Context 163 - March 2020

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 Ireland Themakingof the14HenriettaStreetMuseum Originsof theBuildingsof Ireland Thedevelopmentof Irishbuildingconservation Architecturalconservationofficers No163March2020 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: The back hall and stairs of 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin, with its evocative tenement paint colours of Reckitt’s Blue and Red Raddle (Photo: Paul Tierney Photography, reproduced courtesy of Dublin City Council) C O N T E X T 1 6 3 : M A R C H 2 0 2 0 1 2 Briefing 5 Out of Context 6 Periodically 11 Editorial 12 The development of Irish building conservation Arthur Parkinson 15 The making of the 14 Henrietta Street Museum Charles Duggan 18 The origins of the Buildings of Ireland Alistair Rowan 21 To restore or to repair? Frederick O’Dwyer 25 The RIAI’s role in conservation John Graby and Robin Mandal 28 The evolving architectural conservation officer Irenie McLoughlin 31 Ireland’s climate change sectoral adaptation plan Jacqui Donnelly 37 A heritage partnership agreement for King’s Cross Station Claire Brady 40 Walled kitchen gardens of the Isle ofWight Helen Thomas 43 Community matters: Participation, heritage and a local plan Harriet Bell 47 Notes from the chair 49 Director’s cut 50 New members 51 Vox pop 53 Book reviews 59 New member profile 60 Inter alia 61 Products and services 64 Advertisers index