2 C O N T E X T 1 3 6 : S E P T E M B E R 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: November, issue 137 12 September March, issue 138 16 January May, issue 139 13 March July, issue 140 15 May September, issue 141 17 July John Betjeman Award Sensitive repairs to a 17th-century family monument in the Poulett Memorial Chapel of St George’s Church at Hinton St George in Somerset have won the 2014 SPAB (Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) John Betjeman Award. SPAB has also announced commendations for the conservation of the embroidered dossal hung behind the altar at Lanercost Priory, Cumbria, and for consolidation work to the remains of the former south cloister at Tewkesbury Abbey. The award is made for outstanding repairs to the fabric of places of worship in England and Wales completed in the past 18 months. The baroque memorial to John, 1st Baron Poulett – the final phase in a programme of conservation repairs to the Poulett Chapel – had been affected by the chapel’s (formerly) damp environment, and damaged by crude overpainting and heavy repairs carried out in the past. The conservators removed the overpaint to reveal the underlying scagliola (decorative marbling effect). Dated to 1667–69, this is thought to be the earliest example of scagliola in England. Following the long-established principles of the SPAB – to repair what is there, not replace – the work ensured that the monument retained its faded appearance. The conservators resisted remodelling missing elements, including a cherub’s face and the arms of the principal figures, as there was little evidence to suggest how these might have looked. Later crude additions, such as poorly-modelled arms, were removed. However, a St George’s Church at Hinton St George, Somerset, and the restored monument in the Poulett Memorial Chapel A fire at the Grade II* listed Eastbourne Pier has left the main pavilion a shell. Built in the 1870s, the pier accommodated gift shops, bars and restaurants.
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