C O N T E X T 1 3 8 : M A R C H 2 0 1 5 3 of original fabric and details. One of the objectives of the 2010 Penfold Review was to review the legislative framework for non-planning consents (that is, those consents required alongside, but separate to, planning consents – including listed building consent, among others). The aim was to simplify the listed building consent system and reduce the level of information applicants are required to submit. Consequently, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 allowed the secondary legislation required for new regulations to be published (6 April 2014). Heritage online English Heritage has published a history of the National Heritage Collection in a series of eight reports that are free to download online. This is the most in-depth research into the history of the collection ever undertaken. It examines both why and how the state accumulated over 400 historic buildings and sites in England, to be repaired, protected and opened to the public. These properties are now in the care of English Heritage. The research covers the history of the collection between 1882 and 1983. Enter ‘Heritage Collection’ in the title search box at http://research.english-heritage. org.uk. Victorian glasshouse appeal West Dean Gardens has launched an appeal to restore the Victorian glasshouses in the walled kitchen garden. Built by Foster and Pearson between 1891 and 1900, they are some of the few remaining in active use in the UK. It will cost over £30,000 to carry out restoration work on just one of the different types of glasshouses, which range from cucumber and pineapple pits to vine houses. West Dean Estate was bought by William James in 1892. In the early 20th century the James family used theWest Dean Estate as a social centre. Edward VII was a frequent visitor at shooting parties held on the estate. The lifestyle created huge demands on the kitchen garden and the 22 gardeners. The glasshouses were heated by the boiler which was stoked by hand through the night. The era of growing copious varieties of fruit, flowers and vegetables came to an end in 1939 when most of the workforce was called up to fight in the war. Today the glasshouses are heated by a biomass boiler, fuelled by trimmed materials from West Dean’s forestry enterprise. Features of the gardens include a 300-foot Edwardian pergola designed by Harold Peto and 13 restored Victorian glasshouses. Restoration at Compton Verney The national art museum Compton Verney has received £2.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for the Compton Verney Landscape Restoration Project. The project aims to preserve, restore and celebrate an outstanding Capability Brown park, which includes a rare, Brown-designed, Grade I-listed chapel, which was completed in 1779. War memorials listed Six of England’s most important war memorials have been listed Grade I and II*. They are the Guards Memorial, Horseguards Parade,Westminster (Grade I); Birmingham Hall of Memory (Grade I); the Response War Memorial, Newcastle (Grade I); Port Sunlight War Memorial,Wirral A 1930s railway poster advertising Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire (Photo: English Heritage) A hangar at Stow Maries in 1915 Many of the buildings are in need of repair. Awaiting restoration (Photo:West Dean Gardens)
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