Historic Building Assessment 2.2. The historic building assessment will be broadly consistent with an Historic England 2.3. A Level 3 building record is defined by Historic England as an analytical record. It comprises an introductory description followed by a systematic account of the building's origins, development and use (Historic England, 2016). Level 3 Drawn Record 2.4. The drawn record will be consistent with items 2 of the Historic England guidance (2016) regarding 'the drawn record' also includes some of items 3-12. 2.5. Primarily, the HBR utilises measured surveys of the Building of an unknown date that were provided by the National Trust. The surveys were checked for accuracy at various points throughout the structure during the site assessments, and were found to be within acceptable tolerances although it was noted that some alterations to the planform had been undertaken following the survey. Level 3 Written Record 2.6. The Level 3 written record has included items 1-3, 6-9 and 11-13, 23 and sometimes items 5, 14-16, 18-20, 22 and 24 of the guidance (Historic England, 2016). Also included was the building location, the dates the record was made and also the name of the recorder. It has included a summary of the building's historic and architectural background and context. This analysis is based upon a site inspection and also documentary sources and archival research. Level 3 Photographic Record 2.7. A digital photographic record has been compiled. Photography was undertaken with a Panasonic DMC-FZ2000 20.5mpx digital camera set to record images in both RAW and .jpeg formats. This is in-line with items 1-9 of the Historic England guidance. The photographic record includes general views of the building, shots of its external appearance and the overall appearance of principal spaces and functional areas. 2.8. Where necessary, an off-camera light was used during the photographic survey. The on-camera flash was only used in exceptional circumstances where the use of an off camera light source was not practicable. 2.9. Specific architectural details that relate to date, alteration, or function have been subject to more detailed photographic recording. Where surviving, external or internal detail (structural or decorative) relevant to the building's design, development and use has been photographed, with scale where appropriate. 2.10. Some files have been converted to .jpeg format for use in the report, but the original RAW or TIFF versions will be maintained in the project archive. Appropriate levels of metadata will be maintained and included in the digital archive following the approach set out in the aforementioned guidance. Assessment of heritage significance 2.11. The statement of significance has been assessed and described, in accordance with paragraph 194 of the NPPF (2023), the guidance issued by CIfA (2020), Historic Environment Good Practice Advice in Planning Note 2 (HE 2015) and Advice Note 12: Statements of Heritage Significance: Analysing Significance in Heritage Assets (Historic England 2019). Determination of significance has been undertaken according to the industry-standard guidance on assessing heritage value provided within Conservation Principles (English Heritage 2008). This approach considers heritage significance to derive from a combination of discrete heritage values, principal amongst which are: i) evidential (archaeological) value, ii) historic (illustrative and associative) value, iii) aesthetic value, iv) communal value, amongst others. Further detail of this approach, including the detailed definition of those aforementioned values, as set out, and advocated, by Historic England, is provided in Appendix 1 of this report. Conservation Objectives and Recommendations 2.12.
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