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Subject(s)

• Floors—England—History [Browse]
• Floors—Conservation and restoration—England [Browse]
• Historic buildings—England—Conservation and restoration [Browse]

Related name

• Fawcett, Jane [Browse]

Series

Butterworth-Heinemann series in conservation and museology [More in this series]

Notes

"Published in association with ICOMOS UK (International Council on Monuments and Sites) with the generous assistance of the Manifold Trust and Historic Scotland".

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.

Contents

• Cathedrals, churches and chapels : tile, mosaic, Cosmati, marble and stone pavements, ledger stones and monumental brasses / Jane Fawcett
• The archaeology of church and cathedral floors / Warwick Rodwell
• The two great marble pavements in the sanctuary and shrine areas of Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey / Tim Tatton-Brown
• Archaeological research : Canterbury Cathedral nave floor / Kevin Blockley
• Ledger stones : documentary sources : York minster / Bernard Barr
• York minster ledger stones : conservation options / Charles Brown
• The surveyor's approach to recording floors / Ross W.A. Dallas
• Photographic recording of floor surfaces and components / Robert Skingle
• The retrieval of damaged inscriptions through remote sensing techniques / Christopher J. Brooke
• The preservation of the records of historic floors / Mark Dorrington
• Records and computerization / Diana Hale
• Winchester Cathedral : conserving the retrochoir pavement / Peter Bird
• Use and abuse : management and good practice in cathedrals and greater churches / Jane Fawcett
• Palaces, public buildings, houses and villas : tile, mosaic, stone and marble floors, parquetry, carpets and painted floors ; The conservation of the excavated floor / Daryl Fowler
• Seventeenth-century and later floors at Ham House / Christopher Rowell
• Historic floors at risk : Uppark, a case study / Iain McLaren
• Encaustic pavements : conservation, protection and replacement issues : the Palace of Westminster / A.T. Jardine
• Historic floors at risk : St. George's Hall, Liverpool / Donald Insall
• The open house : the management of visitors / Christopher Hanson-Smith
• Appendix : cathedral floor studies : indentification of areas at risk and location of historic features / Jane Fawcett.

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ISBN

0750627654

LCCN

98010712

OCLC

38239379

RCP

N - O

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