access improving the accessibility of historic buildings and places (2011)
The Conservation of Places of Worship (2011)
Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings (2010)
Roofs - A Guide to the Repair of Historic Roofs (2010)
Ruins - The Conservation and Repair of Masonry Ruins (2010)
Bricks - A Guide to the Repair of Historic Brickwork (2009)
Iron - The Repair of Wrought and Cast Ironwork (2009)
Maintenance - A Guide to the Care of Older Buildings (2007)
Windows - A Guide to the Repair of Historic Windows (2007)
The Advice Series can be accessed on the website of the Department of Arts, Heritage and
the Gaeltacht at
http://www.ahg.gov.ie/en/Publications/HeritagePublications/BuiltHeritagePolicyPublications/
or hardcopies can be purchased through the RIAI Bookshop.

Period Houses: A Conservation Guidance Manual, Dublin Civic Trust, 2001.

http://www.dublincivictrust.ie/publications.php
Dublin Civic Trust is happy to offer a discount to RIAI CIM 2015 attendees.

Lime Works. McAfee, Patrick. Dublin: Building Limes Forum of Ireland and Associated
Editions. 2009
This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

A Guide to Lime. The Traditional Lime Company. 2003.

This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

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Guidance Notes for the Appraisal of Historic Gardens, Demesnes, Estates and their Settings.
Cork County Council. Undated.
http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Architecture/Appraisal_Guid
e_Historic_Gardens.pdf

Irish Stone Walls: History, Building, Conservation. McAfee, Patrick, OBrien Press, 1997.
This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

Stone Buildings. McAfee, Patrick. Dublin: OBrien Press. 1998.

This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, see NIAH website:

http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/Resources/NIAHHandbook/

NIAH Series of Introductions to the Architecture of Counties:

This series of Publications can be purchased from the following website:
http://www.wordwellbooks.com

Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture by Cyril M. Harris

Available from Easons at http://www.easons.com/p-1971196-illustrated-dictionary-of-historicarchitecture.aspx

Having one of the following is recommended:

Rivingtons Building Construction (3 vols); dates from the 1870s circa 120 and is available
to order on request from the RIAI Bookshop.

Building Construction; Adams; circa 70 and is available to order from the RIAI Bookshop.

Architectural Building Construction (3 vols); Jaggard and Drury; Cambridge University Press
dates from the 1920s may only be available second hand, but was used extensively by
architectural students in the 30s and 40s essential that it still has the folded drawings in the
pocket at the back.

Elementary Building Construction; Mitchell et al; Batsford the most useful edition is that
published up to 1959 with re-prints to about 1964 may only available second hand.

McKays Building Construction (3 Vols); McKay available from Donhead as a facsimile

reprint.

English Heritage Practical Building Conservation; Ashgate (2012-2015). This new 10-volume
series of technical publications represents a substantial reworking and expansion of the
earlier series by John and Nicola Ashurst.

Additional Texts
These are not required for the Conservation Induction Module, but participants may find them a
useful addition to their Practice Library for future reference.

Conservation of Timber Sash and Case Windows, Guide for Practitioners 3, Historic
Scotland; Technical Conservation, Research and Education Division
http://conservation.historic-scotland.gov.uk/publication-detail.htm?pubid=7159

Technical Advice Notes (TAN) Series, Technical Papers and Guides for Practitioners;
Various authors; Historic Scotland. A full list of conservation publications is available on the
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Historic Scotland website where they can also be purchased. HS also produces a number of
Inform Guides which are available free to download from the website.
http://conservation.historic-scotland.gov.uk/home/publications.htm

Guidelines, standards and other publications. English Heritage.

A full list of conservation publications is available on the English Heritage website
www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications from where many can be downloaded.

Architecture in Conservation: Managing Development at Historic Sites. Strike, J. Routledge,

1994. This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

Information Sheets and Technical Pamphlets. Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings,
full list available from www.spab.org.uk where publications can also be purchased.

Timber Decay in Buildings, Ridout Brian, E & FN Spon, London, 2000.

This publication can be ordered through the RIAI Bookshop.

Stone, Brick and Mortar: Historical Use, Decay and Conservation of Building Materials in
Ireland. Pavia, S. and J. Bolton. Wordwell, 1999. Note: This book is out of print but may
be sourced in libraries etc.

Brickwork: History, Technology and Practice. (2 Vols); Lynch, Gerard; Shaftsbury:

Donhead.Publishing Ltd. (1994)

Time Honoured, a global view of Architectural Conservation; Stubbs; Wiley.

Architectural Conservation An Introduction; Schmidt; Westlkreuz-Verlag.

Urban Planning Conservation and Preservation; Cohen; McGraw Hill.

Structural aspects of building conservation; Beckmann & Bowles; Elsevier.

Structural Analysis; Heyman; Cambridge University Press.

The Stone Skeleton; Heyman, Cambridge University Press.

Conservation of Building and Decorative Stone; Ashurst and Dimes; Butterworth Heinemann

The Care and Conservation of Georgian Houses; Davey Heath Hodges et al.; Butterworth.

New Practical Builder and Workmans companion by Peter Nicholson. Dating from the 1820s.

Dictionary of Architecture by Peter Nicholson, edited by Lomax and Gunyon from the 1860s.

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