Completing my first Heritage at Risk survey

To complete my first building survey as a Heritage Steward, I first needed to select my building. To start a survey, the Heritage Steward can use the map on the Heritage at Risk website to select a building of their choice.

Zooming in on Lincoln, I ‘clicked’ on a few buildings with which I was already familiar. It was clear there were several other stewards working in Lincoln and a good number of surveys had been completed. However, there were still plenty left to do. Clearly, the city is rich in heritage.

As the Cathedral had already been surveyed, I decided a slightly smaller building would be a good place to start my Heritage Steward career. I chose a Victorian railway building I had walked past many times and not really noticed before.

The survey is intended to be a rapid assessment of the building’s condition. It took about ten minutes to look round, makes a few notes and take some photos.

Back at the computer, I filled in the online form using the guidelines from the induction training course, selecting five of my photos to include. Although I was unfamiliar with the process, the system was easy to use and, in another 40 minutes, I had submitted the form. My first Heritage and Risk building survey was complete.

Karen, Heritage Steward