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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( #ONTEXT %DITOR 2OBERT #OWAN %DITORIAL #OORDINATOR .IGEL "ARKER 7ORPLESDON 2OAD 'UILDFORD 3URREY '5 24 4EL EMAIL NIGEL UK YAHOO CO UK %DITORIAL "OARD .IGEL "ARKER CHAIR 3USAN "ROOK TREASURER AND )4 .IGEL #ROWE MAIN FEATURES 0ETER DE &IGUEIREDO BOOK REVIEWS *ULIA 3MITH )("# BRANCHES -ICHAEL 4AYLOR MAIN FEATURES #ARTOONS BY 2OBERT #OWAN #ONTEXT IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION ¥ )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION )33. 0UBLISHER 0UBLISHED FOR THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION BY #ATHEDRAL #OMMUNICATIONS ,IMITED (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE %NGLAND 30 (! 4EL &AX EMAIL CONTEXT CATHCOMM DEMON CO UK WWW BUILDINGCONSERVATION COM .ON MEMBER SUBSCRIPTIONS TO #ONTEXT #ONTEXT IS AVAILABLE TO NON MEMBERS OF THE )("# AT AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATE INCLUDING POSTAGE OF 5NITED +INGDOM a %LSEWHERE a 3UBSCRIPTION ORDERS TOGETHER WITH REMITTANCES PAYABLE TO )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE )("# "USINESS /FFICE AT *UBILEE (OUSE (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE 30 (! 4HE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN #ONTEXT ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE HELD BY THE )("# NOR THE PUBLISHER .EITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR THE )("# SHALL BE UNDER ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER IN RESPECT OF CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES 7E GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF FIRMS WHOSE ADVERTISEMENTS APPEAR THROUGHOUT THIS PUBLICATION 7HILE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ISSUE OF #ONTEXT IS CURRENT AND CORRECT NEITHER THE )("# NOR THE PUBLISHER CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS WHICH MAY OCCUR "RIEFING #OPY DEADLINES #OPY DEADLINES FOR #ONTEXT IN )SSUE $ATE -AY )SSUE -ARCH *ULY )SSUE -AY 3EPTEMBER )SSUE *ULY .OVEMBER )SSUE 3EPTEMBER #ONTEXT IS PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES A YEAR IN -ARCH -AY *ULY 3EPTEMBER AND .OVEMBER GREATLY INFLUENCED HIS SUBSEQUENT WORK (E RECOGNISED THAT THE TIME DEVOTED TO THIS WAS DEMANDING PERSONALLY AND FINANCIALLY &OLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH 'US S WIDOW 3HEILA THE INSTITUTE IS THEREFORE ALSO CONSIDERING THAT PART OF THE MEMORIAL FUND COULD ASSIST CASES OF GENUINE HARDSHIP FOR THOSE EMBARKING ON A RECOGNISED FULL TIME CONSERVATION COURSE 4HE INSTITUTE HOPES THAT THESE PROPOSALS WILL HAVE THE VIGOROUS SUPPORT OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP AND BE A FITTING TRIBUTE TO ALL 'US DID FOR BUILDING CONSERVATION FOR THE !#/ AND FOR THE )("# DURING A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN YEARS 0LEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY #ONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO @4HE 'US !STLEY -EMORIAL &UND SHOULD BE SENT TO )("# *UBILEE (OUSE (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE 30 (! ,OST TWO COTTAGES ! RECENT COURT CASE RULED ON THE UNAUTHORISED DEMOLITION OF TWO SMALL COTTAGES IN 3CARISBRICK #ONSERVATION !REA /RMSKIRK ,ANCASHIRE !T /RMSKIRK -AGISTRATES #OURT A -R 3MITH WHO WAS REPRESENTED BY HIS SOLICITOR PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR OFFENCES #AUSING WORKS TO BE EXECUTED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE COTTAGES WITHOUT CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT CONTRARY TO 3ECTIONS AND OF THE 0LANNING ,ISTED "UILDINGS