Welcome to Talking Conservation, where we talk about all things related to our built heritage. Whether you own an historic building, are responsible for a heritage site, or are a professional consultant, contractor, or simply interested - this is the place to find out more.
We discuss various matters and conduct interviews with a wide range of people involved with our heritage in some way. This includes architects, surveyors, archaeologists, conservation officers, contractors, conservators, historians ... the list goes on.
We are interested in and talk about any aspect of heritage; not only listed buildings, but all older and traditionally constructed buildings and anything that could be considered a heritage site.
Stephen's Heritage Conservation Community information can be found here: https://beconservation.com/heritage-conservation-community
Rich's platform putting owners in touch with consultants can be found here: https://expertible.com/
Welcome to Talking Conservation, where we talk about all things related to our built heritage. Whether you own an historic building, are responsible for a heritage site, or are a professional consultant, contractor, or simply interested - this is the place to find out more.
We discuss various matters and conduct interviews with a wide range of people involved with our heritage in some way. This includes architects, surveyors, archaeologists, conservation officers, contractors, conservators, historians ... the list goes on.
We are interested in and talk about any aspect of heritage; not only listed buildings, but all older and traditionally constructed buildings and anything that could be considered a heritage site.
Stephen's Heritage Conservation Community information can be found here: https://beconservation.com/heritage-conservation-community
Rich's platform putting owners in touch with consultants can be found here: https://expertible.com/
MYTHBUSTING!
James Wright
We are talking to James Wright - the Historic Buildings Mythbuster!
We start off by looking into his background and how he got into building archaeology, and then we go on to tease a bit more out about him in terms of some of the grand buildings he's dealt with to some of the smaller historic buildings, and the lessons that he's learnt from those. We talk about some of the science involved in building archaeology, so dendrochronology what it is, how that works and how he uses that, as well as some of the other investigation techniques and the technology that's used.
The historic reuse of building materials is discussed and how that can throw you off the scent of a particular building in terms of it’s age and legacy. From this we go ont to talk about where to start with understanding your own building and some of the resources that homeowners can use to research their own building's history.
Then, onto the myths. In particular we talk about the myth of reusing ship timbers, as well as touching on the issue of the oldest pub.
And then James mentions his favourite books, including Linda Hall’s ‘Period House Fixtures & Fittings’. When we go on to talk about his favourite building, we benefit from a fantastic overview of the history of Knole House in Kent.
Of course, we mention how to contact James.
We think it's a really good episode, this one, very engaging, hope you enjoy it, do let us know.
00:00 - Intro to James
04:28 - How do you take the lessons from studying grand buildings into smaller historic buildings?
09:46 - Dendrochronology
19:58 - How do you deal with something that’s covered up?
26:04 - When to involve a building archeologist
29:09 - Buildings archaeology isn’t very expensive in the grand scheme of things
31:46 - Investigation techniques and technology
43:35 - When changes occur to buildings and changes of ownership
53:20 - Reusing of building materials
57:54 - Where do you start with trying to understand your own building?
1:02:24 - Resources homeowners can use to research their building’s history
1:13:49 - The myth of reused ship’s timbers
1:22:09 - James favourite books
1:24:39 - James’ favourite building
1:29:04 - How to contact James
Links:
James' website: https://triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/
James' Historic Building Mythbusting: https://amzn.to/3OvF4Q5
Linda Hall's Period House Fixtures & Fittings: https://amzn.to/4i980el
The books of Ronald Brunskill: https://amzn.to/4fOuIHb
Knole House: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/knole
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