C O N T E X T 1 3 3 : M A R C H 2 0 1 4 1 Cover: St Vedast in the City of London. Reconstructed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1695–1701 (the spire may be by Nicholas Hawksmoor), it was restored by Stephen Dykes Bower after being bombed in 1941. (Photo: Rob Cowan) www.ihbc.org.uk Registered as a charity in England andWales number 1061593 and in Scotland number SC041945. Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England number 3333780. Registered Office: 3 Stafford Road,TunbridgeWells, Kent TN2 4QZ. Officers President Trefor Thorpe, president@ihbc.org.uk Chair Mike Brown, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Emilia Hands, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Eddie Booth, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Richard Morrice, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Projects Officer Fiona Newton, projects@ihbc.org.uk Consultant Consultations Coordinator James Caird, consultations@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy David Kincaid, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Paul Butler, membership@ihbc.org.uk Finance & Resources Richard Morrice, resources@ihbc.org.uk Education David McDonald, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Charles Strang, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Officers North Geoff Underwood, 0191 433 3435 NorthWest Crispin Edwards, 0161 474 2620 Yorkshire David Blackburn, 01943 603479 West Midlands Charles Shapcott, 0121 7044312 East Midlands Roy Lewis, 01623 756623 South Julia Foster, 01296 585888 SouthWest JamesWebb, 01202 732849 East Anglia David Andrews, 07760 208231 South East Sean Rix, 01483 523379 London JohnWebb, 020 8461 1190 Scotland Stuart Eydmann, 07525 479835 Wales Nathan Blanchard, 01492 583443 Northern Ireland Colin Hatrick, 028 9064 1126 Republic of Ireland Cormac O’Sullivan, 00353 5677 62907 Institute ofHistoricBuildingConservation No 133March2014 Valuing heritage The conflict and controversy 2 Briefing 3 Out of Context 4 Letters 5 Periodically Bob Kindred 9 Supporting columns Brian Morton VALUING HERITAGE 12 Valuing Heritage: plural, selective and transitory Rebecca Madgin 13 Conservation and social value: an ambivalent relationship Siân Jones 15 The vagaries of value Gareth Hoskins 18 The parks conundrum Katy Layton-Jones 22 How Leicester uses value to protect its heritage Jenny Timothy 24 Positive results for Derby city centre Chloe Oswald 26 Heritage’s economic contribution Duncan Melville 28 Fluctuating heritage values at the Borobeck Store Sophie Norton 30 Celebrating a 1970s housing estate Clare Smith, Christine Manly and James Webb 33 Worcester’s HER21 project Carl Jukes 35 The loss of the Liverpool Custom House John Watling 39 The aftermath of a fire Michael Munt 43 New directions for waterways heritage management Nigel Crowe 47 Conference report: IHBC London conference on heritage at risk Christine White 49 Conference report: IHBC North West conference on digital heritage Keith Parsons 51 Notes from the chair 52 The writer’s voice 53 Director’s cut 55 Vox pop 56 Book reviews 61 Products and services 64 Advertisers index
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