Context 160 - July 2019

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 David McDonald, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Lone Le Vay, 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 vacant West Midlands vacant East Midlands RosemaryThompson, 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 Remembering the secondworldwar No160 July2019 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: Detail from ‘A Munitions Factory’ by Frederick William Elwell (1944) showing women working at lathes and other equipment (Image: Imperial War Museums). See page 12 C O N T E X T 1 6 0 : J U L Y 2 0 1 9 1 2 Briefing 5 Out of Context 6 Periodically 8 Writer’s voice 11 EDITORIAL 12 Royal Ordnance Factories Peter de Figueiredo 15 The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Jon Gedling 19 ‘Is that screw-hole really necessary?’ David Kenyon and Fiona Jenkins 23 Bombing and rebuilding Peter Larkham 27 An art deco cinema on wartime Orkney Frazer Robson 30 Second world war heritage at sea Antony Firth 34 Landscapes Chris Mayes 39 Architecturally speaking Nick Corbett 42 Notes from the chair 44 Director’s cut 46 Vox pop 47 New members 48 Book reviews 52 New member profile 53 Products and services 56 Advertisers index