AND #ONSERVATION !REAS !CT 5NDERTAKING THE DEMOLITION OF THE COTTAGES WITHOUT HAVING PREVIOUSLY GIVEN NOTICE TO THE COUNCIL CONTRARY TO 3ECTION OF THE "UILDING !CT &AILING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A BUILDING NOTICE OR TO DEPOSIT FULL PLANS WITH THE COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2EGULATION OF THE "UILDING 2EGULATIONS &AILING TO GIVE THE COUNCIL NOTICE OF INTENTION TO COMMENCE BUILDING WORKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2EGULATION OF THE "UILDING 2EGULATIONS 4HE BENCH IMPOSED A a FINE FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE AND a EACH FOR THE OTHER THREE -R 3MITH WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY THE COUNCIL S COSTS OF a 4HE CHAIRMAN OF THE BENCH SAID THAT THE FIRST OFFENCE WAS A BLATANT BREACH OF THE CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT PROVISIONS AND THAT -R 3MITH WOULD HAVE GAINED A FINANCIAL BENEFIT 4HE BENCH ACCEPTED IN MITIGATION THAT THE OFFENCES RELATED TO A PROPOSED RESIDENCE 'US !STLEY -EMORIAL &UND !LL )("# MEMBERS WILL HAVE BEEN SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF 'US !STLEY OUR INDEFATIGABLE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY AS REPORTED IN 3EPTEMBER #ONTEXT 'US WAS A FAMILIAR FACE TO MANY %VEN TO THOSE WHO DID NOT MEET HIM PERSONALLY HE WAS ALWAYS THAT FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL VOICE AT THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE (E WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR MEMBERS FIRST OF THE !SSOCIATION OF #ONSERVATION /FFICERS THEN OF THE INSTITUTE AND HE WAS INVOLVED RIGHT TO THE END (E IS VERY SORELY MISSED BUT CERTAINLY NOT FORGOTTEN 4HE )("# HAS ESTABLISHED A FUND AS A TRIBUTE TO 'US TO BE USED TO FURTHER THE AIMS OF THE INSTITUTE THAT WERE CLOSEST TO HIS HEART 4WO OF HIS INTERESTS WERE THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE AND RAISING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ASSISTING OTHERS INTENT ON JOINING THE PROFESSION 0ROMOTION OF THESE WOULD NOT BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE "OTH PROPOSALS WOULD RUN TOGETHER /VER THE YEARS 'US ENCOURAGED MANY CONSERVATION GRADUATES IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS TO COMMUNICATE THE FINDINGS OF DISSERTATIONS THAT HE FELT WOULD MORE WIDELY INFORM THE SECTOR AND RESULT IN BETTER CONSERVATION PRACTICE 4HE INSTITUTE PROPOSES AN ANNUAL FINANCIAL AWARD n TO BE MADE AT THE !'- n TO ASSIST PUBLICATION OF A THESIS FROM NOMINATIONS BY CONSERVATION COURSE DIRECTORS WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF OR RAISING STANDARDS WITHIN THE BUILDING CONSERVATION SECTOR !T THE START OF 'US S OWN CONSERVATION CAREER HE WAS IMMENSELY PROUD OF HAVING BEEN AN 30!" ,ETHABY SCHOLAR 4HIS NOT ONLY SET HIM FIRMLY ON HIS FUTURE PROFESSIONAL PATH BUT ALSO
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( FOR -R 3MITH AND HIS FAMILY RATHER THAN A COMMERCIAL UNDERTAKING AND THEY ALSO GAVE HIM CREDIT FOR PLEADING GUILTY AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY &OR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT )AN "OND IAN BOND WESTLANCSDC GOV UK $EMOLITION IS NO HUMAN RIGHT 'REENSIDE THE LISTED HOUSE IN 3URREY DEMOLISHED RECENTLY BY ITS OWNER WITHOUT CONSENT WAS OUTSTANDING "UILT IN BY ARCHITECTS #ONNELL 7ARD AND ,UCAS IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MODERN MOVEMENT BUILDINGS IN "RITAIN 7HILE MANY OF THE VILLAS OF #ORBUSIER AND OTHER %UROPEAN MODERNISTS ASPIRED TO CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION BUT IN FACT LACKED THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LOCAL CONSTRUCTION SKILLS TO USE IT 'REENSIDE WAS A CONCRETE BUILDING WITH NO COMPROMISES )T WAS ONE OF A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PRE SECOND WORLD WAR MODERN MOVEMENT BUILDINGS THAT HAD AN ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON POST WAR RECONSTRUCTION )T WAS BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED AND ON A GLORIOUS SITE ON THE EDGE OF THE EXCLUSIVE7ENTWORTH 'OLF #OURSE (AVING A FIRST FLOOR LIVING ROOM WITH A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE TH GREEN 'REENSIDE ATTRACTED AN OWNER WITH A PASSION FOR GOLF AND NO APPRECIATION OF MODERN DESIGN -ANY NEIGHBOURING PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY REDEVELOPED AND RELATIVELY MODEST %DWARDIAN AND LATER HOMES GENERALLY PRETTY UNDISTINGUISHED ONES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY MUCH LARGER LUXURY MANSIONS OF &OOTBALLERS 7IVES TYPE ASPIRATIONS WHICH SELL FOR WELL IN EXCESS OF A MILLION POUNDS 4HE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ASPECT OF THE CASE IS THE DECISION BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 2UNNYMEDE #OUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE THAT NOT TO LET THE OWNER DEMOLISH 'REENSIDE WOULD BE AN INFRINGEMENT OF HIS RIGHTS UNDER THE (UMAN 2IGHTS !CT 4HAT ACT INCORPORATES INTO %NGLISH LAW THE PROVISIONS OF THE %UROPEAN #ONVENTION ON (UMAN 2IGHTS )T INCLUDES THE @PROTECTION OF PROPERTY !RTICLE OF THE FIRST PROTOCOL AND THE @RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE WHICH INCLUDES A RIGHT OF RESPECT FOR THE HOME !RTICLE OF THE CONVENTION (OWEVER IT ALLOWS THE STATE @TO ENFORCE SUCH LAWS AS IT DEEMS NECESSARY AND TO CONTROL THE USE OF PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL INTEREST )T DOES NOT SWEEP AWAY %NGLISH PLANNING LAW OR NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY 4HE UNDERLYING RATIONALE FOR PLANNING LEGISLATION IS THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO RESTRICT THE FREEDOMS OF INDIVIDUALS FOR THE GREATER BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE )F YOU LIVE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA PLANNING LAW PREVENTS YOU SETTING UP AN ABATTOIR IN YOUR BACK GARDEN OR A NIGHTCLUB IN YOUR BASEMENT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE HEALTH AND SANITY OF YOUR NEIGHBOURS )T WAS THE PIONEERING 4OWN AND #OUNTRY 0LANNING !CT WHICH ESSENTIALLY NATIONALISED THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP LAND IN "RITAIN AND AS A RESULT ESTABLISHED THE PRINCIPLE THAT REFUSAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLE A LANDOWNER TO COMPENSATION 4HE CURRENT OWNER OF 'REENSIDE HAS ARGUED THAT THE COST OF MAINTAINING A S HOUSE IS PUTTING UNDUE STRAIN ON HIS FAMILY S FINANCES AND SENSE OF WELL BEING "UT HE COULD HAVE SOLD THE HOUSE AND MOVED ELSEWHERE (E HAS STATED THAT WHEN HE PUT IT ON THE MARKET NO ONE WAS INTERESTED #ONSERVATION BODIES INCLUDING %NGLISH (ERITAGE BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS ASKING TOO MUCH FOR IT HIS EXPECTATIONS HAVING BEEN RAISED BY THE PRICES REALISED BY LARGER HOUSES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 4HESE ARE IN MUCH BETTER CONDITION THAN 'REENSIDE WHICH FOR ALL ITS MERITS WAS OVERDUE A MAJOR REFURBISHMENT !LTHOUGH 'REENSIDE HAS BEEN IRRETRIEVABLY LOST ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING #!"