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3D Laser Scanning for Heritage (1659 Kb)

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A Guidance Note on Historic Environment Champions (199 Kb)

A Landscape Legacy: National Parks and the historic environment (1812 Kb)

A study of the social and economic impacts and benefits of traditional farm building and drystone wall repairs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Part 1 (5680 Kb)

A study of the social and economic impacts and benefits of traditional farm building and drystone wall repairs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Part 2 (1666 Kb)

A study of the social and economic impacts and benefits of traditional farm building and drystone wall repairs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Part 3 (7775 Kb)

A study of the social and economic impacts and benefits of traditional farm building and drystone wall repairs in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Part 4 (2968 Kb)

A Study of the Social and Economic Impacts and Benefits of Traditional Farm Building Repair and Re-use in the Lake District ESA (4226 Kb)

A Welcome Home - A Sense of Place for a New Thames Gateway (2006 Kb)

Acquisition Grants to Local Authorities to Underwrite Repairs Notices (1359 Kb)

Advice for Domestic Energy Assessors (156 Kb)

Advice on Maintenance of War Memorials (780 Kb)

An Asset and a Challenge; Heritage and Regeneration in Coastal Towns in England (4443 Kb)

Ancient Tree Guides No 1. Trees and Farming (2343 Kb)

Anthrax and Historic Plaster. Managing minor risks in historic building refurbishment (1238 Kb)

Anticipating and responding to the discovery of wall paintings: Practical Information Leaflet 3 (2447 Kb)

Archaeological Science at PPG16 Interventions: Best Practice Guidance for Curators and Commissioning Archaeologists (145 Kb)

Archaeomagnetic Dating (1065 Kb)

Archaeometallury: Centre for Archaeology Guidelines (3664 Kb)

Assessing the Effect of Road Schemes on Historic Landscape Character (4832 Kb)

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Bats in Churches: Guidelines for the identification assessment and management of bat-related damage to church contents (2420 Kb)

Biomass Energy and the Historic Environment (981 Kb)

Boundless Horizons: historic landscape characterisation (143 Kb)

Building in context: New development in historic areas (2940 Kb)

Building Regulations and Historic Buildings (1106 Kb)

Building Regulations and Historic Buildings - Balancing the needs for energy conservation with those of building conservation: an Interim Guidance Note on the application of Part L (1064 Kb)

Building Sustainable Communities. Actions for housing and market renewal (662 Kb)

Building Value: Public benefits of historic farm building repair in the Lake District (Executive Summary) (698 Kb)

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Capital Solutions: Modern Conservation in London (2147 Kb)

Capital Spaces: transforming London (1577 Kb)

Capital Values: the Contribution of the Historic Environment to London part 1 (2990 Kb)

Capital Values: the Contribution of the Historic Environment to London part 2 (2939 Kb)

Capturing the Public Value of Heritage (1476 Kb)

Change and Creation: historic landscape character 1950-2000. (1209 Kb)

Climate Change and the Historic Environment (1034 Kb)

Coastal Defence and the Historic Environment. English Heritage Guidance (2835 Kb)

Conservation Principles, Policies and Guidance April 08 (317 Kb)

Conversion of Traditional Farm Buildings: A guide to good practice part 1 (2342 Kb)

Conversion of Traditional Farm Buildings: A guide to good practice part 2 (2430 Kb)

Culture in local area agreements in London (982 Kb)

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Dendrochronology: Guidelines on producing and interpreting dendrochronological dates (1239 Kb)

Discovering the Past, Shaping the Future: Research Strategy 2005 - 2010 (610 Kb)

Door and Window Furniture (1127 Kb)

Draughtproofing and secondary glazing (1221 Kb)

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Easy Access to Historic Buildings (1454 Kb)

Easy Access To Historic Landscapes (1868 Kb)

Enabling Development and the Conservation of Heritage Assets. Policy Statement and Practical Guide to Assessment (577 Kb)

Enabling development and the conservation of significant places POLICY AND GUIDANCE (414 Kb)

Enabling Development: principal changes between 2001 publication and 2008 post-consultation final draft (15 Kb)

Energy conservation in traditional buildings (1453 Kb)

Energy Performance Certificates for Historic and Traditional Homes (198 Kb)

Energy Savings (597 Kb)

England's Heritage - Your Heritage (1097 Kb)

English Heritage Research Agenda: An introduction to English Heritage’s Research Themes and Programmes (2043 Kb)

