Historic Environment Toolkit

A

• Architects
  • Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA)
  • Dictionary of Irish Architects (Historic)
• 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 35: Fanlights
  • Technical Note 48: Windows and 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 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
• (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

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

• Register of parks, gardens and demesnes
• Repair and Maintenance (Listed Buildings) 
• Repointing
  • Technical Note: Repointing stone and brick
• 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 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'

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
  • Technical Note 8.30: Securing Windows and Doors
  • Technical Note 14: Conservation of historical glass
  • Technical Note 48: Windows and doors
  • Technical Note 54: Glazed external protection for windows