Building Legislation and Historic Buildings (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Building legislation and historic buildings 2
Copyright Page 3
Table of Contents 4
Foreword 9
Acknowledgements 9
General introduction 10
Chapter 1. The legislation before the Building Regulations 1985 12
1.1 Introduction 12
1.2 The Public Health Acts 12
1.3 The Building Regulations 1976 12
1.4 The London Building Acts and Constructional By-laws 14
1.5 The Fire Precautions Act 15
1.6 The Housing Acts 17
1.7 Other Legislation 18
Case Study 1: Shops with mixed uses and tenancies 20
A. Nos. 5-10 Kingsmead Square, Bath 20
B. No. 76 Low Petergate, York 22
C. Marshal Wade's House, Bath 24
Case Study 2: Warehouses and Mills 26
A. No. 35 King Street, Bristol 26
B. The Great Warehouse, Coalbrookdale, Shropshire 28
C. The No. 2 MiLL, 
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Chapter 2. Problems and conflicts 36
2.1 Introduction 36
2.2 The Building Regulations 1976 41
2.3 The Public Health Acts 46
2.4 The Fire Precautions Act 1971 47
2.5 The Housing Acts 50
2.6 Other Legislation 51
2.7 Summary 58
Case Study 3: Victorian Villas 59
A. No. 57 The Close, Norwich 59
Case Study 4: Civic Buildings 62
A. The Town Hall, Manchester 62
B. The Guildhall, Thaxted, Essex 65
Chapter 3. Administration and enforcement 68
3.1 Introduction 68
3.2 Problems Common to most Legislation 70
3.3 Building Control Authorities 72
3.4 Fire Authorit 77
3.5 Improvement Grant Administration 78
3.6 Environmental Health and Housing Authorities 79
3.7 The Health and Safety at Work Act 80
3.8 Residential Care Establishments 80
3.9 The Licensing Act 80
3.10 Conservation Officers 80
3.11 Highway Authorities 81
3.12 Statutory Undertakings 81
Case Study 5: Town Houses 82
A. Clarence House, Thaxted, Essex 82
B. Nos. 12/13 and 42/43 Bedford Row, London WC1 84
C. Nos. 5, 7, 10 and 12 Great Ormond Street, London WC1 86
Case Study 6: Churches 89
A. St James', Pockthorpe, Norwich 89
B. St Leonard's, Foscote, Buckinghamshire 91
C. St Peter and St Paul, Shellow Bowells, Essex 92
Chapter 4. Recent changes in legislation 96
4.1 The Building Regulations 1985 96
4.2 Supervision of the Regulations 102
4.3 Building Regulations in Inner London 104
4.4 The Fire Precautions Act 1971 105
4.5 The Housing Acts 106
Case Study 7: Hotels and Public Houses 107
A. The Lady in Grey and Broughton House, Shardlow, Derbyshire 107
B. The Wig and Mitre, Lincoln 111
Case Study 8: Shops 113
A. John O'Port's House, Salisbury 113
B. No. 12 Newgate, York 115
C. The Central MarketBuilding, Covent Garden, London WC2 117
Chapter 5. Historic buildings as a specialcase 122
5.1 Establishing Standards for Historic Buildings 122
5.2 The Need for Further Research 124
5.3 Relaxations 125
5.4 Exemptions 126
Case Study 9: Country Houses 127
A. Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire 127
B. Kenwood House, London NW3 130
C. Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire 134
D. Cliveden Manor, Buckinghamshire 138
Case Study 10: Country Cottages and Barns 140
A. Nos. 5 and 8 St John's Square, Wilton, Wiltshire 140
B. Old Manor Farm House, Torquay 142
C. The Derbyshire Field Barns 143
D. Barns at Buckden and Sedbergti, North Yorkshire 145
Chapter 6. Conclusions and recommendations 148
6.1 Introduction 148
6.2 Performance Standards 148
6.3 Research and Codes of Practice 149
6.4 Relaxation and Exemptions 149
6.5 Education 149
6.6 A New Coordinating Role for Conservation Officers 150
6.7 Recommendations 150
Case Study 11: Schools 151
A. Leadenhall School,Salisbury 151
B. Bootham School, York 154
Case Study 12: University Buildings 155
A. Worcester College, Oxford 155