THE ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS :.:,:;:,C.'.i"'. 1 ;.'~::': Context: I .,.,r,., ,.,,. ·••J 1 • lACO Ni 1 tt · Q I ··;;·- ,.; '. ".: • r" ~ • ews e er N I.Feb'83 I ~- ..... ~ ~d1tor John Fidler.26,Silver Cres.,LondonW45SE 1 ,11. Jt .. :. - ..... ....... -:r,.~ I CGr<NERSTONE •• .•.•. ).~· r. .• ,~dw. -~·............ _ I be out there crawling through the roof J_ ____ -- of a medieaval house whose o·.,ner desWELCOi,fE '110 'rFrE ACO He1lo! Welcome to the Assoc:i.ation of Conservation Officers! As this 01..tr first :Ne,,sle tter I thought I is should try to offer some explanation of ,;hat the Asso0iatior. is - or isn I t -but before I can do that I ougnt to explain what we mean by a Conserva.tion Officer, which is difficult! 'I'.he last word is easy -he, or she, is a."'1. Officer of a local 3.uthority - though c.ol1eagu,c:s v,ri tf.!. otl1e1:· public bodies are welcoma, too. As a. Conservation Officer he helps to advise a local :planning authority on the conse:r·vatio::-i. of historic t01-ms and buildings. DepeYJ.di:ng on his qualifications a."'ld expe:cience, his interests may extend to ancient monuments and archaeology proper or industrial archaeology or to historic parks, gardens, and landscapes - or indeed any field in vhich a local authority is helping to preserve and improve the best of our Hhe:ritaget•. Not everyone will think that a good idea, but the Conservation Officer wi 11 know that it can be done profi tc1-bly and sensibly. Re may be an architect _nthe historic buildings experttr- or a pla....-mer -"the environmentalist"- or an engineer or surveyor, or in part a..vi 3-rchaeologist or historian. Ideally, he will combine a nwnber of these attributes as a..'1 "entrepreneur". He may be a chief officer - although they have their own specia 1 respons:i.bili ties and. .societies - but he is more likely to perately needs good advice, or listed building consent, or a grant. The tools of his trade, apart from patience diplomacy and humour, are his exp,arience of problems successfully overcome, a thorough knowledgi:i of United Kingdom planning ·1aw, appreciation of costs and values, o..nd t1:e availability of grants. Above all he needs to understand the :problems of ordinary people or la.'1downers, orpublic bodies and local authori tj_es alike. Many people want to help conservation - they are to be encour0-bout conservation - the,y mur:t 0,3 given the oppo:rt1-mi ty .. The individual conservation officer ca.nnot hope to change the law of the land, though he can 1.md.erata.nd n1d influence its development. !Ie cannot, hirnself, fund the restoration of buildings, but he can kno,-i how it can be done. What he must do is a,lways to increase his experiQnce. To do that he needs the opportunity to talk to his colleagues and see mo1~e examples of work 1;eing successfully carx·- ied out. Perhaps surprisingly some 2Cf'/oof local authorities do not have a conservation officer, though all authorities work to the same legislation. In some cases, conservation ma,y be a personal interest of the chief off'icer, or be shared amongst a nwnber of people. J',fuch often depends on the e:x:pe:cience of one person -if not part of a person!- working within a limited. area; who may be faced with anything from the whole _range of problems from dereliction, Promoting the conservation of the national heritage in local planning authorities CHAIRMAN, Michael Pearce. Quavey, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire. HON. SECRETARY Tony Jenkins. 17, Crimicar Lane, Sheffield S10 4FA. [ Hampshire County Council ] [Derbyshire County Council J
decay, or destruction, to sheer ignor~ ance or apathy. What can be done to help him? Certainly, he needs the support ~~d encouragement of his 1 colleagues, and he should take advantage of courses and join the SPAB but there is nothing so effective as people helping themselves! For some time conservation officers in, for example, the South East or East Anglia, have met together to share their hard-won experience and to see more examples of work in areas: other than their own. Following a 1 meeting at the Civic Trust chaired by! Mrs .Jenkins in December 1979, conservation officers from all over the country have helped the Crafts Council to lay the foundations of a National Crafts Skills Register. , Their combined experience quite quic-[ kly helped to solve a problem first 1 identified in EARY 1975 far more economically than had been thought possible. The lesson was not lost on the conservation officers, who resolved in September 1981 to constitute a.