Course description
This course is intended for architects, surveyors, contractors and site managers. The teaching is divided between illustrated lectures and local site visits to a hill fort, church and ruined priory and unique access to the West Dean bat tunnel accompanied by a licensed bat handler.
The course aims to give an understanding of the plants and animals which occur on and in historic buildings and sites and the implications of legislation in their management. These are not only important for wildlife conservation but they also contribute to the aesthetic appeal of sites and are a valuable educational resource. While some may be damaging to masonry or artefacts, others are benign and might actually give protection from erosion or decay.
The course will look at the flora and fauna of historic structures and their surroundings, the use of vegetation to protect ruined wall-tops (‘soft capping’) and the implications for site management with special reference to bats and their conservation requirements.
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