% THE 2)"! THE 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY AND %NGLISH (ERITAGE ARE ASKING FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THE COUNCIL S ACTIONS AND ARE PRESSING FOR A SWIFT PROSECUTION OF 'REENSIDE S OWNER )T IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE IDEA THAT THE (UMAN 2IGHTS !CT CAN BE APPLIED IN THIS WAY IS DISMISSED 4HE PROSECUTION MUST RESULT IN A SUFFICIENTLY LARGE PENALTY IN EXCESS OF THE EXTRA VALUE THAT WOULD BE REALISED BY BUILDING A LARGER NEW HOUSE ON THE SITE #ATHERINE #ROFT DIRECTOR 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY 7ORKING IN THE DARK 4HE DEMOLITION OF 'REENSIDE AGAIN SHARPLY FOCUSES ATTENTION ON CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND THE NEED FOR A BETTER NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE BASED ON SOUND DATA 3UCH CASES OF TOTAL DEMOLITION ARE RELATIVELY UNCOMMON BUT WHAT IS UNSATISFACTORY IS THE EVIDENT UNWILLINGNESS OR INABILITY OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO PROSECUTE IN APPROPRIATE CIRCUMSTANCES 2ESEARCH FOR THE /$0- IN AND BY %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND OTHERS SINCE HIGHLIGHTS VERY LOW NUMBERS OF PROSECUTIONS 4HE )("# S STUDY OF CONSERVATION OFFICER WORKLOAD RANKED ENFORCEMENT A LOWLY SIXTH OUT OF SEVEN MAIN PRIORITIES )T IS RESOURCE HUNGRY AND INTENSIVE LONG TERM WORK OFTEN OVERWHELMED BY OTHER SHORT TERM DEMANDS )N THE PAST THE ONLY INTEREST SHOWN BY LEGISLATORS IN LISTED BUILDING PROSECUTIONS WAS WHEN THEY WERE FACING PROSECUTION THEMSELVES 0ETER 2OST -0 AND 4ERESA 'ORMAN -0 ! RECENT REVIEW BY /$0- OF PLANNING ENFORCEMENT FAILED TO EXAMINE LISTED BUILDING OR CONSERVATION RELATED ISSUES DESPITE A NEED FOR THIS EXTENDING BACK MORE THAN A DECADE 4HERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PRESENT LACK OF ACTIVITY -ORE RESOURCES BETTER LEGISLATION BETTER GUIDANCE AND TRAINING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY OFFICERS COUNCILLORS AND THE JUDICIARY WOULD ALL HELP IMPROVE THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AND UPHOLD THE SECRETARY OF STATE S ADVICE ABOUT THE POWER OF THE EXEMPLARY PROSECUTION )N THE INTERIM WE NEED BETTER DATA AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT IS FOR YOU TO SUPPLY IT ) AM STILL INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANY OF YOU WITH CASES TO ADD TO THE CURRENT NATIONAL DATABASE n WHICH OBJECTORS TO THE 'REENSIDE CASE ARE USING TO BACK THEIR ARGUMENTS 0LEASE SEND ME DETAILS OF ANY NEW CASES AT BOB KINDRED IPSWICH GOV UK "OB +INDRED -"% $OES YOUR ENGINEER #!2% 4HE #!2% #ONSERVATION !CCREDITATION 2EGISTER FOR %NGINEERS SCHEME WAS LAUNCHED AT THE END OF .OVEMBER AS A JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE )NSTITUTION OF 3TRUCTURAL %NGINEERS AND THE )NSTITUTION OF #IVIL %NGINEERS )TS AIM IS TO IDENTIFY ENGINEERS SKILLED IN THE CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL WORKS AND SITES n BUILDINGS BRIDGES HARBOURS RIVERBANKS CANALS INDUSTRIAL SITES OR NATURAL LANDSCAPES 4HE INITIATIVE WAS INITIALLY PROMPTED BY %NGLISH (ERITAGE (ISTORIC 3COTLAND AND THE LOTTERY FUND ANNOUNCING THAT A FUTURE CONDITION FOR APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT AID WOULD BE FOR THE WORK TO BE LED BY A CONSULTANT ACCREDITED IN CONSERVATION .OTWITHSTANDING THIS CONDITION IN PRACTICE ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PROJECTS ARE LED BY ENGINEERS THE MERITS OF ACCREDITING ENGINEERS IN CONSERVATION WILL HAVE A MUCH WIDER IMPACT #!2% WILL PROVIDE A REGISTER THAT POTENTIAL CLIENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE AS A FIRST FILTER WHEN CHOOSING A CONSULTANT FOR WORK ON HISTORIC STRUCTURES )T IS ALSO HOPED THAT IT WILL MAKE ENGINEERS MORE AWARE AND MORE SKILLED BY PURSUING THEIR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SPECIALIST FIELD %NGINEERS WORKING IN CONSERVATION MUST HAVE AN APPRECIATION OF DISCIPLINES