~ AGsociation, with the minimum necessa::-y formality, to provide a framework within which all censer- I vation offict!:cs mig;.1.t have the oppor-! tu.."1ity to help each other. It was ' not intended to create a professional! Institute or a learned Society - they already exist. Nor was it expected that people should travel from' all over the country for frequent meetings, nor to seek to advise the local authority Associations - which is the prerogative of the Societies of chief officers. Rather, it is the, intention to allow conservation offi1 cers to meet their colleagues on a local, or regional, and voluntary basis; and by doing so they may en- , large their individual and collective 1 exoerience - that vital ingredient! ' This Newsletter is a first effort to tell you something o:f what is going on - and not only the good news! It is to allow you, individually or as local Conservation ForUr::J.s, to have a cha.."'lce to express your views and tell us what you've ma."'laged to do - or ask the difficult questions! We hope you won't mind a fairly basic sta."YJ.dard of production - we are all busy people, and we only ask a small subscription. We are not a glossy magazine -you can get that at Smiths! For those who have joined - welcome aboard! For those who would like to join -please do! We're all in the same business! CONTEXT IS YOUR NEWSLETTER...... . The newsletter is here to serve you.Contributions, news, views, queries and abuse ..•.. get them of~ your chest and into print {so long: as its not libelloustt).1/Je need • volunteers to help with mailings; to review publications; to find & collate news and to monitor the activities of other professional organisations and amenity bodies that are connected with our work. In contributing, all I ask is that. you follow the format described below to save your ~ard-pressed editor time and headaches. FORM.I\ T. .. as the first issue with regular columns covering specific topic areas.Quarterly in February,' May,August and November each year.: I DEADLINES ... for copy: three weeks: in advance.Publication will be in the last week of the month. TYPEF;.\CE... standard typewriter faces,single spaced in columns of, 85mm wide only. ILLUSTRATIONS ... so long as we use the current printing technique these must be 85mm wide finished line drawings 0.2mm line width. Photographs forthe present are too complicated. POST ... all information and copy to; either: the Editor at 26,Silver Crescent. London. W4. or Jenny Birkett at 13O,Bouverie Ave.s., Salisbury. I.Vi 1 ts. Thanks to all those who made CO:'\TEXT Voll.No1.Feb'83 possible especially the Chairman(he won't get so much space next issuet), Peter Richards and not le .. ast Jenny' Birkett for ideas anc.1 encouxa.912:,m,eni';
. , Epitaph for Conservation Officers I require no tombstone,but If you require one for me I wish it to be inscribed: He made suggestions. ive ;\ccep ted them. By such an inscription we should all be honoured. Who is the author of this piece? The sender of the first correct answer to be received will win the Most-Literate-ConservationOfficer-of-the-Month-Award. One clue: this is a short translation of a poem by someone probably better known as a playwright.Answer from the GLC's Paul Calvocoressi next issue. AC0 Membershi-p i With well over 100 members at the start i of February, nllillbers are looking heal thy. I Each week sees a fresh arrival of applica~ tions, and it is interesting to note how· well. so::ne parts of the country are represented - and how poorly others are not~: It is up to existing members to pass the word arolmd - particularly to those officers who may not have realised they could be eligible for membership. In the Eastern Region, a report in the RTPI Branch Newsheet has provoked a response, particularly from the District Councils, and other regional representatives may like to also consider-this method of publicity. Treasu_-reris Report With over 100 