Context 161 - September 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 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 IHBCAnnualSchoolNottingham Heritage, riskand resilience:confrontingconservationcalamities No161September2019 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: Attending the IHBC annual school in Nottingham, David Grech spent some time sketching. This page from his sketch book shows the Adams Building in the Lace Market (1855), designed by TC Hine. C O N T E X T 1 6 1 : S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 9 1 2 Briefing 5 Out of Context 5 Letters 6 Periodically 8 Writer’s voice IHBC ANNUAL SCHOOL 2019 REPORT 11 What we learned in Nottingham THURSDAY TOURS 12 Nottingham’s flood defences Estefanía Macchi 13 City of Caves Roger Higgins 14 Heritage-led regeneration Lauren Ayers 16 Nottingham’s architects Charlene Cross 17 Transforming Nottingham Castle John Copping 18 Boots campus Michael Taylor 20 Meanwhile uses Michael Foley 20 Climate change solutions Emma Hancock FRIDAY DAY SCHOOL 22 Keynote address: Recovery and disaster KimMiller SESSION 1: FIRE 23 Fire and emergency Chloe Oswald 24 Reconstructing the Mackintosh Thomas Street SESSION 2: STRUCTURAL FAILURE AND HERITAGE AT RISK 24 The art of the possible Rachael Parry 26 Getting close to Victoria Mills Claire Gayle 26 Heritage at risk: who cares? Catherine Kemp 27 Questions and discussions Charlene Cross 27 Spotlight talks KerryWalmsley SESSION 3: SECURITY, DIGITALTECHNOLOGYAND LEGAL ISSUES 29 The crime and terrorism risk Ian Pritchard and Melanie Jane Campbell 30 Digital against disaster Janine Dykes 30 The legal consequences of destroying heritage assets Georgia Foy 31 Heritage assets in disrepair: the legal powers Michael Taylor SESSION 4: FLOODING 32 Flood risk and resilience Keith Parsons 33 Flooding: recovery and improvement Ian Pritchard 34 Phoenix at Stoke Rochford Hall KerryWalmsley SATURDAY TOURS 35 Southwell Dumble and Leaky Barrier Andrew Pettifor 36 From a phoenix to a king Amanda Chester 37 Rock Cemetery and Catacombs Liz Mayle 38 Transforming Nottingham Castle John Copping 39 Heritage-led regeneration Lone LeVay 42 IHBC Marsh and Gus Astley Student Awards Samantha Allen 45 The iron roof at the Albert Dock Anthony Clarke 48 New standard for retrofitting UK homes John Edwards 51 War memorials: sacrifice and remembrance Jeremy Prescott 54 Notes from the chair 56 Director’s cut 58 New member profile – Sophie Cattier 59 Book reviews 63 Vox pop 64 Inter alia James Caird 65 Products and services 68 Advertisers index