Context 166 - November 2020

2 Briefing 4 Writer’s voice 5 Obituary: David Lovie 6 Periodically 9 Letters 13 Conservation, people and places in Oxford and beyond Layla Moran MP 14 Oxford: adapt, change and grow Tom Bridgman 16 Oxford’s impending planning disaster Bob Colenutt 18 The voluntary sector and the planning of Oxford Malcolm Airs 21 Reconnecting Oxford Castle Michael Asselmeyer 23 Conserving the Hilda Besse Building Hetti Dix 26 The next phase in the life of the Mitre Helen Ensor 29 Intensifying development in Oxford Gill Butter 31 Open spaces under threat Sam Clarke 34 Maintaining the buildings of Oxford University Emilia McDonald 37 Notes from a city of colleges Katharine Owen 41 Conserving Stowe Jane Kennedy 44 The new digital kids on the block Ingval Maxwell 47 Notes from the chair 49 Director’s cut 50 New members 51 Vox pop 52 Book reviews 55 New member profile 56 Inter alia 57 Products and services 60 Advertisers index 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 Mike Brown, 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 Professional Services Officer Michael Netter, services@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Andrew Shepherd, membership@ihbc.org.uk Finance & Resources Jill Kerry, resources@ihbc.org.uk Education ChrisWood, 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 Oxford Adapt,changeandgrow Intensifyingdevelopment ReconnectingOxfordCastle No166November2020 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: The Radcliffe Camera at the University of Oxford illuminated as part of the Night of Heritage Light. See page 34 (Photo: dpa Lighting Consultants) C O N T E X T 1 6 6 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 0 1