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( AND INTERESTS EXTENDING WELL BEYOND THEIR NORMAL PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 4HEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONSERVATION AND MATTERS SUCH AS SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE ARCHAEOLOGY RECORDING DATING OF STRUCTURES HISTORIC BUILDING LEGISLATION SURVEY AND INVESTIGATION DECAY MECHANISMS AND THE TECHNICALITIES OF REPAIR METHODS 4HE ACCREDITATION PROCESS FOR #!2% INCLUDES THE SUBMISSION OF FIVE CASE STUDIES WHICH ENABLES APPLICANTS TO SHOW DETAILS OF RELEVANT CONSERVATION MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR WORK IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED 4HE CASE STUDIES HAVE TO BE SUPPORTED BY DRAWINGS SPECIFICATIONS SCHEDULES INSPECTION REPORTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS !PPLICANTS ARE ASKED WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO DO AND WHY DID IT WORK AND WHAT IF ANYTHING WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME !PPLICANTS NEED TO SUBMIT A STATEMENT OF THEIR CONSERVATION PHILOSOPHY AND SHOW THAT THEY HAVE SOME CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RELEVANT TO CONSERVATION #!2% ACCREDITATION WILL APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS RATHER THAN PRACTICES SO APPLICANTS WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CASE STUDIES PUT FORWARD %ACH APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION WILL BE ASSESSED BY A PANEL OF TWO ENGINEERS AND ANOTHER CONSERVATION PROFESSIONAL */(. #5--).'3 -0 @4HIS QUESTION IS TO THE )("# 9OU STATE IN YOUR WRITTEN EVIDENCE h)T IS OFTEN THE AREAS THAT MOST NEED TO USE URBAN DESIGN AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS AS EFFECTIVE REGENERATION TOOLS THAT CONSIDER THEM AS PERIPHERAL AND LOW PRIORITY 4HUS REGENERATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE BEING MISSED THROUGH SIMPLE LACK OF AWARENESS AND LOW LEVELS OF URBAN AND ECONOMIC LITERACYv ) REPRESENT AN AREA OF VERY HIGH DEPRIVATION AND ) KNOW THAT STATEMENT IS BOTH ARROGANT AND INSULTING TO PEOPLE WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES WITH LIMITED RESOURCES TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND BUILDINGS IN THE AREA THEY REPRESENT &ACING DEPRIVATION IS A REAL PROBLEM 0EOPLE ARE EXPENDING THEIR EFFORTS AND LIMITED RESOURCES ON MORE PRESSING ISSUES THAN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS HEALTH EDUCATION REDUCTION OF CRIME AND POOR QUALITY HOUSING 7OULD YOU LIKE TO TELL THE COMMITTEE WHY YOU MADE THAT STATEMENT WHICH IS CERTAINLY GOING TO UPSET INDEED INFURIATE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY IN AREAS ) REPRESENT $AVE #HETWYN @) WROTE THOSE WORDS ) LIVE IN AN AREA THAT SUFFERS FROM CONSIDERABLE DEPRIVATION ) WAS BORN IN THAT AREA AND HAVE WORKED IN IT THE WHOLE OF MY LIFE AND CARE VERY MUCH WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AREA 4HE REASON ) WROTE THOSE WORDS IS THAT MANY CITIES HAVE MANAGED TO USE DESIGN AND HERITAGE REGENERATION TO DELIVER A WIDE RANGE OF ECONOMIC BENEFITS BETTER PAID JOBS MORE CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT MORE CHOICE OF CULTURAL FACILITIES BETTER HOUSING AND IMPROVED SELF IMAGE FOR THE CITY 4HAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 4HE AREAS THAT ARE SUFFERING MOST FROM DEPRIVATION REALLY NEED TO TAKE THESE ISSUES MOST SERIOUSLY BUT OFTEN BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT DEALT WITH THE