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The Lives and Homes of London's Most Interesting Inhabitants. First Edition
The official, illustrated English Heritage guide, with over 950 of London's most interesting inhabitants and their former homes brought to life.'If pe...
Metals
Metals deals with the conservation of a group of materials that have been used in buildings for everything from structural components and fixings to w...
Roman, Medieval and Modern London Revealed by Archaeology at 1 Poultry
Excavations at 1 Poultry, in advance of building development, `tells the story of London - from Roman frontier town to provincial capital; ruin then r...
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Timber
Timber deals with wide-ranging use of the material in historic buildings, from vaststructural timber-frames through to high-class joinery and simple f...
Stone
Stone considers the wide variety of historical uses, from simple masonry walling through to elaborate carving and decoration. The book considers why s...
The English Heritage Historic Landscape Project
Mortars, plasters and renders
Mortars, Renders and Plasters provides a broad perspective of contemporaryconservation theory and practice not otherwise found in one publication, des...
The English Heritage Book of New Folktale, Myth and Legend
'Marvellous and menacing.' Daily Mail 'The shadow from which I thought I had unshackled myself has returned. Whether this Horror is real or merely the...
Glass and glazing
Glass and Glazing looks at the conservation of one of the most important building materials, and its use in windows, roofing and walling. It considers...
"Anyone picking up this book will want to buy it, and they will find a text which is well written, scholarly without sacrifice of readability, and tak...
Building the Agricultural Ideal, 1700-1914
During the Agricultural Revolution, the landowners of Britain constructed an enormous range of picturesque or classical buildings on their farms, insp...
Principles and Practice in Conserving Recent Architecture
The contributions to this book consider recent developments in the protection and care of twentieth-century buildings and examines the philosophical, ...
Guide to Free Sites in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Landscapes Through Time
Henry VIII - The Life and Loves of Bluff King Hal
Whether or not Henry VIII ever exclaimed 'Off with her head', history suggests that the sentiment would have appealed to his fiery nature, as this nur...
Dover Castle, once described as the Key to the Kingdom, is the focus of this publication. One of the country's largest castles, it has the longest rec...
A New Strategy
The wonderfully evocative and poignant photographs in this book show our forebears at their leisure. The introduction of shorter working hours and ban...
A Source Book of Aggregate Types & Suppliers in England
The National Library of Mortar Sands enables historic mortars on English Heritage sites to be matched effectively with sands that are currently availa...
Welcoming Our Visitors : Managing and Presenting Heritage Sites : a Guide for Tutors and Students
Focusing on health, safety and security aspects, this is one of a series which shows how English Heritage deals with management and visitor issues at ...
Using the Evidence of the Historic Environment
This guide aims to help busy elementary teachers make the best use of a whole range of evidence for teaching history in schools today, covering areas ...
Audley End was one of the greatest houses in England, playing host to Elizabeth I and James I. After a period of decline, the house enjoyed a new leas...
The state of England's historic environment. 2004
This poster pack accompanies the book Real Romans and includes three cartoon posters - Who Were the Romans, The Romans Arrive ... and Stay a Very Long...