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21st century technology is being used to map one of the UK's oldest brick buildings.
Thornton Abbey was one of the richest Augustinian monastic houses in Britain, founded by wealthy landowner William Le Gros in the 12th century. The surviving 14th century gatehouse is a popular tourist destination, thanks to the guardianship of #englishheritage. In 2016, English Heritage and #historicengland were approached by Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, a student at the #cambridgeuniversity is undertaking an MSt in Building History.
Rodolfo is conducting a historical and archaeological evaluation of Thornton Abbey gatehouse and its long-debated history.
The focus of Rodolfo’s work is in studying the unique architectural design of the gatehouse and how the layout of the structure has evolved throughout its 600-year history.
In particular, Rodolfo is keen to understand how the building was designed and how it was inhabited in the late-Middle Ages: how rooms were divided or connected, where floor levels changed over time and what services were incorporated into the building structure.
The three-storey gatehouse structure contains a myriad of tight spaces, spiral staircases and rooms, some of which are only accessible via ladder.
Read more: rics.org/thorntonabbey
(Credit: Historic England, English Heritage, Rodolfo Acevedo-Rodriguez)
#RICS #Surveying #LaserScanning #Scanning #Geomatics #Surveyors #LoveSurveying #ThorntonAbbey #HistoricBuilding #GateHouse #Brick
21st century technology is being used to map one of the UK's oldest brick buildings.
Thornton Abbey was one of the richest Augustinian monastic houses in Britain, founded by wealthy landowner William Le Gros in the 12th century. The surviving 14th century gatehouse is a popular tourist destination, thanks to the guardianship of #englishheritage. In 2016, English Heritage and #historicengland were approached by Rodolfo Acevedo Rodriguez, a student at the #cambridgeuniversity is undertaking an MSt in Building History.
Rodolfo is conducting a historical and archaeological evaluation of Thornton Abbey gatehouse and its long-debated history.
The focus of Rodolfo’s work is in studying the unique architectural design of the gatehouse and how the layout of the structure has evolved throughout its 600-year history.
In particular, Rodolfo is keen to understand how the building was designed and how it was inhabited in the late-Middle Ages: how rooms were divided or connected, where floor levels changed over time and what services were incorporated into the building structure.
The three-storey gatehouse structure contains a myriad of tight spaces, spiral staircases and rooms, some of which are only accessible via ladder.
Read more: rics.org/thorntonabbey
(Credit: Historic England, English Heritage, Rodolfo Acevedo-Rodriguez)
#RICS #Surveying #LaserScanning #Scanning #Geomatics #Surveyors #LoveSurveying #ThorntonAbbey #HistoricBuilding #GateHouse #Brick