KIND OF DEVELOPERS THAT REGENERATED THE CITIES WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THEY JUST HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THE EXPERIENCE YET 4HIS IS REALLY ABOUT TRANSFERRING BEST PRACTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE #UMMINGS @) LIVE IN A DEPRIVED AREA 9OU HAVE SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE ) FIND THIS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING #HETWYN @-AY ) FINISH MY ANSWER )T IS REALLY ABOUT RAISING ASPIRATIONS )N 3TOKE ON 4RENT WE HAVE MADE GREAT EFFORTS TO IMPORT AN AWARENESS OF HOW DESIGN !CCREDITATION WILL LAST FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER WHICH ENGINEERS WILL HAVE TO SHOW AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR #0$ UP TO DATE 4HE #!2% SCHEME IS NOT INTENDED TO RIVAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE )("# IN ANY WAY )T IS EXPECTED THAT MANY ENGINEERS WHO BECOME ACCREDITED UNDER THE #!2% SCHEME WILL ALREADY BE MEMBERS OF THE )("# OR WILL CONSIDER APPLYING TO JOINING )AN (UME CHAIR OF THE #!2% PANEL AND MEMBER OF THE )("# TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE ,ANDMARK TREATMENT FOR 0UGIN 4HE ,ANDMARK 4RUST HAS BEGUN RESTORING THE 'RANGE IN 2AMSGATE +ENT THE HOUSE THAT !7. 0UGIN DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR HIMSELF IN n AS PART OF HIS VISION OF A MEDIEVAL COMMUNITY 4HE DESIGN ACTED AS THE DIRECT SOURCE FOR MUCH OF THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE REST OF THE TH CENTURY 0UGIN BUILT IT HE WROTE @WITH NOT AN UNTRUE BOLT OR JOINT FROM FOUNDATION TO FLAGPOLE 4HE ARCHITECT DID NOT HAVE A SEPARATE OFFICE AND IT WAS FROM THE 'RANGE THAT HE PRODUCED HIS PRODIGIOUS OUTPUT INCLUDING MOST OF THE WORK FOR THE 0ALACE OF 7ESTMINSTER FINALLY DYING HERE IN 4HE ,ANDMARK 4RUST BOUGHT THE HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF A (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND GRANT FROM A PROPERTY DEVELOPER WHO HAD HOPED TO CONVERT IT INTO FLATS 4HE PROCESS OF RESTORING THE HOUSE AND INTERIORS BEGAN IN *ANUARY USING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE ABUNDANT RECORDS OF HOW THE HOUSE WAS DECORATED $ONALD )NSALL !SSOCIATES ARE THE ARCHITECTS !N INTERIOR VIEW OF THE 'RANGE LEFT AND THE NORTHERN ELEVATION BELOW
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( AND HERITAGE ARE BEING USED TO ATTRACT HIGHER VALUE INVESTMENT )T IS NOT JUST INVESTMENT BUT MOVING AWAY FROM THE VERY UNDERSTANDABLE hINVESTMENT AT ANY COSTv POINT OF VIEW TO LOOKING AT BETTER QUALITY INVESTMENT AND INVESTMENT THAT IS GOING TO DELIVER HIGHER PAID JOBS AND MORE CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE ) PASSIONATELY BELIEVE IN THAT #UMMINGS @) AM AFRAID WE MUST DISAGREE ON THAT &ROM THE UNCORRECTED DRAFT TRANSCRIPT OF THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS 5RBAN !FFAIRS 3UBCOMMITTEE S SESSION ON THE ROLE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN URBAN REGENERATION AT WHICH $AVE #HETWYN AND %DDIE "OOTH GAVE EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF THE )("# 4HE WRITTEN EVIDENCE CAN BE SEEN AT WWW PU BLICATIONS PARLIAMENT UK PA CM CMSELECT CMODPM WE HTM @4(%4(2%!4 TO THE BUILDING IS VERY REAL AS THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTS ARE DUE SOON )T IS A REALLY IMPORTANT BUILDING FOR 0ORTSMOUTH AND COULD BE A REAL LANDMARK FOR THE CITY #LAIRE "ARRETT OF THE 4WENTIETH #ENTURY 3OCIETY TALKING TO "UILDING $ESIGN ABOUT THE S BRUTALIST 4RICORN #ENTRE REGULARLY VOTED ONE OF "RITAIN S MOST HATED BUILDINGS @4(% ")''%34 THREAT TO "RITAIN S HERITAGE SINCE THE "LITZ 3!6% "RITAIN S (ERITAGE ON GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD NEW RUNWAYS AT (EATHROW AND 3TANSTED AIRPORTS @4()3 '2/50 OF LESS THAN PEOPLE IN HAS GAINED A MONOPOLY OVER GRANT AIDED HISTORIC BUILDING WORK 4HOUSANDS OF ARCHITECTS HAVE PREVIOUSLY DONE CONSERVATION WORK AND MANY OF THEM ARE VERY EXPERIENCED BUT WITHOUT A DIPLOMA THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO JOIN !!"