Environmental Archaeology: A guide to the theory and practice of methods from sampling and recovery to post-excavation (6077 Kb)

Environmental Quality in Spatial Planning: Incorporating the natural, built and historic environment, and rural issues in plans and strategies. (638 Kb)

Environmental Quality in Spatial Planning: Supplementary files. (479 Kb)

External Lighting for Historic Buildings (1296 Kb)

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Farming the Historic Landscape. Caring for Archaeological Sites in Grassland (791 Kb)

Farming the Historic Landscape. Caring for Archaeological Sites on Arable Land (1121 Kb)

Farming the Historic Landscape. Caring for Farm Buildings (971 Kb)

Farming the Historic Landscape: An introduction for farm advisers (3250 Kb)

Farming the Historic Landscape: Caring for Historic Parkland (519 Kb)

Farming the Historic Landscape: Entry Level Stewardship (615 Kb)

Fire Research Database (523 Kb)

Flooding and Historic Buildings. Technical Advice Note (504 Kb)

Future of Historic School Buildings (2005) (797 Kb)

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GENTLY DOES IT: a procedural and technical guide to managing the cleansing and disinfection of historic farmsteads in the aftermath of the Foot and Mouth epizotic (365 Kb)

Geoarchaeology: using earth sciences to understand the archaeological record (5724 Kb)

Geophysical Survey in Archaeological Field Evaluation (1288 Kb)

Graffiti on Historic Buildings and Monuments. Methods of removal and preservation 1 of 2 (1991 Kb)

Graffiti on Historic Buildings and Monuments. Methods of removal and preservation 2 of 2 (1872 Kb)

Grants for Cathedrals 2004 (125 Kb)

Grants for Historic Buildings, Monuments and Designed Landscapes (164 Kb)

Grants for War Memorials (87 Kb)

Grants to Local Authorities to Underwrite Urgent Works Notices (1197 Kb)

Green Flag Award Leaflet.pdf (131 Kb)

Green Heritage Site Leaflet.pdf (228 Kb)

Growing Places: Heritage and a Sustainable Future for the Thames Gateway pages 1 - 10 (2515 Kb)

Growing Places: Heritage and a Sustainable Future for the Thames Gateway pages 11-20 (2407 Kb)

Growing Places: Heritage and a Sustainable Future for the Thames Gateway pages 21-30 (2602 Kb)

Guidance for best practice for treatment of human remains excavated from Christian burial grounds in England (1601 Kb)

Guidance note for Crown Bodies on the removal of crown immunity and their historic estate (135 Kb)

Guidance on Assessing the Risk Posed by Land Contamination and its Remediation on Archaeological Resource Management (980 Kb)

Guidance on conservation area appraisals (1010 Kb)

Guidance on Tall Buildings (66 Kb)

Guidance on tall buildings 2007 (71 Kb)

Guidance on the management of conservation areas (1855 Kb)

Guidelines on the X-radiography of archaeological metalwork (1349 Kb)

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HELM Leaflet (633 Kb)

Heritage Counts 2003 summary.pdf (50 Kb)

Heritage Counts 2004 Summary (1087 Kb)

Heritage Counts 2005 Summary (486 Kb)

Heritage Dividend 2002.pdf (1267 Kb)

Heritage Dividend Methodology: Measuring the Impact of Heritage Projects (385 Kb)

Heritage of Historic Suburbs (1547 Kb)

Heritage Works: The use of historic buildings in regeneration (669 Kb)

Historic farm buildings: constructing the evidence base (2783 Kb)

Homes with History (1648 Kb)

Human Bones from Archaeological Sites- Guidelines for producing assessment documents and analytical report (887 Kb)

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Identifying and protecting Palaeolithic remains: Archaeological guidance for planning authorities and developers (1215 Kb)

Informed Conservation - An Introduction to the Guidelines.pdf (3101 Kb)

Insuring your Historic Building. Churches and chapels 1 of 2_1996.pdf (2225 Kb)

Insuring your Historic Building. Churches and chapels 2 of 2_1996.pdf (2144 Kb)

Insuring your Historic Buildings. Houses and Commercial Buildings 1 of 2_1994.pdf (2538 Kb)

Insuring your Historic Buildings. Houses and Commercial Buildings 2 of 2_1994.pdf (1959 Kb)

Introducing Easy Access to Historic Buildings (2004) (135 Kb)

Investigative Work on Historic Buildings (1359 Kb)

Investment Performance of Listed Offices (245 Kb)

