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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 Operations Director Fiona Newton, operations@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 The IsleofMan Fromblackhouse toBaillieScott 10,000 yearsof settlement Landscapeof theTTRaces ArmitageRigby, architect No153March2018 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: The ruins of the Cathedral of St German within the walls of Peel Castle, Isle of Man (Photo: Fiona Newton) C O N T E X T 1 5 3 : M A R C H 2 0 1 8 1 2 Briefing 5 Out of Context 6 Letter 6 Writer’s voice 7 Obituary: Brian Morton MBE, engineer 8 Obituary: Elizabeth Evans (Hall), conservation architect 9 Periodically 12 All change for planning and historic environment law Charles Mynors 17 Building conservation matters in the Isle of Man Chris Thomas 18 10,000 years of settlement Edmund Southworth 21 From blackhouse to Baillie Scott Patricia Tutt 25 A pattern of building Patricia Tutt 28 The island in context Catriona Mackie 31 Island of architecture Catriona Mackie 33 The TT Races and the landscape Matthew Richardson 35 Celebrating the Sea Terminal Building Ashley Pettit 38 Bringing Peggy home Steve Blackford 40 A new view of the Quarterdeck Steve Blackford 43 Armitage Rigby, the overlooked architect Peter Kelly 47 Saving St James’s Priory Sandra Manley 50 Parallel professions: archaeology and conservation Rob Lennox 51 Local listing in Leicester Stuart Bailey 53 Notes from the chair 55 Director’s cut 56 New members 57 Vox pop 58 Products and services 60 Advertisers index