David S. Mitchell has worked in ironwork conservation for over 20 years and is currently Director of Conservation for Historic Environment Scotland, the national heritage body in Scotland.
A well-thumbed copy of Conservation of Architectural Ironwork should be found on the shelves of all conservation practitioners. The philosophically robust, yet practical approach not only provides a sound framework for the conservation of iron structures, it has a much wider potential application as a benchmark for developing approaches to the conservation of modern component-based buildings. Robert Chambers, director of Chambers Conservation, ChesterContext 157: November 2018