Built Heritage Surveys are often commissioned as a result of large-scale developments relating to infrastructure, industrial or commercial projects. They generally involve the recording of all the known buildings and structures which will be impacted upon by a proposed large-scale development.

These include all upstanding buildings such as country houses and demesnes, historic houses of the lesser gentry, vernacular dwellings, mills, smithys, limekilns, canals, locks, bridges etc. These surveys can also include archaeological buildings e.g. churches, tower houses, castles, as appropriate. Built Heritage Surveys also include smaller items of street furniture e.g. post-boxes, lampposts and roadside furniture e.g. milestones, water pumps, crosses and memorials etc.

We can carry out a built heritage survey as a stand alone project or as part of a Cultural Heritage EIS. We have undertaken various built heritage surveys for national road schemes, local authorities, private developers and local groups such as historical societies.