32 C O N T E X T 1 0 6 : S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 8 IHBC Annual School 2008 IHBC Annual School 2008 IHBC Annual School 2008 honoured her husband by adding the main gallery and sculpture gallery. In 1922 Guildford architect Lawrence Powell, a former chairman of the trustees of Watts Gallery, excavated the courtyard to build the sunken gallery. The Watts Gallery, Grade II* listed, remains one of the few purpose-built, one-man galleries in Britain. It is a perfect example of the aesthetically pleasing but pragmatic design style of the arts and crafts movement. It is in urgent need of repair to mend the leaking fabric and to provide an appropriate environment for the collection. There is an ambitious programme to restore the building, conserve the collection, extend the learning programme, and establish the Watts Gallery as the centre for the exploration of Victorian art, social history and craft. Planning permission and listed building consent has been granted for the adaptation and expansion of the gallery, and a £4.3 million grant secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund after being the runner-up in last year’s BBC ‘Restoration’ series. Work is due to start this autumn, during which time the gallery will be closed. John Townsend References Nature and Tradition: arts and crafts architecture in and around Guildford, The Arts and Crafts Movement of Surrey (2002), ISBN 0 9537615 1 7 Watts Chapel, Veronica Franklin Gould (1993), ISBN 0 9515811 1 2 Surrey: Buildings of England Series, Nairn and Pevsner (1987), ISBN 0 14071021 3. Websites Watts Gallery: www.wattsgallery.org.uk Compton Parish Council: www.compton-surrey.co.uk IHBC fringe school The first IHBC fringe school took place on the first afternoon of this year’s annual school. It provided an opportunity for the presentation of new research, new approaches and new talent. The speakers were drawn mainly from those who had entered their student work Sarah Lupton THE CONSERVATION STUDIO D & M heritageinitiatives Town Planning & Historic Environment Consultants Murphy Associates Planning.UrbanDesign.Conservation Eimear Murphy Bsc (Hons)DipUDMRTPI IHBC The IHBC would like to thank the sponsors of this year’s Annual School: Clement Windows Group Ltd, The Conservation Studio, The D&M Planning Partnership, Heritage Initiatives and Murphy Associates, and to thank English Heritage for its support. for the Gus Astley Student Award. The breadth of subject matter covered was a microcosm of the breadth of interests and skills found within our membership. Presentations ranged from Gus Astley Student Award first prize winner David Hills’ explanation of the issues surrounding the listing and development of management guidelines for Chamberlain, Powell and Bon’s 1960s Barbican development in London to Aiswarya Tipnis’ colourful description of the characterisation and repair of the area around the former colonial Crawford market hall (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule) in Mumbai. Emily Tracey described her work researching building stones in Scotland using a rectified image of part of a building with digital overlays, showing different levels of stone decay. Sarah Lupton compared two methods of metric survey which she had learned from scratch to enable comparison. Leading a lively discussion on internal and external perceptions of the sector, Victoria James asked how the heritage sector saw itself after ten years of the DCMS. Emily Gee’s thoroughly researched and complete thematic review of purpose-built single women’s accommodation was an absorbing insight into architecture for a particular section of society. The fringe school was a fascinating collection of presentations and the quality was exceptional throughout.The information and CPD value provided by the fringe exceeded that available at many costly conferences. If this standard is maintained into 2009, the fringe should certainly be the first choice for annual school delegates looking for a stimulating, enlightening and varied afternoon. Fiona Newton
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