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Lead Roofs on Historic Buildings. An advisory note on underside lead corrosion 1 of 4_1997.pdf (2079 Kb)

Lead Roofs on Historic Buildings. An advisory note on underside lead corrosion 2 of 4_1997.pdf (2149 Kb)

Lead Roofs on Historic Buildings. An advisory note on underside lead corrosion 3 of 4_1997.pdf (2087 Kb)

Lead Roofs on Historic Buildings. An advisory note on underside lead corrosion 4 of 4_1997.pdf (1799 Kb)

Lightning Protection For Churches: A guide to design and installation (2672 Kb)

Listing is Changing (2005) (231 Kb)

Living buildings in a living landscape: finding a future for traditional farm buildings (1584 Kb)

Living buildings in a living landscape: finding a future for traditional farm buildings long version (4098 Kb)

Local Area Agreements and the Historic Environment (730 Kb)

Local Authority Archaeological Services: Report on staffing and casework surveys 1997-2003 (1320 Kb)

Local Authority Conservation Provision in England: Research project into staffing, casework and resources (837 Kb)

Local Authority Conservation Provision leaflet (1247 Kb)

Local Strategic Partnerships and the Historic Environment (2005) (637 Kb)

London Terrace Houses 1660-1860 1 of 2 1996 .pdf (2528 Kb)

London Terrace Houses 1660-1860 2 of 2 (2550 Kb)

Low Demand Housing 2005 (1387 Kb)

Low Demand Housing Model Brief (2005) (74 Kb)

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Making The Past Part Of Our Future: English Heritage Strategy 2005 - 2010 (1539 Kb)

Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment: The MoRPHE Project Managers’ Guide (1657 Kb)

Managing Earthwork Monuments - Appendix (210 Kb)

Managing Earthwork Monuments - Introduction (1367 Kb)

Managing Earthwork Monuments - Section B (495 Kb)

Managing Earthwork Monuments - Section C (1640 Kb)

Managing Lithic Scatters: Archaeological guidance for planning authorities and developers (770 Kb)

Managing Local Authority Heritage Assets Leaflet (442 Kb)

Managing local authority heritage assets. Some guiding principles for decision-makers_2003.pdf (8481 Kb)

Marine Aggregate Dredging and the Historic Environment (2003) (3415 Kb)

Metal Windows_1997.pdf (646 Kb)

Micro wind generation and traditional buildings (935 Kb)

Military Aircraft Crash Sites. Archaeological guidance on their significance and future management_2002 .pdf (2445 Kb)

Military Wall Art. Guidelines on its significance, conservation and management_2004 (321 Kb)

Mineral Extraction and Archaeology: A Practice Guide (2317 Kb)

Mineral Extraction and the Historic Environment (1533 Kb)

Moving Towards Excellence in Urban design and Conservation_2003 (364 Kb)

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New Work in Historic Places of Worship (688 Kb)

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Our Portable Past (1150 Kb)

Outstanding Beauty Outstanding Heritage: AONBs and the Historic Environment (570 Kb)

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Paradise Preserved: An introduction to the assessment, evaluation, conservation and management of historic cemeteries (6021 Kb)

Park Keeper, The (1047 Kb)

Piling and Archaeology (3079 Kb)

Planning and Development in the Historic Environment. A Charter for English Heritage Advisory Services (2005) (179 Kb)

Ports: the impact of development on the maritime historic environment (428 Kb)

Practical Conservation Guidelines for Successful Hospitality Events in Historic Houses (648 Kb)

Presentation of Historic Building Survey in CAD 1 of 2.pdf (949 Kb)

Presentation of Historic Building Survey in CAD 2 of 2.pdf (737 Kb)

Principles of Conservation Practice: Engineering the past to meet the needs of the future (705 Kb)

Production of Wall Painting Conservation Documents. Practical information leaflet 1_2002.pdf (153 Kb)

Protected Wreck Sites At Risk: A Risk Management Handbook (537 Kb)

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Radiocarbon Dates from samples funded by English Heritage under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 2002–4 (4186 Kb)

Re-Arch: English Heritage Policy Statement on Restoration, Reconstruction, and Speculative Recreation of Archaeological Sites including Ruins (2001) (158 Kb)

Regeneration and the Historic Environment: Heritage as a catalyst for better social and economic regeneration (2005) (305 Kb)

Regeneration in Historic Coastal Towns (1694 Kb)

Repair grants for places of worship in England 2005 to 2007 (196 Kb)

