Guides to recording and interpreting the fabric of buildings
- Addis, R.
, Firemarks.
See Business records for
fire insurance records.
- Alcock, N.W. et al, Recording
Timber-Framed Buildings: An Illustrated Glossary (Revd.
edn. CBA 1996).
- Andrews, D., Blake, B., Clowes,
M., and Wilson, K., The Survey and Recording of Historic
Buildings and Monuments (Association of Archaeological
Illustrators and Surveyors 1995).
- Association of Local Archaeological Officers, Analysis
and recording for the conservation and control
of works to historic buildings (1997). Can be downloaded as a pdf
file.
- Buchanan, T.,
Photographing Historic Buildings for the Record (RCHME
1983).
- Clark, K., Informed
Conservation (English Heritage 2001). A guide to the
techniques for understanding historic buildings to inform their
conservation. Extract giving guidelines
for reports.
- Cocke, T. et al, Recording
a Church: An illustrated glossary (3rd edn CBA 1996).
- Curl, J.S., A Dictionary of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture, 2nd edn (2006).
- English Heritage/The Cathedrals Fabric Commission for
England, Cathedrals Fabric Records (1995).
- Fleming, J., Honour, H., and Pevsner, N., The
Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
(2000). Illustrated and includes bibliography.
- Grieve,
N., The
Urban Conservation Glossary (Dundee University,
online publication).
- ICOMOS, Guide
to Recording Historic Buildings (1990).
- Lever, J.
and Harris, J., The Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture,
800-1914, 2nd edn (1993).
- McDowell,
R.W., Recording Old Houses: A guide (CBA
1980).
- Morriss, R.K., The
Archaeology of Buildings (2000). An introduction to
building materials and construction techniques as well as the recording
and interpretation methods employed by building archaeologists.
- National
Monuments Record Thesauri: English Heritage
preferred terms for monument types, building elements and building
materials.
- Rodwell, W., The
Archaeology of Churches (2005).
- RCHME,
Recording Historic Buildings: A descriptive
specification,
3rd ed. (1996).
- Smith, L., Investigating
Old Buildings (1985).
- Swallow, P.,
Watt, D., and Ashton, R., Measurement and Recording of
Historic Buildings (1993).
- Taylor,
R., How to Read a Church: A guide to images, symbols and
meanings in churches and cathedrals (2003).
- Vadnal,
J., Glossary
of Medieval Art and Architecture (University of
Pittsburgh, illustrated online publication).
- Wood,
J. (ed.), Buildings Archaeology: Applications in Practice
(1994).
- Wood, J., Record
making, Building Conservation Directory (1996). Online
article.
- And see Dating
and Materials. For
glossaries of architectural words used in manuscripts see Aids to Reading and Translating
Manuscripts.
