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Conservation areas: useful publications
Excellent advice on many aspects of building conservation is available from English Heritage and the national amenity societies. They provide advice sheets either free or at a small cost to anyone and much more if you join as a member.
The following publications provide invaluable information and / or advice, but don’t forget to check with the planning service if permission is needed before you start:
- A Stitch in Time: Maintaining your Property. Available from The SPAB or Lewisham Planning Service
- Building Conservation Directory. Available from Cathedral Communications 01747 871717 or www.buildingconservation.com
- Conservation of Historic Buildings by B.M. Fielden (Architectural Press)
- Dos & Don'ts -House and Cottage Restoration by H. Lander (Acanthus Books)
- Informed Conservation by Kate Clark. Available from English Heritage
- Old House Care and Repair by Janet Collings (Donhead) www.oldhouse.info
- Period House: Complete Care, Repair and Restoration by Albert Jackson and David Day (Collins)
- Structural Repair of Traditional Buildings by P. Robson (Donhead)
- Suburban Style: The British Home from 1840-1960 by Helena Barrett & John Phillips (MacDonald & Co)
- The Buildings of England: London South by Cherry and Pevsner (Penguin)
- The Georgian Group Book of the Georgian House by Steven Parissien. Available from The Georgian Group
- The Repair of Historic Buildings by Christopher Brereton. Available from English Heritage
- The Victorian Society Book of the Victorian House by Kit Wedd. Available from the Victorian Society
- Victorian Architecture by R. Dixon and S. Muthesius (Thames & Hudson).
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