members we have a bank balance of a little over £100 having paid for the printing of the Membership Leaflet - Mike Pearce persuaded Thelwell' to contribute the cover drawing which was a handsome gesture. We hope that subs will be entirely devoted to printing and postage costs and that meetings,. either regional or national will be self funding. Finally thank you to all those members who gave more tha.YJ.the minimum £2 subscription. ACO AGM: 19 November 1982 The first annual general meeting of the Association was held in the Conference Room of the Crafts Council in November, attended by some forty conservation officers from different authorities all over the country, and friends such as Gordon Michell and Roy Worskett. As at this time the leaflet inviting formal membership had only recently been printed it was difficult to know whether everyone had received their inYitation, but by next year that will be clearer! Apart from a minimum of formal business, including the election of officers and adopting accounts, the meeting was pleased to hear from the regional contacts of progress in establishing local forums. The AGO has taken the same regional grouping as the RTPI, which seemed convenient, but people are free to cross bou_ndaries or subdivide as they wish. The main thing is that any conservation officer anywhere should have sor::.eone to contact a..""1dbe welcomed. Meetings have been held in the South East - SECOG- and in East Al,glia, Cambridgeshire and Hampshire, a.nd south Oxfordshire for some ti□e. Since the AGO was formed, contacts have also been established in London, the South, Yorkshire, the North and. :North West. The East and West :t,,id.:.. lands a.nd ::Outh West had made a start. rrhe general :i:·eaction from conserration officers has been good~ from their authorities predictably'mixed. Our legal adviser feels that the one or two authorities actually wishi..""1g to forbid membership of the AGO- which is a volu..""1tary organisation - may be acting contrary to Magna Carta, but he's working on it! 'ITefor Thorpe was welcomed from South Wales, as was Nie Allen from the SDA in Edinburgh. The Constitution was amended to include Scotland, and to make absolutely sure of it, was extented to the United Kingdom! We are not yet sure whether to join the EZC. For those as yet curious but :10-t totally converted read on for rersur:.sior. or i:t?.J~k.... i:o ~rot11~ :frierrd:1;7 n:e·-ictrl,-.01tt~.:l':;,0.~~-~:·, ..ACtl rE":J;·.• J.~·ErrrJ:;e·:rE1b'il?1 fty1•rrs\•. f:ro121 tt~r.f:~L· OT"" fI'Orn thrJ EC.i tor. 3
i\CO NA fI ON;\L MEET Oxford Polytechnic is running a short course on 11 Listed Buildings and Conservation Control" at the University College,Oxford from 25th-27th March.The course has been organised in conjunction with the ;.\CO and wi 11 provide a rela t- -i ve ly inexpensive opportunity for us all to congregate for the first time on a national basis.Lecturers include Michael Green and Julian Orbach from the Inspectorate,OOE; Desmond Hodges from Edinburgh New Town Conservation Committee and Russell Wright from the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies at York.The fees range from £18 to £58(residential) and further info can be gained from·carolin Tidbury Deot of Town Planning(O865.64777). Se~ you there ... Ed. DRY ROT --.--- THB CIVIC rrRUS'l' 'I1he Civic 'l1rust, having successfully passed its 21st birthday, has also reached an age at which it has to consider its future. Its President, the GO.M of Conservation, Lord DuncanSandys is to be congratulated on his 75th birthday, and ,,e wish him a speedy recovery to good health. We 0~9 hira a great deal, which can only be repaid by making sure that conservation survives and flourishes, as it will. If the Civic Trust is the shepherd to nearly 1,000 local amenity Societies, four regional Trusts, and everything from environmental education to the Award Schemes and the Architectural Heritage Fund - who will guide the shepherd? Michael :Middleton has done more than anyone could reasonably 8xpect for over 20 years. Ma._71y other people have given.:fe.ithful service over long periods. There has been an advertisement for a deputy director, but no a7lnouncement has yet been made. Finances are a cause of concern from time to time. 