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The method, scope and practical ways of the ex ecution of complex conservation works covering entire complexes of old buildings provide /the subject-matter of discussions going on amongst conservators for a few years already. Restoration works on the о Id-town diistrdct of Zamość, initiated in the sixties and still continued, are a true illustration of the evolution of conservators’ views and the accompanying socio-economic situation of the state and its housing policy. The article offers a general summary of the conclusions of detailed research work on the analysis of present methods of the realization of restoration tasks, made on the basis of materials illustrating all stages of conservation works carried out between 1971 and 1980 on the so-called block XIX at Zamość. All conservation operations were shown with regard to individual elements of historic structures and problems connected with their functional management and modernization. The method and scope of conservation, research and design works adopted for bleak XIX at Zamość and prepared on the basis of experience gained during the realization of similar tasiks in other towns, were appraised positively. However, a minute study of mutual relations and dependencies between successive links of the process of research, design and implementation works revealed a number of shortcomings in the method of carrying out renewal works. Numerous faults were noticed in the system of working out and implementing conduisions and conservation guide-lines. There could also be seen a lack of a uniform line of conservation procedure possible for putting at into life. The incompleteness of preliminary research work on the structure (both in conservation and technical aspects). not taking into account ail problems of conservation and technology as well as a general character of some of the formulations are the main causes of various contradictions and inconsistencies in conservators’ instructions for designers and executors. The analysis of works on block XIX displayed also shortcomings in the functioning system of conservation supervision. The main stress put by conservators on elements of decor and outside architectural form of the structures resulted in an unsatisfactory care for the preservation of the genuine building structure. Despite a lack of sufficient materials documentating the works, especially at a realization stage, the analysis of conservation operations on block XIX made possible certain observations which, as at is hoped, should contribute to the improvement of a practised way of the execution of reconstauction warlks on old town buildings.