Publications

Useful resources for those interested in the preservation of historic buildings.

  • Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust – Review of Trust activity 1967-2007

    A booklet marking 40 years of the Trust’s activities. Researched and written by Colin Johns, Architect to the Trust.download as pdf

 

  • Wiltshire
    Julian Orbach, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bridget Cherry.https://www.yalebooks.co.uk/display.asp?K=9780300251203The Wiltshire edition of the Pevsner Architectural Guide has been revised and updated by Julian Orbach and is due 8 Jun 2021. Orbach is author of the revised edition of Somerset: South and West (2014) and co-author of others.

 

  • The Building Conservation Directory
    Established in 1993 by conservation specialists to address the lack of information on suitable products and services, this 250-page A-Z on building preservation has grown to provide details of over 1,000 conservation organisations, companies and individual craftsmen. A free digital edition is available on the Building Conservation website – www.buildingconservation.com

 

  • Available from the Wiltshire Buildings Record:

    • Wiltshire Farmhouses and Cottages 1500-1850
    • Wiltshire Farm Buildings  1500-1900
    • Medieval Houses of Wiltshire
    • Wiltshire Town Houses  1500-1900
    • Architects and Building Craftsmen with work in Wiltshire
    • Wiltshire Gate Lodges – a Guide and Gazetteer
    • Wiltshire Almshouses and their Founders
    • The Dovecotes and Pigeon Lofts of Wiltshire
    • Wiltshire Village Reading Rooms

https://www.wiltshirebuildingsrecord.org.uk/