'l'he Trust is into its 2.6th year a.>id its role in life as vital as ever. We hope the Trustees, who apart from the Archbishop of Canterbury, might be described as a Catholic body by virtue of the interests they embrace -not their faiths! - will rise to the occasion for which they were appointed, which is to make sure of the succession for another generation at least! SAVE Britain's Heritage Congratulations to Marcus Binney on being awarded the 0BE for'services to building conservation"- a new first? Apart from being the erudite architectural editor of Country Life, Marcus has helped to master-mind the Thirties Society, as well as, of course, SAVE~ and find time to get married recently! SAVE has taken on Barlaston Hall - and the Coal Board?- helped to save Billingsgate and published another useful book on lost Country Houses. What next? Well, if you have an interest in an estate village, or the City of London, or a Redundant Church, watch out! The question of any improvement to the legislation for Repairs powers - either a..'1 all-purpose 3101 - although the DoE would be highly nervous of a local authority carrying out work on an occupied resident-·. ial property - or changes to the Repairs Notice proceedure is exercis-, ing people's minds. Lord Vaizey's :Bill, which got a second readL"1g in the Lords, died with the last session. The Heritage Bill is at Report stage in the Lords. SAVE is studying the possibility of amendments to the Repairs powers and talking to the DoE - whi eh, as always, has a few ready-made amendments in its bottom drawer -with a view to in traducing amendments at the Committee stage ill the Commons. The question must also be asked as to whether the Commission, ought not to have delegated powers to use the legislation to secure repairs. At the moment it is left to the discretion of the Secretary of State. There is a long way to go yet on. what is supposed to be a tight timetable. We shoul.d welcome views or illustrative examples of problems with the present legislation to pass on in the right directions. Wriie to the AGO or the Editor! L 4
TELL-T.~LE THE SEASONOF THEYEAR? Great embarrassment in Lincolnshire as the County Council demolishes a barn without Listed Building Consent and Kesteven asks them to rebuild it. Lincolnshire is one of those few counties which do not appear to have a conservation officer. Too many poachers and no gamekeeper? The Russell \fright Report: Urban Conservation: The Org&~isation and Role of Professional Staff. Some of you will recall this report commissioned by the DOE in 1977 to study the work. of Conservation Officers in Local Goverri.Inent. Russell Wright carried out detailed research during the following 2 years and the report was complete by late 1979. Since that time there has been no move to publish the material despite the DOE being pressed for a publication date. Much of the information contained in the report will now sadly be out of date, but nevertheless it would still be of considerable interest to the conservation movement. The last that was heard was that the York IAAS was to publish the report independently, but that was a year ago and nothing has yet appeared. One is forced to wonder how much this report cost for it to be allowed to la.nguish in some Savile Row basement. 'l1he other report, on Emergency Repairs, has been submitted by Eleanor Michell which, apart from advocating more syster:iatic inspection and recording of historic buildings, also gives useful exar:iples of cases where repairs have - some·t.::iu,reseventually - heen secured; either by, negoti.at•ion. or with the use of planning powers. Again, we do depend on the DoE, not only to gather or com:nis.sion the facts, but to publish! NO SPRING CLEAN IN YORKSHIRE Trevor Houseago of Leeds City Council Planning Department tells us of a new policy adopted by his planning committee regarding the cleaning of listed buildings.It is the view of Leeds Council that unless individual listed buildings are cleaned with plain water ie., the least harmful method - then all other forms of cleaning require 'listed building consent'. In addition all forms of cleaning require consent when listed terraces or listed buildings forming a group are involved since the