Kim Wilkie Salient Points IHBC NW Branch Conference
‘I can see clearly now’ : Setting of historic buildings
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Historic landscape is as more about movement and sequence of
unfolding views than set piece viewpoints.
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Landscape views have evolved through defensive and strategic
vistas as well as the appreciation of panoramic scenery.
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The practical uses of open land, such as flood plains, should be
a major factor in considering change as well as views.
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Britain has a unique tradition of sculpting and grazing land - be
it for defence, sacred sites or aesthetic pleasure. This offers
great scope for future landscapes as well as respect and
caution for ancient and much loved sites.
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Landscape lives and changes and the important thing is to
research, understand and be sympathetic to the ideas, stories,
uses and philosophies that came before.
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