C O N T E X T 1 3 1 : S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 3 17 S IHBC Annual School Annual School 2012 School 2013 IHBC An 2011 IHBC Annual IHBC Annual School School 2013 IHBC IHBC Annual Scho some of the buildings proposed for local listing on the way. Over tea and biscuits, provided by some of the 30 volunteers who impressively manage the tourist information centre in the Moot House almost full-time, a robust discussion considered how the local community could achieve its vision through the Brampton Conservation Area Action Plan, including a new heritage centre in the Moot House. Although the action plan had been welcomed by the council, it had not been formally adopted. The parish council had ‘given up on the council’ that had recently reduced its conservation team quite drastically. It was mooted that overworked conservation officers would probably have to concentrate efforts o utterly crucial tasks rather than proactive work that can give exemplary results. Sadly this was an issue with which many of the delegates were already familiar. But the sterling work from this community provides a ray of light to us all, and with enough persistence may yet secure their vision. Elizabeth Mayle, design and conservation officer, Balfour Beatty (Workplace in association with North East Lincolnshire Council) Kirklinton Hall and Warwick Bridge Corn Mill First stop on this combined visit was the Grade II listed Kirklinton Hall, a small country house of 1661, modestly extended in around 1700 and again, more substantially, in the mid 19th century. Ruinous and roofless at the time of listing in 1974, it has done well to withstand a further 40 years of weathering and eight applications for listed building consent, including one refused in 1987 for its demolition, and one in 2011 that approved a scheme of enabling development. The latter included the restoration and conversion of the hall, its stables and coach house into 13 dwellings. This would have been partly financed by the erection of an entirely new wing of five new dwellings and four stand-alone units in the rather compact grounds. New owners in 2012 saw things differently. A fresh scheme was approved in June 2013 for a single family home within part of the former house. At the time of our visit work had already begun on consolidating the fragile fabric of the external walls, and rebuilding chimneystacks and ornate gables. Architect Pieter Rol showed delegates around the site. Issues of discussion included whether the phased programme of repairs earmarked for the site, potentially over many years, might turn out to be better or worse for the building St Michael and the Dragon in the window of theWar Memorial Chapel at Brampton (Photo: Fiona Newton) Delegates in the roofless shell of Kirklinton Hall
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