Farm and Rural Building Conversions (Hardcover)

Carole Ryan

ISBN 10: 1847973833 / ISBN 13: 9781847973832

Published by The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury, 2012

About this Item

Hardcover. "Farm and Rural Building Conversions" provides a detailed record of types of rural buildings and advice for conversion, including retention of period features where appropriate. Sympathetic conversion that ensures this record of rural life is not lost forever. This highly illustrated book covers: .History and development of all types of farm and related rural buildings .Conservation and planning issues .Local authority guidelines for conversion .Conservation professionals involved and ethics of conversion .The design process for conversion .Budgeting for conversion .Working within a rural context and landscape .Case studies of different types of conversions AUTHOR: Carole Ryan has worked in the field of the conservation and conversion of redundant rural buildings for most of her forty years of working life, either as a Principal Conservation Officer in a Local Authority, or as an Historic Building Consultant/Senior Lecturer. She is recently retired, but still a practising Conservation Officer. ILLUSTRATIONS: 500 colour photographs Provides a detailed record of types of rural buildings and advice for conversion, including retention of period features where appropriate. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Farm and Rural Building Conversions (Hardcover)
• Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd, Ramsbury
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847973833
• ISBN 13: 9781847973832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Farm and Rural Building Conversions provides a detailed record of types of rural buildings and advice for conversion, including retention of period features where appropriate, allowing for sympathetic conversion that ensures this record of rural life is not lost forever.

About the Author

Carole Ryan has worked in the field of the conservation and conversion of redundant rural buildings for most of her 40 years of working life, either as a principal conservation officer in a Local Authority, or as an historic building consultant/senior lecturer. She is recently retired, but still a practicing conservation officer.