DIRECTORY OI· i\RCIIITITTl 1Ri\L PRACI ICIS PL/\NNIN(i CONSLIL rANCIES ;\ND Clli\RTl:RED Sl 1RVEYORS EXPl:Rll:NCED IN IIISH)RIC/LISTED BLIILDING WORK The Organisations below have paid to be included in the Directory. Consequently, their appearance should not be taken to imply any endorsement or approval by the Association The N.E. Wigg (Conservation) Award winning practice specialising in Practice the restoration, repair and adaptation of 11 Linkfield Historic Buildings, Listed Buildings and West Molesley Ancient Monuments. Consultants to Surrey KT8 1SD English Heritage, The National Trust, Tel:/Fax: 01812242901 Local Authorities and Museum Trusts. Recent projects include the lronbridge Conservation ArchitecVPlanner. Member Gorge Museum, Kenilworth Castle, of ACO. Many years experience of works Eastnor Castle and Hawkestone Hall. to historic buildings, also new build in The Practice has over 25 years sensitive areas. Particular interests, farm experience in the specialist field of buildings, schools, chapels. Full surveys, Conservation work and can offer a full rapid potential assessments undertaken. professional service for all types of project. Winners of the 1993 King of SUSSEX Prussia Award and the 1994 John Betjeman Award. Douglas Briggs Partnership S T Walker and Partners 3 The Avenue Architects and Consultants Chichester PO19 4PZ 68 Harborne Park Road Tel: 01243 530441 Harborne Fax: 01243 530452 Birmingham B17 0DH Conservation Architects, Urban Tel: 0121-428 4282 Designers and Town Planners. Fax: 0121-428 3880 Specialist in handling development in Consultants to the National Trust, English environmentally sensitive areas or affecting Historic Buildings. Heritage, and Local Authorities for the repair, consolidation, conservation and WEST MIDLANDS reuse of Listed Buildings and scheduled Ancient Monuments. Strategy reports prepared. Recent Commissions include Wheatley Taylor Stalnburn Lines Attingham Park (NT), Stokesay Castle Chartered Architects and Clun Castle {EH), Ludlow Castle Powyke House, Powlck {Private), Tredegar House and Park, Worcester WR2 4QR Gwent {Newport Borough Council). Tel: 01905 8305n Fax: 01905 830965 Also at Ledbury, Herefordshire and Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire ThisDirectoryprovides a servicefor ConservationOfficerswith Local Authorities, and others, when they are looking for specialisptrofessionahlelpwiththeirconservatioanndrepairof historic/listebduildingsA. standard Entry (Six line information panel plus address details) in four consecutiveissues of "Contexta"t £30.00_peisr suecosts a totalof £120.00plusVAT. Additionalilnesmay be purchasedat £1.75 perlineplusVATper issuei.e. £7.00 plus VATfor four consecutiveissues. To be included in the next editionof this Directoryor for further informatiopnleasewriteortelephone: Context PublishinDgepartmenHt,all-McCartnLeytd., PO Box 21,Unit7, campu5s,TheBusinesPsali<L,etchworHthe,rtSsG62JF Tel: 01462-675848 Fax: 01462-679356 TRADITIONAL MORTARS & PAINTS Lime Putty, Mortars and Plasters Limewashes, Distempers and Colourwashes in Historic Colours Consultancy, Analysis, Matching Mixes and Advice Contact Peter Ellis at ROSE of JERICHO at St. Blaise Ltd. Westhill Barn, Evershot, Dorchester, Dorset. DT2 OLD Tel: 01935 83662 I 83676 Fax: 83017 40 BOOKS UNDERSTANDING ECONOMICS The economics of architectural conservation. Edited by Peter Burman, Rob Pickard and Sue Taylor, Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York, 1995. Softback. A4 size. 118pp.48illus.lSBN090476151 7.£20.00. The extent to which the costs and benefits of architectural conservation, both social and economic, are linked to the wider success of our historic towns and cities is increasingly a critical concern for Conversation Officers, and others working in the sphere of Conservation both at home and abroad. The issue formed the focus of a consultation held at the Kings Manor, York, in mid February 1995 and was the brainchild of Rob Pickard of the University of Northumbria (ACO Education Committee Member) and Peter Burman of the IoAAS.The proceedings ofthe consultation forms the basis of the latest addition to the still limited body ofliterature on the subject of conservation economics, and is valuable reading for all Conservation Officers. Whilst the majority of papers are by contributors from the UK, thepublicationisplacedinabroad European perspective with a number of excellent contributions from overseas, including an opening 'European View' from Theo Mastrominas, from the Cultural Programme Division of the European Commission. The original consultation itself received sponsorship from the European Union. The first of three main sections deal with current perspectives and, by way of introduction, includes a scene-setting review by Rob Pickard of current thinking on conservation economics. An excellent paper from Paul Drury of English Heritage considers the economic dimension of conservation in its broadest context. Drury quite rightly expresses the view that there is a pressing need to understand more clearly the social and economic effects of conservation, and he outlines the involvement of English Heritage in the most recent studies on the economic aspects of conservation. The discussion is further developed by David Tomback, Property Advisor at English Heritage, putting the recent collaborative studies in the context of PPG 15, and using a number of case studies to consider how the new guidelines on economic viability might be interpreted. The document moves logically on to a somewhat weighty paper by Michael Stabler of Reading University, dealing with ongoing research into methods of identification and assessment of economic and social benefits of conservation. Of more obvious practical value to most conservation officers is the paper by Colin Redman, London Estate Director for Grosvenor Estates, the content of which will be familiar to those who attended the recent ACO Cambridge conference Is Conservation Just a Lottery?. Drawing on the findings of two recent research reports, The Investment Performance of Listed Buildings (November 1994, IPD) and The Listing of Buildings: the Effect on Value (May 1994, University of Cambridge), he discusses the 'Marriage between Conservation and Commercialism'. Conservation Officers are frequently in the position of being expected to make snap decisions about changes to important historic buildings and Colin Redman's suggestions as to how objective consideration of economic factors can help to arrive at informed decisions are of particular interest. Ways in which the European Union might establish a ten year programme of tax incentives related to conservation work are outlined in a paper from Dr Marco Patriarca, president of a training organisation in Italy. At risk of being branded as a Eurosceptic I must confess to having some reservations as to the likely effectiveness of such a strategy, unless it can stimulate a change in the unfavourable tax regime that currently exists in the UK Entitled 'A Tale of Six Cities', section two consists of a set of case studies including three by conservation officers. David Lovie's account of the 'flying start' to the Grainger Town Project in Newcastle on Tyne will be heartening to all those embarking on a CAPS,and experiences from Bradford, Dublin, Glasgow and Ripon are also of considerable interest. A recurring theme in these papers is the need for a flexible, sustainable and holistic approach CONTEXT49
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