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4 unusual facts about Building restoration


Balea perversa

It is locally threatened by too thorough and too frequent restorations of old buildings, acid rains, air pollution and cutting of old trees.

Broomfield House

Built during the 16th Century, it was damaged by fires in 1984 and 1994, and is currently awaiting restoration as part of the English Heritage Restoration Programme.

Gerhard Raff

Raff donates all revenues and royalties from his lectures and publications to charitable causes, especially, but not exclusively, in the field of preservation of sites of historical interest, e.g. for a pilgrim's hostel on the Way of St. James at La Faba or for the restoration of Ulm Minster.

Main Street, Gibraltar

Gibraltar's town centre is largely protected by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust and is part of a continual restoration programme.


Fort San Pedro

Plans and estimates for the restoration of the fort were completed by Architect Leonardo Concepcion, who had completed his MA in Restoration in Madrid.

Fritz Eckert

Eckert designed Professor Curman's villa on Stockholm's Floragatan (1880), the Royal Stables of Stockholm (1895), Antuna Gård mansion in Upplands Väsby, the YWCA building in Stockholm (designed in 1905) and the new church in Krokek in Östergötland County (1895-1896), as well as contributing to numerous church restorations.

Towie Barclay Castle

A programme of restoration was funded by Marc Ellington's music career while his wife project-managed the extensive restorative work on the building, which took over 7 years to complete.


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