< The foyer of an Art Deco store in Llandudno was modified to provide two automatic sliding doors flanking the original double swing doors. These were constructed to match the style of the building and provide a sympathetic access solution. (© Cadw)

Mindful of the problems that have arisen when there have been proposals to adapt historic buildings to help the physically disabled, Cadw has produced this guidance for local planning authorities, people who provide services to the public from historic buildings, designers, disability groups, access groups, disabled people and their representative organisations.
  The bilingual guide explains how historic buildings can be made more accessible, discusses the planning legislation and its interaction with the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, and provides examples of how some buildings have been adapted to provide disabled access. The advice given is not prescriptive; it is recognised that each situation is unique. Rather, it is suggested that “if access designers combine an understanding of the historic environment with the application of... general access principles, workable and acceptable solutions should be achievable.” The examples offered list the principles and concepts used in access.

• Cadw — Welsh Historic Monuments, Overcoming the barriers: providing physical access to historic buildings (2002). Bilingual, pp.40+40. ISBN 1 85760 104 1

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