Context 156 - September 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 No 156 September 2018 Institute of Historic Building Conservation IHBC Annual School Belfast Our shared heritage Cover: Smug One’s cook and lobster mural and the former offices of the Unite union: one of the redundant city centre buildings seen on the IHBC annual school ‘Risky Belfast’ tour, see page 20 (Photo: Jonathan Taylor) C O N T E X T 1 5 6 : S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 8 1 2 Briefing 3 Opinion 5 Writer’s voice 6 Obituary: Eddie Booth 8 Letters 9 Out of Context 10 Periodically 14 New life for Kensal House IHBC ANNUAL SCHOOL 2018 REPORT 15 Sharing Belfast and beyond AndrewMcClelland THURSDAY TOURS 16 Queen’s University Belfast and its historic environs Tom Copp 17 Housing in historic buildings: the work of Hearth Sarah Croft 18 Sacred spaces in central Belfast David Bevan 19 Risky Belfast Devon Decelles 21 Historic North Belfast: heritage-led regeneration Rosemary Thornber 22 Central Belfast: architectural influences Claire Brady FRIDAY DAY SCHOOL 24 The Curfew Tower Tom Copp 25 Communication and inclusion in the regulatory process Katherine Owen and Gavin Creech 26 Tools in the digital trade Claire Brady 27 Heritage, communication and negotiation across communities Chris Colville 28 Strategic financing Roger Higgins 28 International negotiation strategies Rosemary Thornber and Rory Lamb 29 Transforming professional engagement with communities Clare Gayle 30 Transforming heritage care in Ireland Alice Ullathorne 31 Titanic Experience John Copping 32 Red Brick Belfast Conor Sandford 33 Street Society Penny McKnight SATURDAY TOURS 34 Armagh Roy Lewis 35 Ards Peninsula: Mediterranean influences at Mount Stewart and Portaferry Rachel Purse 36 East Belfast: industrial maritime heritage Jen Austin 38 Heritage-led regeneration in the north west: Heaney’s Homeplace and Derry~Londonderry Sarah McNamee 39 West Belfast Tom Parnell 40 IHBC Marsh and Gus Astley Student Awards 42 An AACO member at the IHBC school 45 Notes from the chair 47 Director’s cut 49 Vox pop 51 New member profile 52 Book reviews 57 Products and services 60 Advertisers index