The present study reports results from the large-scale integrated EU project “Climate for Culture”. This paper focusses on implementing high resolution regional climate models together with new building simulation tools in order to predict future outdoor and indoor climate conditions. The potential impact of gradual climate change on historic buildings and on the vast collections they contain has been assessed.

This paper presents the first research on the impact of climate change on historic buildings, archaeology, parks and gardens.
The research coincided with the publication of the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios and other studies assessing regional climate change and the impact on nature conservation and gardens.