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GUIDELINES FOR CEMETERY CONSERVATION PART TWO - WHAT 4.2.3 Developing a Conservation Policy The heritage significance of a cemetery or grave site should be identified at an early stage so that it can be properly considered in the conservation policy. A statement of significance may be available from a local heritage study or other previously written document. The National Trust strongly recommends that significant work on a place of heritage value must be preceded by a professionally prepared (or professionally supervised) study or conservation policy, and this applies to any work at all on sites that are highly significant or fragile. Even if this advice is not followed, it is likely to be disastrous if there is not a written and agreed list of objectives. No work other than essential maintenance should be undertaken until an informed decision about the Conservation Policy for the cemetery has been made. The process need not be too laborious, but the result must be precise CEMS\Policy Paper Review & model letters\2nd Edition Jan 2010.doc 65
GUIDELINES FOR CEMETERY CONSERVATION PART THREE - HOW Part Three - HOW 1. Planning conservation works 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Three basic steps The first stage of any conservation work is to decide why the work should be done, what is to be done (or what the problem might be), and how this work should be done. For cemeteries, as for other places, there are three main steps to managing and conserving heritage significance. 1. It is first necessary to understand significance (why conserve it? why is it significant or important?); 2. then develop policy (what's the problem? what's to be done?); and 3. finally, implement management processes of the place in accordance with the policy (how is it to be done?). This is stressed by both the Burra Charter and the Australian Natural Heritage Charter and is equally relevant to major and minor works. There has been a lot of damage done in cemeteries where these points were not first agreed upon and written down! 1.1.2 Preservation vs restoration In order to ensure that objectives are clearly understood, these definitions from Article 1 of the Burra Charter may be useful: PLACE means site, area, land, landscape, building or other work, group of buildings or other works, and may include components, contents, spaces and views. PRESERVATION means maintaining the fabric of a PLACE in its existing state and retarding deterioration. RESTORATION means returning the existing fabric of a PLACE to a known earlier state by removing accretions or by reassembling existing components without the introduction of new material. RECONSTRUCTION means returning a PLACE to a known earlier state and is distinguished from RESTORATION by the introduction of new material into the fabric. ADAPTATION means modifying a PLACE to suit the existing USE or a proposed use. USE means the functions of a place, as well as the activities and practices that may occur at the place. CEMS\Policy Paper Review & model letters\2nd Edition Jan 2010.doc 66
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