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The English Stone Forum (ESF) is an organisation which supports the use of building stone, or dimension stone, produced in England. It works to: * encourage greater public interest in and awareness of the stone built heritage of England and the threats it faces; * encourage the use of English stone for the public benefit and to; * ensure the availability of the stone required for the maintenance of the built heritage and new build. It is chaired by Dr Brian Marker OBE and governed by representatives of British and English organisations active in the study and production of building stone, the training of stonemasons, architects and conservation professionals and the conservation of historic buildings and structures. The forum's website provides information on building and roofing stone and issues about its supply and use. It invites suggestions for further activities and can be contacted through its website. There are similar organisations for Scottish and Welsh stone. ==History== From 1990 it had become increasingly apparent that difficulties in obtaining authentic stone were seriously hampering the repair and conservation of historic and listed buildings in the UK. This situation had come about because of a number of factors including: *the decline of the UK dimension stone industry and the closing of many quarries; *the development of elaborate environmental protection legislation and the lack of building conservation legislation of equal strength; *a planning system which penalised small scale quarrying; *lack of understanding of the technical importance 〔''Identifying and Sourcing Stone for Historic Building Repair''. English Heritage〕〔() Hyslop, Ewan K. 2004. ''The performance of replacement sandstone in the New Town of Edinburgh''. Historic Scotland Research Report. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland.〕 of specifying the original stone for repairs; *the loss of old quarries to brown field development for landfill, factories and houses or as country parks and nature reserves *public misunderstanding of the small scale of dimension stone quarrying compared with aggregate production *lack of knowledge about the 〔() The English Heritage Strategic Stone study〕 historical sources of building stone The consequence was that dimension stone quarrying became increasingly uneconomical and unpalatable especially for small scale operators. In response to this situation and with the support of English Heritage, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office (now the Department of Communities and Local Government Department for Communities and Local Government)〔() Department of Communities and Local Government〕 commissioned a report ''Planning for the Supply of Natural Building and Roofing Stone in England and Wales'' (known as The Symonds Report). Published in 2004 it reviewed the state of supply and demand for building stone and the planning environment in which it operated. It recommended: *revisions to minerals planning policy *designations of heritage quarries *creation of a national database of building and roofing stones including their * *Description * *Suitability * *Existing sources * *Extent of unworked resources * *Constraints on production and * *Importance A summary of the report 〔() ''Planning for the supply of building and roofing stone''〕 is available from Communities and Local Government Publications.〔() Communities and Local Government Publications〕 Similar problems had been identified by building conservation organisations in Scotland and Wales and had resulted in the formation of the Scottish Stone Liaison Group and the Welsh Stone Forum. In 2005 the Geoconservation Commission of the Geological Society of London organised a conference which supported the creation of a similar organisation for England. The ESF 〔''Conference marks formation of forum'', Natural Stone Specialist, January 2005.〕〔''Meeting to discuss formation of forum'', Natural Stone Specialist, June 2005.〕〔''English Stone Forum inspired by Scottish Stone Liaison Group'', Natural Stone Specialist August 2008〕〔''Heritage: Stone in Conservation'', Natural Stone Specialist, August 2009.〕〔() ''Winning stone from local sources'', Context, July 2005〕 held its first meeting in 2006. It meets three times a year and publishes notes of the meeting and an annual summary of activities〔() English Stone Forum meeting notes and activity summaries〕 on its website. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English Stone Forum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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