Main entry:

Swallow, Peter.

Title & Author:

Measurement and recording of historic buildings / Peter Swallow, David Watt, Robert Ashton.

Publication:

London : Donhead, 1993.

Description:

xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160) and index.
Basic Survey Practice -- Surveying Equipment -- Elementary Land Survey -- Levelling -- Building Surveys I: Preliminaries and Sketching -- Building Surveys II: Measuring -- Building Surveys III: Plotting and Presentation -- Architectural Photography and Related Survey Techniques -- Modern Survey Methods -- Appendices: Hand Signals -- Common Abbreviations -- Setting Out for Common Arch Shapes -- Common Mouldings -- Practical Examples: Using Rod and Tape -- Practical Example: Plotting on the Spot -- Practical Examples: Recording Domestic Vernacular Buildings -- Practical Examples: Industrial Archaeological / Vernacular Recording -- Practical Examples: Computer-aided Mono-photogrammetry -- Bibliography -- Index.
Also issued online.

Summary:

A practical guide to measured building surveys with a special emphasis on recording the fabric of historic buildings. The text assumes little previous knowledge of surveying and firstly describes basic measuring techniques and equipment before introducing elementary surveying and levelling.

ISBN:

187339408X
9781873394083

Subject:

Surveying.
Historic buildings Measurement.
Historic buildings Conservation and restoration.
Monuments historiques Conservation et restauration.
Buildings Surveying

Added entries:

Watt, David, 1963-
Ashton, Robert, 1952-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93523
Call No.: ID NA2712.S9; ID:95-B995
Status: Available