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In England, accessibility to historic buildings falls under the Equality Act 2010, for which a key concept is the making of ‘reasonable adjustments’ to physical features of a building; this acknowledges that a blanket application of technical requirements would be detrimental to some historic buildings, and that equal access may not be achievable in every case. This paper approaches accessibility...
This paper considers some aspects of the way historic public space is understood in England, drawing on a selection of relevant guidance and research published by Historic England. This builds a picture of the way public spaces are dealt with in official heritage publications in England, and how this relates (or not) to international thinking, particularly the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) approach...