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Knole Revealed
Over the past decade, Knole has undertaken the biggest conservation project in the National Trust, supported by a generous grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. In order to conserve the internationally significant collections housed at the property, major work has been carried out on the fabric and environment of...Cohen, Nathalie ; Parton, Frances
conservation, landscape, London & South East, archaeology, country house, Curation & Experience, collections, palace, Knole, history, and building
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A Recently Identified Barniz Brillante Casket at Bateman’s, the Home of Rudyard Kipling
A casket held at Bateman’s, Rudyard and Caroline Kipling’s home in Sussex—now a National Trust property—was recently recognised as a barniz brillante work. Objects made of barniz brillante, a technique featuring the Indigenous American material called mopa mopa, are relatively rare and have only sparingly been studied using scientific analysis... -
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Geranium pratense
This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Geranium pratense L. (Meadow Crane's-Bill). The main topics are presented within the standard framework of the Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland : distribution, habitat, communities, responses to biotic factors, responses to environment, structure and physiology, phenology, floral and... -
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Historic parks and pasture-woodlands: The National Trust resource and its conservation
The National Trust owns and manages considerably more historic parklands and other types of pasture-woodlands than any other conservation body in the British Isles. These include one virtually intact medieval forest and fragments of others, as well as more than one hundred historic parks and many wooded commons. This special...Alexander, K. N. A.
pasture‐woodlands, conservation, historic parklands, and landscape management
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The role of the National Trust in the conservation of British butterflies
The National Trust is of paramount importance in the conservation of butterflies in the UK on account of the scale of its land holding and its ability to manage habitats beneficially. Fifty two of the fifty four species currently regarded as resident in Britain occur on Trust land. The Trust...Oates, M. R.
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Future restoration should enhance ecological complexity and emergent properties at multiple scales
Ecological restoration has a paradigm of re-establishing ‘indigenous reference' communities. One resulting concern is that focussing on target communities may not necessarily create systems which function at a high level or are resilient in the face of ongoing global change. Ecological complexity – defined here, based on theory, as the... -
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The Gideon Tapestries at Hardwick Hall
This article draws on new research, documentary evidence, and technical analysis to provide a detailed account of the Gideon tapestries at Hardwick Hall. The tapestries are dated 1578 and consist of thirteen panels, each nearly 20 feet high and over 230 feet in total length. They were woven for Sir...Wyld, Helen
conservation, Hardwick Hall, Gideon tapestries, and tapestries