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Category: CitizenScience

Why are damp investigations important?

A damp building is a cold building.  Damp reduces the effectiveness of insulation and increases heating costs.  Water in a material increases heat loss over the same material when dry. A dry building has lower energy costs. A damp historic building is at risk of material degradation. Damp can be linked to degradation by salt,…

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Adlingfleet: What is the work about?

Adlingfleet is a beautiful building in a rural environment.  It does suffer from areas of damp and work by SHU and the Diocese of Sheffield hopes to understand this.  If the sources of water into the building can be verified then cost effective solutions can be explored to improve the internal environment. What SHU have…

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A Brief History of Adlingfleet

The parish church of All Saints Adlingfleet is a Grade I listed building that was built during the 13th century. It has a cruciform (cross-shaped) plan with a nave, chancel, south aisle, north and south transepts, and a square tower.   (HE, Nd) “The finest medieval church in the Marshland region of the lower Trent and…

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