CE3CHB: Historic Built Environment

Module code: CE3CHB

Module provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment

Credits: 20

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Semester 2

Module convenor: Mr Henry Russell, email: h.j.g.russell@henley.reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 12 September 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

An introduction to the built heritage of England; to building conservation principles; to legislation, procedures, policy and guidance relating to heritage assets; and to the management of change affecting the historic built environment. The module entails a significant amount of reading, project work and visits to buildings and areas of interest. Such visits may be accompanied or may be undertaken independently as directed by the module convenor. 

Aims: 
To provide an introduction to the built heritage of England, to building conservation practice, and to the management of change affecting the historic built environment, for students who have an interest in this subject and who are preparing to enter the building industry or for further study. 

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Understand England's built heritage and conservation principles. 
2. Appreciate and comprehend the content and implications of key legislation, procedures, policy and guidance relating to heritage assets. 
3. Be conversant with materials and construction techniques relevant to heritage assets and understand key issues relating to the management of change affecting historic buildings. 
4. Have the ability to use key phrases, words and acronyms related to the historic built environment 

Module content

• Introduction and overview. 
• England's built heritage (with an emphasis on the heritage of the south of England, including the study of vernacular buildings and of the Victorian period). 
• Conservation principles. 
• Legislation, procedures, policy and guidance relating to heritage assets 
• Materials and construction techniques relevant to heritage assets (with a focus on timber-framed buildings and on buildings of stone, brick and lime). 
• Heritage values and significance   
• Managing change affecting historic buildings (with an emphasis on the alteration of domestic buildings and of places of worship; on issues relating to sustainability; on development in conservation areas). 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures supplemented by visits, individual and group project work and a significant amount of reading. 

Study hours

At least 22 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Reassessment

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