CONTEXT Editor: Bob Kindred (Ipswich Borough Council, Tel: 01473 262934, Fax: 01473 262974) 4 Henley Road, Ipswich IPl 3FS, Tel: 01473 259441 Deputy Editor: Liz Marten (North Herts District Council, Tel: 01462474411) 10 Kristiansand Way, Letchworth, Herts SG6 1UE Production Editor: Jonathan David, Tel: 01582 763415, Fax: 01582 467480 Context is published quarterly and is distributed to all members of the Association of Conservation Officers. © Association of Conservation Officers 1996 ISSN: 0958-2746 Published for the Association of Conservation Officers by Hall-McCartney Ltd, Heritage House, PO Box 21, BALDOCK, Herts SG7 5SH. Tel: 01462 896688 Fax: 01462 896677 Nonmember subscriptions to Context Context is available to nonmembers of ACO at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom Elsewhere £36.00 US$93.00 Subscription orders, together with remittances payable to HallMcCartney Ltd, should be sent to the address shown above. OFFICERS CONTENTS No 52 News December 1996 4 Terracotta & tile Understanding and conserving terracotta. Dr Michael Stratton Manufacturing faience and terracotta. A view from Ibstock Hathernware Specification for the manufacture and use of architectural terracotta and faience Victorian mosaics: conservation and repair. Leslie Durbin Conserving ceramic tiles. Tony Herbert PPG15 and recording: the Oxford experience. Part 1. Carol Rosier Traditional building materials: Scottish slate. Robin Kent There is more to lime mortar than ... Michael Farey Redundant historic chapels in Wales. Roger Wools Saving old churches: another way. Anthony Barnes Sir Titus: conservation, yesterday, today and tomorrow. David Morton Mandatory double glazing. An apology Gazebo: conservation and the role of the County Garden Trusts.Judith Roberts The work of the 20th Century Society. Blain Harwood M'Learned Friend. Charles Mynors ACO Business News Letters Book reviews 6 10 13 14 17 20 23 26 28 31 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 41 THE ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS PHOTOGRAPHS IN THIS ISSUE Front cover: making a model for a terracotta moulding. Photo: Ibstock Hathernware pp 6-9: using terracotta. Photos: Michael Stratton p I I: restored terracotta in Leeds. Photo: Ibstock Hathernware p 12: preparing terracotta. Photo: Ibstock Hathernware pp I 5 and I 6: restoring mosaics. Photos: Leslie Durbin pp 17-18: conserving ceramic tiles. Photos: Dudley MBC; Tony and Kathy Herbert pp 20 and 2 I: Cornbury stables. Photo: Oxford Architectural Unit, drawing Jo Cormier p 22: building in Abingdon. Drawing: Oxford Architectural Unit pp 23 and 25: slate in Scotland. Photos: Robin Kent p 24: map by Dr Michael Burgoyne p 29: chapel, Carmarthen. Photo: Roger Wools The views expressed in Context are not necessarily those held by the ACO or the publishers. 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