Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: a COTAC Report

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Cover of COTAC report

COTAC is the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation. On 20 November 2014 the COTAC’s Annual Conference entitled “Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: Keeping the Threat at Bay” has been held in London. A reports concerning the presentation on fire and floods threat has been presented. COTAC’s web page: http://www.cotac.org.uk.

The document reports a list of fire loss of Cultural Heritage in the period 1984-2015.

  • 1984 South Transept York Minster, England
  • 1984 16th C Broomfield House, England
  • 1984 Wakefield Covered Bridge, Québec
  • 1986 Hampton Court Palace, England
  • 1989 Uppark House, England
  • 1992 Proveantgarden, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1992 Odd Fellow Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1992 Christianborg Palace Church, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1992 Windsor Castle, England
  • 1992 Redoutensal, Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
  • 1993 Pont de la Chapelle, Lucerne, Switzerland
  • 1992-93 40 Norwegian Stave Kirks (due to arson)
  • 1996 La Fenice, Venice
  • 1999 University of Lyon Library
  • 2001 Morgan Academy, Dundee
  • 2001 Soda Rada Church, Sweden
  • 2002 Trondheim + Cowgate Edinburgh City blocks
  • 2003 Baroque Luneville Chateau, north-east France
  • 2003 Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia
  • 2003 17th C Glienicke Jagschloss Hunting Lodge, Berlin
  • 2003 Pratapur Temple, Swyambhunath Buddhist shrine, Kathmandu
  • 2004 Wardington Manor, England
  • 2004 Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany
  • 2004 Central Manezh Exhibition, Red Square, Moscow
  • 2004 Chilandari Serbian Monastery, Mt Athos
  • 2005 1,300 year-old Naksan-sa Buddhist Temple, Yangyang, South Korea
  • 2005 1916 Schloss Hotel Kruen, Bavaria
  • 2005 Peterhof Summer Palace, St Petersburg
  • 2006 Bishops Palace, Tenerife
  • 2006 Trinity cathedral, St Petersburg
  • 2006 Hapsburg Reinertonishof farm, Schonwald, Germany
  • 2006 13th C Provoo Cathedral, Finland
  • 2006 4 buildings in Flims Old town, Graubunden, Switzerland
  • 2007 Penhallow Hotel, Newquay, England
  • 2007 19th C Eastern Market, Capital Hill, Washington DC
  • 2007 1867 Hudson State Hospital, New York
  • 2008 Military Armoury, Quebec
  • 2008 Salma College, St Thomas, Ontario
  • 2008 Texas Governor’s Mansion, USA
  • 2008 Grange Hotel, East Parade, Rhyl
  • 2008 Late mediaeval Garrick’s Villa, Hampton, London
  • 2009 19th C Bath Street Mill, Derby
  • 2009 1840 St John’s Church, Edinburgh
  • 2010 Stationer’s Hall, London
  • 2010 100 year old Stephen Court, Kolkata
  • 2010 17th C 5 Higher street, Dartmouth
  • 2011 London + Croydon Centre (due to riots)
  • 2011 Blair Castle, Perthshire
  • 2011 Hazelbank Terrace, Edinburgh
  • 2011 Monastery Complex, Goldendale, USA
  • 2012 El Passo City Block, USA
  • 2012 Chilford Hall 18th C barn, Cambridgeshire
  • 2013 15th C City Hall La Rochelle, France
  • 2013 17th C Hotel Lambert, Paris (former home of Voltaire
  • 2013 Southwark Museum and library
  • 2013 16th C Lithang Monastery, Tibet
  • 2013 Art Deco Dobbins Store, Oldham street, Manchester
  • 2014 Aldiss Store, Fakenham
  • 2014 Sleaford Maltings (Largest ‘at risk’ building in England)
  • 2014 16th C Coldham Hall, Suffolk
  • 2014 Historic 1511 E Superior St, Duluth, USA
  • 2014 Northfield Manor House, Birmingham
  • 2014 Glasgow School of Art
  • 2014 Serta Larung Monastery, Tibet
  • 2015 14th C Samagaon Monastery, Nepal
  • 2015 Albert Square, Manchester
  • 2015 Old Royal Station, Ballater, Scotland
  • 2015 Battersea Arts Centre, London
  • 2015 16th C Novodevichy Monastery, Kremlin, Moscow
  • 2015 Clandon Park, Surrey
  • 2015 1876 Capel Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
  • 2015 19th C All Saints Church, Fleet, Hampshire
  • 2015 1889 Basilica of Saint Donatien, Nantes, France
    The report can be downloaded here:
    https://cotac.global/resources/BIM4C+Disaster-Flood-Pt2.pdfBIM4C+Disaster-Fire-Pt1

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