cleaning of an individual property in the ensemble will affect the special character of the whole group. The Edinburgh New Town Committee formulated a si~ilar policy some years ago: discouraging cleaning generally & only granting consent where precedent had already been set in a particular street or when a facade was generally to be refaced with clean new stone in any case.Conditions in the listed building consent control types of chemical cleaners & other methods & enforce the use of test areas before approving the results. Very few authorities have taken this stand in tightening control although painting brickwork as a means of brightening a facade is usually hammered.Anyone doubting that cleaning "materially affects" the special character of listed buildings should visit the south elevation of Macclesfield Townhall in Cheshire to see, as Morris said what a flaying will do for works of art. Sound advice on cleaning practice can now be cribbed from the new British Standard: BS 6270:1982 PtI ttCleaning & Surface Repair of Buildings." (Ed) 5
PATTERNS & TRENDS OF CHANGE IN HIS 11..WIC RUI LOI NGS. Physical changes that occur in historic buildings by and large fall into patterns.Such patterns occur, for example, to the extent that local authorities are consistent in their administration of the law: some types rof change are resisted, some encouraged, and there is acquiescence in the remainder.Other patterns occur to the extent that economic & social forces have a gradual impact on the way buildings are used; or simply to the extent that buildings age in characteristic ways, depending on the composition of their structure. The introduction of a" scale of change 11 allows such patterns and trends of change to be revealed as they occur.For example, it is possible to establish the average rate of change in a particular class of building,and whether th~t rate is greater or less than in the past; it is possible to identify building types that are perceived to be sustaining the greatest or least change; and the average rate of change can be monitored as it varies from area to area. The ability to identify such patterns and trends would allow local authorities to improve the effectiveness of their administration of historic buildings in a variety of ways: P'or officers, it would provide background & context for specific listed building consent & p1anninJ applications; it would indicate priorities for the approach to i ndi victual workloads; and it would indicate priorities for the general disposition of manpower. For committees, it would provide background & context for the decisions on specific consent cases; it would increase the consistency with 1.,vhi eh the law is administered; and it would allow committees to persue historic buildings policies and strategies. The study of planning control & the colle=tion of data relating to the scale of permitted change in our historic buildings stock is currently taxing Richard Griffith in the-Greater London Council's Historic Buildings Division. Interested parties & computer buffs can contact him on 01.734.8144. (Ed) ACO REGIO)JAL NE~vs Eastern Region Ne~s The first Regional meeting will be held at All Saints Church, Cambridge at 10.30 a.m. Saturday, 5 March. At this meeting it is hoped that the membership will decide upon the pattern and scope of contact within the Region. It is planned to have a short talk and brief business meeting followed by a walkabout to look at recent work in the City, leaving the afternoon free. .tUl Saints is a :::-edlmd2nt chv.:rch and is in Jesus Lane. Probably the best parking place is at the Shire Hall in Castle Street, it is only a few minutes walk into the town over the (new) Magdalene Bridge. Membership in the Region is just over 25 out of a total of 100 plus for the country, but so far we are pretty thin on the ground in Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and so far nonexistent in Norfolk. So please spread the word amongst your contacts over the District a.Dd County boundaries. .ACO YOf<KSHI f<E Trevor Houseago at Leeds City has been in touch with conservatia; o:fficers in the \vest Yorkshire districts of Calderdale,Kirklees, Wakefield and Bradford and a meeting was held recently in the fair city of Bradford.Trevor seems to be experiencing apathy from the county officers in Yorkshire generally.Come on lads and lasses, wake upr 6
