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|name = English Stone Forum |key_people = Terry Hughes (Chairman), Alison Henry (Secretary) |area_served = England |industry = Dimension stone, building conservation |homepage = http://www.englishstone.org.uk/ }} The English Stone Forum (ESF) is an organisation which supports the use of building stone, or dimension stone, produced in England. It works to:
It is chaired by Terry Hughes and governed by representatives of British and English organisations active in the study and production of building stone, the training of stonemasons, architects and conservation professionals and the conservation of historic buildings and structures. The forum's website provides information on building and roofing stone and issues about its supply and use. It invites suggestions for further activities and can be contacted through its website. There is a similar organisation for Welsh stone. HistoryFrom 1990 it had become increasingly apparent that difficulties in obtaining authentic stone were seriously hampering the repair and conservation of historic and listed buildings in the UK. This situation had come about because of a number of factors including:
The consequence was that dimension stone quarrying became increasingly uneconomical and unpalatable especially for small scale operators. In response to this situation and with the support of English Heritage, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office (now the Department of Communities and Local Government Department for Communities and Local Government)[4] commissioned a report Planning for the Supply of Natural Building and Roofing Stone in England and Wales (known as The Symonds Report). Published in 2004 it reviewed the state of supply and demand for building stone and the planning environment in which it operated. It recommended:
A summary of the report [5] is available from Communities and Local Government Publications.[6] Similar problems had been identified by building conservation organisations in Scotland and Wales and had resulted in the formation of the Scottish Stone Liaison Group (now closed) and the Welsh Stone Forum. In 2005 the Geoconservation Commission of the Geological Society of London organised a conference which supported the creation of a similar organisation for England. The ESF [7][8][9][10][11] held its first meeting in 2006. It meets three times a year and publishes notes of the meeting and an annual summary of activities[12] on its website. Members
Policy on stone supply for building conservation and repairThe English Stone Forum supports the national policy on planning for stone supply in England. National policy is the responsibility of the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) while local policies and decisions on planning applications rest with local minerals planning authorities. The main threads of national policy are that:
ESF is also supporting and contributing views to a scheme for the designation of Global Heritage Building Stones which is being developed by the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment.[15]
PublicationsPublications are produced on stone sourcing,[16] production[17] and use; minerals planning[18][19] and building conservation.[20] ESF's smaller publications can be downloaded from the media, issues, information and publications pages of the website. England's Heritage in Stone, Doyle P, Hughes T G, Thomas I A, (eds) 2005, Update 17 March 2011 England's Heritage in Stone is now out of print but copies have been supplied to most English universities and colleges which provide building conservation courses. Copies are also available in all the UK legal deposit libraries. External links
References1. ^Identifying and Sourcing Stone for Historic Building Repair.English Heritage 2. ^ Hyslop, Ewan K. 2004. The performance of replacement sandstone in the New Town of Edinburgh. Historic Scotland Research Report. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland. 3. ^ The English Heritage Strategic Stone study 4. ^ Department of Communities and Local Government 5. ^ Planning for the supply of building and roofing stone 6. ^ Communities and Local Government Publications 7. ^Conference marks formation of forum, Natural Stone Specialist, January 2005. 8. ^Meeting to discuss formation of forum, Natural Stone Specialist, June 2005. 9. ^English Stone Forum inspired by Scottish Stone Liaison Group, Natural Stone Specialist August 2008 10. ^Heritage: Stone in Conservation, Natural Stone Specialist, August 2009. 11. ^ Winning stone from local sources, Context, July 2005 12. ^ English Stone Forum meeting notes and activity summaries 13. ^ DCLG Minerals Policy Statement 14. ^ Intrinsic value of building stones 15. ^ International Association for Engineering Geologists IAEG 16. ^ England's Heritage in Stone, English Stone Forum 2008 17. ^ The building stone industry in Britain: past and present 18. ^ Planning for the supply of building and roofing stone 19. ^ How small is a small quarry? 20. ^ Intrinsic value of building stones 2 : Stonemasonry|Buildings and structures in England |
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