Property Flood Resilience: Outliers study - a historic building
Author(s): Joanne Williams, Edward Barsley
With 1 in 4 buildings in the UK being at risk of flooding, it is important that solutions are found to prevent heritage buildings from falling into disrepair and out of use. Historic England’s guidance plays a crucial role in providing advice as to how our historic buildings can be successfully managed and adapted without harming their heritage values and significance. Ensuring they continue to play a part in England’s future. More broadly the research undertaken is relevant to all buildings of traditional construction, which equates to roughly 30% of England’s buildings. A review of a previously funded government Property Flood Resilience (PFR) scheme in the village of Yalding in Kent (UK) had identified that listed buildings and buildings of timber framed construction had been overlooked and deemed inappropriate ‘outliers’ when it came to the retrofitting of property flood resilience measures. To understand why this was the case, The Environmental Design Studio (TEDS) were appointed to undertake this study and identify what prevented heritage assets from being eligible for funding. What PFR measures were appropriate, or alternatively what adaptation works could be undertaken to ensure the building continued to be used in the flood whilst being made more flood resilient.
- Report Number:
- 85/2025
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 88
- Keywords:
- Climate Change Flooding Building and Landscape Conservation
