2 C O N T E X T 1 3 4 : M A Y 2 0 1 4 Editor Rob Cowan Editorial Coordinator Fiona Newton, 01507 602567 editorial@ihbc.org.uk Editorial Board Nigel Crowe Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Rebecca Madgin Fiona Newton (chair) Michael Taylor Cartoons by Rob Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2014 ISSN 0958-2746 Publisher Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury,Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA 01747 871717 context@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Non-member subscriptions to Context Context is available to corporate bodies at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom £60.00 Elsewhere £90.00 The views expressed in Context are not necessarily held by the IHBC or the publisher. Neither the publisher nor the IHBC shall be under any liability whatsoever in respect of contributed articles. We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication.While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this issue of Context is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Briefing Context Copy deadlines Context is published five times a year, in March, May, July, September and November. The next five copy deadlines are: July, issue 135 16 May September, issue 136 18 July November, issue 137 12 September March, issue 138 16 January May, issue 139 13 March Social enterprise and re-use The Prince’s Regeneration Trust (PRT) has been awarded a £200,000 Big Lottery Fund development grant to establish an innovative social enterprise fund aimed at boosting capacity, confidence and wellbeing in deprived communities across the UK through the adaptive reuse of at-risk locally important buildings. The PRT has developed a concept for a new fund aimed at investors seeking to use their capital to generate social impact as well as financial return. The trust will develop its concept into a detailed business case for investors, demonstrating the financial viability of the fund, how its social impact will be assessed and how the trust will work in partnership with other organisations to maximise the fund’s effectiveness. The first Georgians Graham Tite writes: The Royal Collection is showing ‘The First Georgians: art and monarchy 1714– 1760’ the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace until 12 October. The exhibition celebrates 300 years since George I ascended the British throne. So much that is familiar to us derives from these times up to 1760, the year in which his descendant George III became king and the so-called ‘late Georgian’ period began. This was to last until 1837 and the beginning of Victoria’s reign. These terms will be familiar to most Context readers, especially from listed building descriptions. The business of listing was set up in the late 1940s largely to identify this group of buildings, with a view to their preservation. Up to that time the A Grade II listed building at Brixton Prison has been converted by architect Purcell into a 100-seat restaurant run by some of its prisoners.The new Clink restaurant is in the Grade II listed former Governor’s House.The restaurant is linked to a new professional kitchen in an adjacent building.
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