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  • Historic Environment

    Historic Environment Toolkit

    Topics:
    • Historic environment, 
    • Archaeology & Monuments, 
    • Historic Environment Funding & Grants, 
    • Love Heritage NI

    An A-Z of useful advice, guidance, records and links for those dealing with, or interested in, the Historic Environment of Northern Ireland...

    A

    • Architects
      • Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
      • Dictionary of Irish Architects (Historic)
    • Archaeology 2030
    • Architectural Drawings Collections

    B

    • Brick (See 'Repointing')
    • British Standard 7913 – Conservation of historic buildings (BS 7913)
    • Buildings Database (Northern Ireland)
    • Buildings Preservation Notices (See 'Listing')
    • Burglar Alarms
      • Technical Note: Burglar alarms

    C

    • Cadw (Welsh Government’s historic environment service)
    • Chimneys
      • Technical Note: Chimneys, flues and hearths
    • Churches
      • Care for your Church and Church property
    • Climate Change
    • Conservation Areas in Northern Ireland
    • Conservation Principles
    • COVID19
      • Support for the Historic Environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • Curtilage
      • Listed Buildings and Curtilage (England)

    D

    • De-listing a Building (See 'Listing')
    • Defence Heritage
    • Demolition of listed buildings (See 'Enforcement')
    • Development Management Practice Notes
    • Doors (See also, 'Windows')
      • Technical Note 8.30: Securing Windows and Doors
      • Technical Note 48: Doors
      •  

    E

    • Energy Efficiency
      • Saving energy in traditional buildings (Scotland)
      • Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings Guidance (England)
      • Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings (Ireland)
      • Energy Efficiency (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings)
    • Enforcement, Practice Note 2 - Legislative Framework (Department for Infrastructure)
    • England
      • Historic England

    F

    • Fanlights (See 'Doors')
    • Fire
      • Listed Buildings and Fire
      • Technical Note: Fire Protection
    • Flooding advice for Listed Building owners
    • Floodlighting
      • Technical Note: Floodlighting of buildings
    • Funding & Grants
    • Funds for Historic Buildings

    G

    • Gardens (Historic)
    • Georgian Society
    • Glass (See 'Windows')
    • Glossary of conservation terms
    • Grants (See 'Funding')
    • Guidance for councils on historic buildings of local importance

    H

    • Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property
    • HeritageHub
    • HeritageNI
    • Heritage at Risk Register
    • Heritage Gardens Inventory (See 'Gardens')
    • Heritage Impact Assessment (CADW)
    • Heritage Lottery Fund
    • Historic Buildings Council
    • Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland (HERoNI)
    • Historic Environment Map Viewer
    • Historic Monuments Council
    • Historic telephone kiosks
    • Historic water pumps

    I

    • Industrial Archaeology
    • Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation
    • Ireland
      • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
      • Irish Heritage Trust
      • Irish Historic Houses Association
      • Irish Architectural Archive
      • Irish Architecture Foundation
      • The Heritage Council
      • Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI)
    • Isle of Man (Registered Buildings and Conservation Areas)

    J

    • Jersey (Listed Buildings and Places)

    L

    • Linenhall Library
    • Listed Building Consent
      • Making a better application
      • Listed Building Consent Form (LB1) (Planning NI)
    • Listed Building Owners’ Guide
    • Listing
      • Criteria for Listing and Scheduling
      • Nominate a Building
      • Listing Process
      • De-listing: Removing a building from the list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest
      • Information guide for local councils
      • Survey on the Condition of Listed Buildings
    • (Listed) Buildings Database (NI)

    M

    • Maintenance (See 'Repair and Maintenance')
    • Marine Heritage
    • Metals
      • Technical Note: Ferrous metals
    • Metal Detecting, Archaeology and the Law
    • Monuments advice and guidance
    • Myths and Queries

    N

    • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (Ireland)
    • National Museums NI
    • Natural Stone Database
    • Northern Ireland Buildings Database

    O

    • Owning a listed building – see ‘Listed Building Owners’ Guide’

    P

    • Painting
      • Technical Note: Paint and historic buildings
    • Parks (See 'Gardens')
    • Planning Authorities NI (within Local Councils)
    • Planning legislation (NI)
    • Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
    • Photographic Collection
    • Photographing historic buildings - notes for surveyors
    • Projects

    R

    • Repair and Maintenance (Listed Buildings)
    • Repointing
      • Technical Note: Repointing stone and brick
    • Retrofit
      • Retrofit of traditional buildings - what to consider when planning for the future
      • Thermal upgrade of traditional buildings
      • Older Buildings for a Greener Future (CITB NI)
      • Installing Heat Pumps in Historic Buildings
    • Roofs
      • Technical Note: Roofs
      • Technical Note: Roof drainage
      • See also, 'Thatch'

    S

    • Scotland
      • Historic Environment Scotland
    • Second Survey of Northern Ireland – Information leaflet
    • Setting in the Historic Environment
    • Signs and Signwriting
      • Technical Note 350: Signs and signwriting
    • Sites and Monuments Record
    • Society for the protection of ancient buildings
    • Statistics (Culture and Heritage including Historic Environment)
    • Stained Glass (Church of Ireland)
    • Stone
      • Technical Note: Repointing stone and brick
      • Technical Note: Stonework repairs
      • The Natural Stone Database

    T

    • Technical Notes
    • Telephone Kiosks (see Historic Telephone Kiosks)
    • Thatch
      • Thatch in Ireland (RoI)
      • Thatch in England
      • Thatch in Scotland
      • Thatch Condition Survey 2021-22
    • Traditional Buildings
    • Treasure Act: Information for Finders of Treasure in Northern Ireland

    U

    • Ulster Archaeological Society
    • Ulster Architectural Heritage
    • Ulster Garden Villages Ltd
    • Underwater finds (Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee - Guidance for divers)
    • Urgent Works Notices

    V

    • Vacant properties (securing) – see 'Windows' and 'Doors'
    • Ventilation
      • Technical Note: Ventilation
    • Vernacular buildings - see 'Traditional Buildings'
      • Sources of Information for Built Vernacular Heritage

    W

    • Wales
      • Cadw (Welsh Government’s historic environment service)
    • Walls
      • Technical Note: Masonry walls
      • Technical Note: External wall finishes
      • Technical Note: Internal wall finishes
    • War memorials
    • Windows
      • Guidance for Historic Windows

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    • European Heritage Open Days
    • Events, talks & exhibitions about local heritage
    • Heritage and Climate Change
    • Heritage at Risk
    • HERoNI Lecture Series
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    • Historic Environment Division (HED) policy statement regarding dogs on State Care Monuments
    • Historic Environment Division - Who we are and the difference we make
    • Historic Environment Division Policy on the Illumination of State Care Monuments
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    • Historic Monuments Council
    • Historic places to visit
    • Historic Telephone Kiosks
    • Historic wrecks
    • Industrial Archaeology
    • Marine historic environment
    • Monuments advice and guidance
    • Outdoor ground protection system for historic places
    • Protecting Northern Ireland's archaeology
    • Scheduled Historic Monuments
    • School visits to historic places
    • Sites and Monuments Record
    • Skills Development
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    • Support for the Historic Environment during the COVID-19 pandemic
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    • The impact of the Historic Environment Fund Revival Stream
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