Context 155 - July 2018

www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet Registered as a charity in England and Wales 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 Rosemary Thompson, eastmidlands@ihbc.org.uk South Alison Davidson, south@ihbc.org.uk 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 Ken Moore, northernireland@ihbc.org.uk Republic of Ireland Cormac O’Sullivan, 00353 5677 62907 No155 July2018 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation From theory topractice andbackagain Historic researchasapplied science Welcoming curateddecay Democraticheritage,balancedbudgets Graffitiasmarginalisedheritage Cover: An architect considering options for a window in a chapel that is being converted for domestic use. This issue of Context focuses on what academics and practitioners can learn from one another. C O N T E X T 1 5 5 : J U L Y 2 0 1 8 1 2 Briefing 4 Writer’s voice 5 Out of Context 6 Periodically 11 From theory to practice and back again Tom Yarrow and Rebecca Madgin 12 How conservation matters Tom Yarrow, in conversation 15 Historic research as an applied science Henrik Schoenefeldt 18 The old alliance of urban history and conservation Simon Gunn 20 Care, repair and adaptive heritage practice David Mitchell and Caitlin DeSilvey 22 Assembling alternative futures for heritage Heritage Futures team 25 Why do you work with volunteers? Harald Fredheim 28 Conservation, climbing and graffiti Siân Jones, Alex Hale, Stuart Jeffrey, John Hutchinson, Mhairi Maxwell and John Stuart Watson 32 Walking the talk through historic places Andrew McClelland 36 Crittalls and metal windows David Andrews 38 From risk to regeneration Nick Bishop and Rebecca Barrett 41 Notes from the chair 43 Director’s cut 45 Vox pop 46 New members 47 New member profile 48 Book reviews 53 Products and services 56 Advertisers index