Last edited 29 Mar 2022

Deterioration

Technical paper 35: Moisture measurement in the historic environment, published by Historic Environment Scotland in 2021, defines deterioration as: ‘A physical change that implies an impairment in value or usefulness.’

See also: Decay.

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