1\CO 1\:0RTl I the ~CO Northern region met for the second time in Newcastle upon Tyne in December at the Belle Grove pub in Spital Tongues.About twelve officers representing four counties ( Tyne & 1,vear, Cleveland, Cumbria and Northumberland),two districts ( Durham and Blyth Valley) and the DOE discussed various proposals and activities and especially recruitment.It was decided to base membership as widely as possible and to gain associate members from interest~ groups not necessarily within local planning authorities. A regional levy in addition to the national membership fee would also be organised to fund local events.Publicity for the i\CO and its events may, it was thought, be gained through the local RTPI and • the Civic Trust for the N.East's publications and through the revived Northern Architect Mag. The ouestion of the national relist{ng was raised in realtion to the increased number of applicationsfor listed buildi~g consent that will be forthcoming from a. larger list.The additional 1.vorkload for local authorities & their conservation officers had not been accounted for in the LXJE 1 s calculations. Meetings have subsequently been arranged on a monthly basis. Further information from Brian Jobling at Tyne 8., Wear County Council (Tel:0632.816144). !\CO SOUTH E!\ST Conservation officers in the South East have been meeting regularly for some time now under the previous title of the Kent Conser- :..vation Officers: Group.County and district- o·_ff,icer s ;:1 t the-, Nc>vE~:rnl),er, meeting last year discussed two conferences:one on the conservati- -on of historic. gardens and parks and the other on BuilcLi.rrg Pre2,erv-• -ation Trusts.Policies for old redundant farm buildings got an airing besides a review of the craft skills register.A tour was then made of the Rochester High st Environmental Improvements led by Keith Ralph, conservation officer with Rochester-upon-Medway city council.Features of the improved streetscape are granite and York- -stone paving,traffic management & new sympathetic street lighting. Rochester boasts its expenditure per head of population on conserv- -ation works in 1981/82 was the highest in England.(Visited the place myself recently and was quite impressed.Ed.)Further information on ACO Sou thEas t from Tony \\1imble at Kent County Council(tel: 0622. 671411 x 3099) or from Geoff Pink at Surrey County Council (tel: 01.546.1050 X 3666). ACO LONDON The Greater London Council's Historic Buildings Division has managed to acquire a training budget from its parent - the Department of Architecture and Ci vie Design and, from its !! .Q. ~ 30,Warwick Street.,London WlR 6AB is organising a series of in-house lectures at the rate of two per month for the next year. Principally designed as a continuing education programme for its own staff, the lectures are however open to conservation officers in the London boroughs & the City Corporation since the topics to be covered are of mutu~ concern, including architectural history,conservation technology & conservation planning general!~ Midday lectures have already been arranged to be given by David Martin,Conservation Officer for Glasgow(March 7th);Ian Grant, consultant architect for the work of restoration at Hartford House (March 8th) and Frank Kelsall,one of Historic Buildings Division's own architectural historians (March 22nd). !\CO members are invi te.d to a:t:tend and further details can be sought from either John Earl or John Fidler wi.thin HR Division (tel .. 01 734.8144),. 7
