The East Anglian coast Orford Ness: a landscape in conflict Great Yarmouth’s cultural heritage Britten and Pears at the Red House No 175 March 2023 Institute of Historic Building Conservation CONTEXT 175 : MARCH 2023 1 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 Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Professional Services Officer Michael Netter, services@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk Education,Training and Application Support Officer Anna Hart, training@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics Andrew Shepherd, membership@ihbc.org.uk Education Chris Wood, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Contacts North north@ihbc.org.uk North West northwest@ihbc.org.uk Yorkshire yorkshire@ihbc.org.uk West Midlands westmids@ihbc.org.uk East Midlands eastmids@ihbc.org.uk South south@ihbc.org.uk South West southwest@ihbc.org.uk East Anglia eastanglia@ihbc.org.uk South East southeast@ihbc.org.uk London london@ihbc.org.uk Scotland scotland@ihbc.org.uk Wales wales@ihbc.org.uk Northern Ireland northernireland@ihbc.org.uk Republic of Ireland republicofireland@ihbc.org.uk Rest of theWorld overseas@ihbc.org.uk Cover: The Pagodas at Orford Ness National Nature Reserve, Suffolk, were testing labs for secret work on the development of the atomic bomb from 1953 to 1966. (Photo: National Trust Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo) See page 19. 2 Briefing 4 Opinion 5 Out of Context 6 Periodically 9 The writer’s voice 11 Editorial 12 Conserving GreatYarmouth’s cultural heritage Darren Barker 15 Preserving the intangible at the Red House Christopher Hilton 19 Orford Ness: resolving a landscape in conflict Angus Wainwright 22 Supporting Norfolk’s churches and their communities John Maddison 25 Southend-on-Sea: from seaside village to city Sally Humphries 28 Lowestoft’s heritage action zones Rebecca Styles 30 Boston, a town with water at its heart Matt Bentley 32 Boston’s Inns on the Edge Mark Knighton 35 Conservation skills training in a Norwich church Jane Kennedy 38 Stalemate at Jaywick Sands Sean O’Dell 43 Piercefield has a story to tell Victoria Perry 46 Notes from the chair 47 New members 48 Director’s cut 50 Vox pop 52 New member profile 53 Book reviews 56 Inter alia 57 Products and services 60 Specialist suppliers index
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