Divergence
Where one country's practice parts from its neighbour's.
3 entries in this section.
Every entry names a thing and the place that holds it. Where the record is thin or contested, the entry says so.
All of Divergence
Who owns a monumentState, church, commune, trust or private family — the answer differs by country and decides everything about what may be done to a building.Read
Listing and its limitsProtection registers exist nearly everywhere in Europe and mean something different in each.Read
Restore or arrestTwo answers to the same questionRead

Scaffolding is designed to stand free of the fabric. Nothing structural may lean on the building being repaired.
Photo: St John the Baptist Parish Church, Chester - crossing and east end of nave with scaffolding from north · Wikimedia Commons