A two year SSRC funded research project is to start shortly at the Joint Centre for Land Development Studies at the University of Reading.It will study the way that aesthetic controls are operated and will identify limits in terms of negotiations and appeal decisions.Assessment will also be made of the roles of .the various actors in the process and of the validity of the criticisms made in IXJE' s • Circular 22/80.The study will also evaluate the results of aesthetic control on the perceived quality of the environment. Further info & contributions to Dr.John Punter at JCLDS,Reading University. The ACO will be liasing with the Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies, especially the Societies' Conservation Areas & Listing Panel.David Pearce ( no relation to our esteemed though hard-oressed chairmanl Ed), the secre~ary of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings has been invited to accept honorary membership of the ACO. The next meeting of the Joint Societies' Panel is on 5th May at SPAB H(2., 55,Great Ormond St., London.at 4pm. HELP H~;:LP HELP HELP HELP HELP HElP Robert Chattel, a student on the Historic Preservation Programme at Columbia University in New York,is visiting Britain this summer on a scholarship to study the upgrading and refurbishment of our historic markets. ,'\ny /\CO members wi 11 i ng to spare a few hours pouring over their old market with a keen American will be rewarded probably with another visit the following year!NonetheJ<:s=; any offers to the Editor.(Keep them clean). FI ND OF THE I\'\ON TH ............ . The Council on Small Industries in Rural Areas in Salisbury (tel: 0722.6255) has a full-time Thatching Officer whose advice in the form of a written report(£40) or a verbal one(£20) is available to owners of thatched buildings. CoSIRA produce a vast array of literature on thatching and other rural building traditions and the staff are always very helpful. LEGAL EAGLE· Thanet District Council's own conservation officer,Mr.Walter reports of an appeal case of Neth~rhole Fax:mhous_e, a 14thc building owned by corpus CMristi college.An application to demolish having been refused, the college appealed and the appeal was eventually allowed.Consent was then given for demolition.However,trusty Thanet Council applied to the High Court for the decision to be set aside and the appeal was ultimately quashed.After further deliberations the building was sold and it is now under restoration. Congratulationsll ACO SouthEast have raised an interesting problem relating to S.101 of the 1971 Act and the term 11unoccupied".If a building contai- -ns furniture or equipment without actual inhabitants or occupying workers during normal hours -the section .for emergency repairs may not be valid.However if the local authority is exempting the property from rates it deems the building to be unoccupied and S101 would therefore be an appropriate tool to enforce repairs. (CONTEXT would be glad to hear from any conservation officer of problems,complaints,dodges or clever interpretations of the. lq.w. v;e cannot promise definitive answers or professional legal advice but mutual experiences, painful or otherwise may be of v a 1 u e to us a 11 • Ed.) 8
... URRA~ DESIGN GROUP Formed in 1978, the Urban Desion Group's principal objectives are to promote high standards of performance and interprofessional co-operation in planning,urban design, architecture, engineering and landscape design in Great Britain and to educate the relevant professions and the public in mcttters relating to urban design. It produces a newsletter and has begun to organise conferences and smaller events whilst establishi~ regional groups(sounds familiartEd) Membership is only £4.Information from John Peverley,Hon.Treasurer of the Urban Design Group{No.31, Onslow Gardens.London.NlO). FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE The Greeter London Council's Historic Buildings Division has printed {for some time now) a leaflet giving advice on the upgrading of existing original timber panell~d doord to meet modern fire protection standards. In association with the GLC's Scientific Branch and the District Surveyors, the Division is also assessing the capabilities and performance of cast iron in fire. ,/\CO H'lPROVER ACO IMPROVER ....... . Events diary for the next Quarter Contributions as follows: Date." Tit 1 e". Description. 1./Jho. lvher-e. Cost.Contact. !Vi.i\RCH 3 "Conservation of Structural & Decorative Cast-iron" Short Course. Ins ti tu te of Industrial A rchaeolog.y. I ronbridqe Gorqe Museum. :Vl. Srat ton. 09 5245. 352':! 3-4 /5 "Improving the Planning System 11 f<egional Conferences l~TPJ.. Pegions . .'\. Sa tchelL 01. 636.9107. 5 8 11 11 "Continental Neo-Classicism" Annual Symposium.Sac of Arch Historians.V & A Museum. London.Anne Riches.25,Drums- -heigh Gardens,Edinburgh. 