Context 160 - July 2019

4 C O N T E X T 1 6 0 : J U L Y 2 0 1 9 Caroline Neville, the 1st Lady Wenlock: a case for cosmetic surgery? Crittall Windows is to manufacture and install replacement windows for Trellick Tower, a residential block in west London designed by Erno Goldfinger for the then Greater London Council. The building, which is listed Grade II*, was completed in 1972. Its separate lift and service tower is connected to the main structure by aerial walkways. Some 860 windows will be installed, galvanised and finished with a polyester powder coating. Port Sunlight Village Trust, has been awarded a Resilient Heritage grant by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding supports the launch of the trust’s first five-year strategic plan and will strengthen its income-generation potential. The village, built to house Lever’s Sunlight Soap factory workers has 900 Grade II listed buildings (Photo: Mark Warren 1973, Wikimedia) Lady Wenlock’s nose Churches across Yorkshire are hold- ing a series of free events, open days and exhibitions this summer. Church Explorers is an annual festival celebrating the architectural and archaeological importance of Yorkshire’s church buildings. At St Helen’s, Escrick, visitors are being invited to consider the future of the nose on the memorial to Caroline Neville, the 1st Lady Wenlock (1792–1868), which was seriously damaged in a fire. After the fire minor repairs were carried out to the effigy and it was given a new nose, larger and more masculine than the original. The sculpture has recently undergone cleaning and restoration work. Visitors are being asked: a) should the ‘new’ nose be left as it is? b) Should the effigy be given a new nose matching the original pre-fire model? c) Should the ‘new’ nose be removed allowing for the damage caused by the fire to be seen?