Abstract
A report on the reasons for and the restoration process of Portsmouth Dockyard Block Mills (1803), carried out 2006-8. The Block Mills, unique site of the Marc Isambard Brunel’s innovative mass-production of rigging blocks using steam power, a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade 1 Listed Building, had been on English Heritage’s Buildings At Risk Register since it began in 1998. This £2.5m restoration removed the building from the Register, and won a Georgian Group award in 2008. The Naval Base and English Heritage have agreed a Conservation Management Plan to maintain it and find an appropriate long term use.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 14-18 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Dockyards |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2009 |