11\Valki ng in the City" even lecture.on pedestrians in towns.Urban Design Group. London.F.Tibbalds.01.734 • .3933 c "British Stained Glass of 19 & 20thc".Lecture.W.Yorks Victorian Soc.Leeds.S.Powell 7, l1Joodbine Terrace. Leeds. L6. "Visit to Swakeleys House & Fawley Court" daylong visit. Georgian Group.NW London. R. Vv'hite .01. 734.8144. 16 "Craftsman's view of the conservation of woodwork" even lecture.Assoc for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings{ASCHB) Institute of Archaeology, London. A .Wright. The ,valled Garden.Kippington Rd. Sevenoaks.Kent,. 16 "Retailing,Shops & the High Street".Short course.TIA & Civic Trust.University of Birminaham.M.Stratton.095245 3522. 22-24 "Structural Faults:inspectxm & repair".Symposium.Dept of Civil Engineering,Univ of Edinburah.£165.Dr.M.Forde. 031.667.1081. 23-24 "Paint in Building Maintena- -nce".Symposium.Paint Researh Assoc.London.£157-186.S.Awan 01.977.4427. 25-27 "ListEid Buildings & Conserv- -ation Control".Short Course Oxford Polytechnic Dept of Town Planning with the Assoc of Conservation Officers. Oxford.£18-£58.C.Tidbury. 0865.64777. 28-31 Historic Monuments: their significance & their role" I.n terna tional Corrgre.s.s. IC0'10S. Basel, Switzer land. Institut des Festivals d'Art Internationaux.l,Place du Port.CH-1204.Geneva. 9
"Mortars,Screeds & Rendering" Afternoon seminar.Concrete Soc.~ould,Wales.Mr.Burman. 0978.55593. :29 "\vo l verhampton 11 day long tour Georgi an Group. l.vo 1 verhampton R,White.01.734.8144. 30 11Hi s tori c Gardens: their state .'\PRI L & repair".Lecture.Soc for the Protection of Ancient Buildings London.SPAB.01.405.2646. 6 11History of Charcoal i\1aking 11 even lecture.Newcomen Soc. Birminqham.Museum of Science & Industry,Newhall St.,Birmingr2Ill 8 11.1\spects of the Promenade in the 18th & 19thc 11Lecture. E.Anglian Victorian Soc. Norwich.J.Kennedy.Green Farm. Oulton.Norwich. 12-16 11 Vernacular Architecture 11 Annual Spring Conference.VAG. Bristol.Dr.N.Alcock.18,Port- -land Place.Leiuington Spa. 19 '\ 11Period Paint 11 Short course IAA & Paint Research Assoc. I ronbridge i'-luseurn .M. Stratton 095245.3522. 20 nLand in the Inner City 11 conference on initiatives. Land Decade Educational Council.London.£15.01.839. 4901. 22-23 11Decora ti ve J\rchi tectural Glass 11 .Short course.IIA. ·univ of Birminaham.M.Strattcn 095345.3522 . ·26-29"Reclama tion r 83"Internation conference~ exhibition. Industrial Seminars Ltd. London.0892.44027. MAY 7 "Burley-on- the-Hi 11, :-lil ton Hall & Thorpe Hall" day trip Georgian Group.Peterborouqh R . h'h i t e . 01 . 7 34 . 8144 . ' 1Lime in Conservation 11 even lecture.ASCHB.:,Jorwich. K.Darby.0603.29571. 13 11 Ecton Hall, Upton House and 10 :,F.inarl(:in.\J (}1-12,l i_ t;,1 in. {j1-b-:1.n Design.:rAGM & Seminar.Urban Design Group.F,Tibbalds.01. 734.2971. Althorp 11 daylong trip.Georgian Group. ~✓orthamptonshire. R .white. 01.734.8144. 13-17 "Monuments & their Interiors" International forum. I co1v1os. Haarlem,NetherJ.ands.ICOMOS, Rijksdienst voor Monument. Broederplein 41, Zeist 3703 CD Netherlands. 15-17"Georgian Bristol 11 weekend tour.Georgian Group.Bristol. R.White.01.734.8144. 16 "E3ournville vvalking Tour". Birmingham group of the Victorian Sac.Birmingham E.Renouf.78,Church Green. Birmingham.B20. 16-17 11Educa tion .for Urban Design 11 1\1eek.end conference. Urban Design Group.York.F,Tibbalds 01.734.3935. 18 11Cleaning Stone & Other kind of Masonry 11 • International sympos i urn. r\ST;\1S. Loui svi 11 e, u::.:;1\. AS T',11.191. 6, Race Street. ;-:;-h-;-1 d·· .l h; 1:) 10]-\'3 IJ(.'( r l l . a e ~ p. .L a . a .. L :, - l✓ - u .) : \ • 11 12 14 18 21 28 "The Black Eagle Brewery" visit.Georgian Group.East London.R.~hite.01.734.8144 "Heritage Publicity 11 .Short course.IIA.Ironbridqe Museum M.Stratton.095245.3522. 11Borcham House,Terling Place Kelvedon Hall".Day tour. Georgian Group. E~~- R .White 01.734.8144 "London Docks •r day tour. The Victorian Society.London Victorian Soc.01.994.1019. "Gothick. .3ymposium"Lecture series.Georgian Group. V & A Museum.London.£10.Georgian Group.01.235.3081. "Spi talfields, London. 11 tour Sac for the Protection of Ancient Ruildings.E.London. SPAG.Ol.40~.2646. 10
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