Context 152 - November 2017

www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet 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: Jubilee House, High Street,Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Officers President David McDonald, president@ihbc.org.uk Chair James Caird, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Kathryn Davies, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Jo Evans, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Jill Kerry, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Projects Officer Fiona Newton, projects@ihbc.org.uk Consultations Coordinator consultations@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk LETS Officer Kate Kendall, lets@ihbc.org.uk Branch & Events Support Officer Carla Pianese, support@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics David Kincaid, membership@ihbc.org.uk Finance & Resources Jill Kerry, resources@ihbc.org.uk Education Andrew Shepherd, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Officers North vacant NorthWest Crispin Edwards, 07768 502363 Yorkshire Matthew Bentley, 0113 247 8145 West Midlands vacant East Midlands Roy Lewis, 01623 756623 South Julia Foster, 01296 585888 SouthWest vacant East Anglia vacant South East Sanne Roberts, southeast@ihbc.org.uk London Sheila Stones, 01223 582716 Scotland Paul Zochowski, 01620 827264 Wales John Edwards, 07796 440934 Northern Ireland vacant Republic of Ireland Cormac O’Sullivan, 00353 5677 62907 Floorscape Floorsof thegreatmedieval churches Britain’shistoricpaving Iron,glassandwoodunderfoot BathAbbey’sgeothermalfloor No152November2017 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: The retrochoir of Winchester Cathedral with medieval paving and the tomb of Bishop de Lucy (1189–1204): see page 15. Photo copyright John Crook (www.john-crook.com ) C O N T E X T 1 5 2 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 7 1 2 Briefing 4 Letters 4 Writer’s voice 5 Out of Context 6 Listing’s 70th anniversary Deborah Mays 9 The heritage at our feet 10 Britain’s historic paving Richard Guise, David Harrison and Robert Huxford 15 Floors of the great medieval churches David Harrison 18 Iron, glass and wood underfoot Rob Cowan 23 Bath Abbey’s geothermal floor Daisy Nelson and Sarah Richardson 26 A glossary of paving Rob Cowan 29 Gustavo Giovannoni on planning in historic towns Marc Piqué i Gascón 33 Violet Pinwill, woodcarver Grant Elliott 36 Notes from the chair 38 Director’s cut 39 New members 40 Vox pop 42 New member profile 43 Book reviews 45 Products and services 48 Advertisers index