Architectural Paint Research & Heritage
- Submitting institution
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University of Lincoln
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 44041
- Type
- T - Other
- DOI
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- Location
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- Brief description of type
- Two commissioned reports
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month
- December
- Year
- 2017
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Context and Rationale
Architectural Paint Research and Heritage is a group of commissioned reports: at Yr Ysgwrn, the research was commissioned by the Snowdonia National Park Authority, for HMS Caroline the research was commissioned by the National Museum Royal Navy.
Research Process, Roles & Contribution
Both projects employ processes associated with ‘Architectural Paint Research’. Site visits and paint sampling allowed researchers to select appropriate places from which to take paint samples. Microscopic analysis revealed patterns in paint stratigraphy allowing individual paints to be identified. Historical research allowed researchers to evaluate microscopic analysis in the context of historic images of the site. Collation of the paint sample analysis allows interpretation of the decorative scheme as a whole and allowed researchers to identify patterns in the scheme at various periods. Paul Croft was report author and principal investigator for both projects.
Insights
Yr Ysgwrn was the home of Hedd Wyn, a Welsh language poet later killed at Passchendale. Croft’s research helped identification and interpretation of the original decorative schemes that allowed the property to be re-presented as it would have appeared c.1917. At HMS Caroline, Croft’s analysis of the site led to the retrieval of previously undetected paint samples, which, combined with archival research, contributed towards an accurate restoration of the ship as she would have appeared at the Battle of Jutland.
Sharing
Research reports were shared with the clients in each instance. Yr Ysgwrn was re-opened to the public in 2017. H. M. S Caroline was re-opened as a unique visitor attraction in June 2016 and a related article ‘Defining “Battleship Grey”’ was published in an academic journal in 2020.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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