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to good conservation. Every building needs regular maintenance to keep the wearing and weathering surfaces in good order, to protect the vulnerable internal fabric from damage, or to ensure that all service installations are operating effectively and to good purpose. Policy 34. Management and Maintenance A comprehensive maintenance regime should be prepared by a suitably qualified person, and formally adopted, with sufficient funds put aside for regular inspections and consequential works. Essential information about each building, including materials, construction, services, maintenance and housekeeping procedures, should be recorded and updated regularly. (Endnotes) 1 Ó Corráin 1972, 197, 72 7 2 Annals of Loch Cé, 19 3 FitzPatrick, 1994, 28 4 De Paor 1998, 203-5 5 Meehan 1996, 13 6 Meehan 1996, 14 7 FitzPatrick 1994, 27 8 Manning 1995, 42 9 Herbert 1996, 192-3 10 FitzPatrick and O’Brien 1998, 30 11 FitzPatrick 1994, 26 12 Walsh and Geoghegan 1994, 95 13 FitzPatrick 1994, 35 14 FitzPatrick and O’Brien 1998, 98 15 Bradshaw 1994, 198 16 Annals of the Four Masters, 71-75 17 Annals of Clonmacnoise, 227 18 FitzPatrick 1994, 38 19 Fitzpatrick and O’Brien 1998, 99-101 20 Byrne 1994, 133 21 Byrne 1994, 130 22 Fitzpatrick and O’Brien 1998, 101 23 Ellison 1995, 4-5 24 Byrne1994, 76 25 The architect William Murray was employed by John Toler after he acquired the estate in 1815, to produce drawings for the extension and remodeling of Durrow Abbey House. A survey drawing of the existing eighteenth century house is included in this collection held at the Irish Architectural Archive. 26 Lewis’s Topographical dictionary of Ireland, London, 1837 27 Michael Byrne notes that these circular loaves of bread in stone were still intact until the 1970s when they were stolen from the site. 28 Byrne 1994, 78 29 The Nation. 4 th February 1843 30 Drawings relating to Durrow Abbey are held by William H. Byrne and Sons, Suffolk Street, Dublin 31 Drawings relating to Durrow Abbey are held by William H. Byrne and Sons, Suffolk Street, Dublin 32 De Paor 1998, 203-5 33 Environmental Impact statement, 2000 34 Environmental Impact Statement, 2000 35 ibid 36 Durrow Offaly, Extract from the Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland, Dublin, 1845 37 Byrne 1994, 130 38 Discussion with Dr Terence Dooley, 12 th January 2005 39 The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, Paul Lamour 40 Henry,Francoise Irish Art during the Viking invasions (800AD – 1020AD), London, 1967 41 Terence Dooley, The Decline of the Big House in Ireland 36 Simpson & Brown Architects, Conservation Plan for Donaldson’s Hospital, Edinburgh, July 2004 37 The Heritage Service of the Government of Ireland published The Care and Conservation of Graveyards in 1995 and 1997. The booklet provides advice on the planning and undertaking of graveyard clean-up projects. 42 Definitions have been taken from the British Standard Guide to the Principles of Conservation BS7913:1988. 52
GLOSSARY OF TERMS Throughout the following conservation plan various terms will be used 42 . ALTERATION Work the object of which is to change or improve the function of a building or ar tefact or to modify its appearance. ARCHAEOLOGY Scientific study and interpretation of the past, based on the uncovering, retrieval, recording and interpretation of information from physical evidence. Conservation Action to secure the survival or preservation of buildings, cultural ar tefacts, natural resources, energy or any other thing of acknowledged value for the future. CONVERSION Alteration, the object of which is the change of use of a building or ar tefact, from one use or type to another. DESIGN Abstract concept of a building or ar tefact. It can exist in the mind or on paper and if realised, it can be represented in the building or ar tefact itself. evidence. REPAIR Work beyond the scope of regular maintenance to remedy defects, significant decay or damage caused deliberately or by accident, neglect, normal weathering or wear and tear, the object of which is to return the building or ar tefact to good order, without alteration or restoration. REPLICATION Making an exact copy or copies of a building or ar tefact. RESTORATION Alteration of a building, par t of a building or ar tefact which has decayed, been lost or damaged or is thought to have been inappropriately repaired or altered in the past, the objective of which is to make it conform again to its design or appearance at a previous date. REVERSIBILITY Concept of work to a building, par t of a building or ar tefact being carried out in such a way that it can be reversed at some future time, without any significant damage having been done to the original fabric. FABRIC Physical material of which a building or ar tefact is made. INTERVENTION Any action which has a physical effect on the fabric of a building or ar tefact. MAINTENANCE Routine work necessary to keep the fabric of a building, the moving par ts of machinery, grounds, gardens or any ar tefact, in good order. PRESERVATION State of survival of a building or ar tefact, whether by historical accident or through a combination of protection and active conservation. REBUILDING Remaking, on the basis of a recorded or reconstructed design, a building or par t of a building or ar tefact which has been irretrievably damaged or destroyed. RECONSTRUCTION Re-establishment of what occurred or what existed in the past, on the basis of documentary of physical 53
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Page 21 and 22: panels. The slab has suffered damag
Page 23 and 24: DEMESNE AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES The
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Page 33 and 34: EAST YARD An inscribed date of 1833
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