Retail Development in Historic Areas (755 Kb)

Royal Mail Letter Boxes. A joint policy statement by Royal Mail and English Heritage_2002.pdf (1529 Kb)

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Scheduled Monuments at Risk: East Midlands region (653 Kb)

Scheduled Monuments. A guide for owners and occupiers (817 Kb)

Science for Historic Industries: Guidelines for the investigation of 17th- to 19th-century industries (3905 Kb)

Shared Interest - Part 1 (304 Kb)

Shared Interest - Part 2 (2876 Kb)

Shared Interest - Part 3 (2670 Kb)

Shifting Sands. Design and the changing image of English Seaside Towns_2003 (513 Kb)

Shoreline Management Plan Review and the Historic Environment: English Heritage Guidance (334 Kb)

Small scale solar electric (photovoltaics) energy and traditional buildings (1484 Kb)

Small-scale solar thermal energy and traditional buildings (1203 Kb)

Stone Slate Roofing: Technical advice note (3684 Kb)

Stopping the Rot: A step by step guide to serving Urgent Works and Repairs Notices. 1 of 3. (961 Kb)

Stopping the Rot: A step by step guide to serving Urgent Works and Repairs Notices. 2 of 3. (796 Kb)

Stopping the Rot: A step by step guide to serving Urgent Works and Repairs Notices. 3 of 3. (1544 Kb)

Strategic Environment Assessment: Consultation Bodies' Services and Standards for Responsible Authorities (284 Kb)

Streamlining listed building consent. Lessons from the use of management agreements_2003.pdf (2135 Kb)

Streets for All : 1 Fixing signs, lights and CCTV to buildings (572 Kb)

Streets for All : 10 How to do a street audit (436 Kb)

Streets for All : 2 Parking restrictions without yellow lines (489 Kb)

Streets for All : 3 Guardrails and crossings (582 Kb)

Streets for All : 4 Historic Surfaces (502 Kb)

Streets for All : 5 Traffic Calming (444 Kb)

Streets for All : 6 Tactile Paving (455 Kb)

Streets for All : 7 Non standard signs and best use of standards (400 Kb)

Streets for All : 8 Reducing sign clutter (479 Kb)

Streets for All : 9 Use of white lines (500 Kb)

Streets for All 2004 (679 Kb)

Streets for All Practical Case Studies: A summary (724 Kb)

Streets for All: A guide to the management of London's streets 1 of 4 (1360 Kb)

Streets for All: A guide to the management of London's streets 2 of 4 (3210 Kb)

Streets for All: A guide to the management of London's streets 3 of 4 (3707 Kb)

Streets for All: A guide to the management of London's streets 4 of 4 (1774 Kb)

Suburbs and the Historic Environment (689 Kb)

Surge Protection Equipment: A guide to selection and installation in historic buildings (1816 Kb)

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Taking to the Water. English Heritage Initial Policy for The Management of Maritime Archaeology in England_2002.pdf (151 Kb)

Temporary Protection of Wall Paintings During Building Works. Practical information leaflet 2_2002.pdf (149 Kb)

Thatch and Thatching (6955 Kb)

The Heritage Dividend Methodology: Valuing the Historic Environment 2 (792 Kb)

Timber Sash Windows_1997.pdf (1158 Kb)

Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills needs analysis of the Building heritage sector in England 2005 (5411 Kb)

Transport and the Historic Environment_2004.pdf (747 Kb)

Treatment of Disused Lead Mine Shafts: A Guide to Good Practice (2538 Kb)

Twentieth-Century Military Sites. Current approaches to their recording and conservation_2003.pdf (1157 Kb)

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Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice - Part 1 (2683 Kb)

Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice - Part 2 (4686 Kb)

Understanding Historic Buildings: A guide to good recording practice - Part 3 (3009 Kb)

Understanding SAP ratings for historic and traditional homes (174 Kb)

Using Historic Landscape Characterisation (7564 Kb)

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Valuing Our Heritage (3052 Kb)

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Where on Earth Are We. The Global Positioning System (GPS) in archaeological field survey_2003.pdf (1531 Kb)

Why your Authority should appoint an Historic Environment Champion (547 Kb)

Wind Energy and the Historic Environment (1164 Kb)

Window Comparisons_1994.pdf (854 Kb)

With Alidade and Tape: Graphical and plane table survey of archaeological earthworks (3664 Kb)

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Your Heritage Needs You (441 Kb)