# OR APPLY FOR GRANTS FOR THEIR CLIENTSx @4HE PRINCIPLE OF EXCLUDING THE UNQUALIFIED IS A MARKER OF THE USE OF hMANAGERIALISMv -ANAGERIALISM IS THE BEHAVIOUR SHOWN BY CUSTOMER MANAGERS WHO SEEK TO MINIMISE RISK UNCERTAINTY AND PERSONAL EXPOSUREx @4HIS TREND WILL NOT BE RESISTED ANYTIME SOON !RCHITECTS HAD BETTER ROLL WITH IT THAN PROTEST THE DELIGHTS OF AMATEURISM 2ICHARD 3AXON OF ARCHITECTS "$0 DISCUSSING !RCHITECTS !CCREDITED IN "UILDING #ONSERVATION !!"# IN "UILDING $ESIGN @$/%34(% #(52#( INSURE ITSELF AGAINST ACTS OF 'OD )F IT DOES DOESN T IT SHOW A CERTAIN LACK OF FAITH !ND IF IT DOESN T DOESN T THAT SHOW A LACK OF ACUMEN 3IR 3YDNEY #HAPMAN -0 PUTTING A CONUNDRUM TO THE (OUSE OF #OMMONS @%.',)3( (%2)4!'% IS LIKE THE 4ALIBAN AND OPPOSED TO ANYTHING TALLER THAN A WATTLE AND DAUB HUT ,ONDON MAYOR +EN ,IVINGSTONE CELEBRATING THE AWARD OF PLANNING PERMISSION TO 2ENZO 0IANO S M HIGH 3HARD WHICH %NGLISH (ERITAGE OPPOSED AT THE PUBLIC INQUIRY @4(%4)4,% OF YOUR ARTICLE h#OUNCILS UNFIT TO PROTECT OUR HERITAGE CLAIMS %(v WAS MISLEADING /UR LATEST AUDIT REPORT (ERITAGE #OUNTS SHOWS LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER RESOURCED NOT hUNFITv &OR THE MOST PART CONSERVATION OFFICERS ARE STRUGGLING HEROICALLY TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR THEIR TIME AND SKILLS @&UNDING FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY CONSERVATION PROVISION HAS DECLINED IN REAL TERMS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS 4HIS LACK OF RESOURCES IS HAVING A DIRECT EFFECT ON THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT @7E ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO ADDRESS THIS 4HE .ATIONAL (ERITAGE 4RAINING 'ROUP A SPECIALIST SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TEAM WAS ESTABLISHED ;IN = TO ADDRESS THE SKILLS SHORTAGE WITHIN THE CONSERVATION SECTOR %NGLISH (ERITAGE WILL ALSO BE ROLLING OUT A PROJECT IN TO INCREASE HERITAGE RELATED SKILLS WITHIN LOCAL AUTHORITIES !LL INITIATIVES WE WOULD HARDLY INVEST IN IF WE BELIEVED THEM hUNFITv %NGLISH (ERITAGE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 3IMON 4HURLEY IN A LETTER TO THE !RCHITECTS *OURNAL @,/#!, AUTHORITIES STRUGGLE REALLY HARD TO RETAIN EXPERT STAFF WHEN THEY HAVE SO MANY PRIORITIES ON THEIR BUDGETS 4HERE IS A REAL DANGER IN REDUCING THE AVAILABILITY OF CONSERVATION OFFICER EXPERTISE (AVING CONFIDENT AND WELL STAFFED CONSERVATION DEPARTMENTS IS IMPORTANT BOTH IN PROTECTING WHAT WE HAVE AND SPOTTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGENERATION #AROLE 3OUTER DIRECTOR OF THE (ERITAGE ,OTTERY &UND IN 0LANNING @)4 )3 ! DISMAL INVENTORY OF AN UNDER RESOURCED AND UNDER STAFFED SECTOR FAILING TO STEM THE LOSS OF FEATURES WHICH GAVE CHARACTER TO BOTH RURAL PARKS AND URBAN STREETS 3IMON 4HURLEY RESPONDING TO A REPORT THAT ONE IN SEVEN OF #APABILITY "ROWN S SURVIVING PARKS AND GARDENS IN9ORKSHIRE NOW FEATURES A GOLF COURSE 3EE WWW HERITAGECOUNTS ORG UK FOR THE FULL REPORT @3500/24%23 OF CHAOS THEORY WILL BE VAGUELY AWARE THAT THE FLAPPING OF A BUTTERFLY S WINGS CAN CAUSE TYPHOONS MILES AWAY !LEX &AIRCLOUGH RECENTLY FLUTTERED AWAY FROM -ACCLESFIELD "OROUGH #OUNCIL TO JOIN THE 0LANNING )NSPECTORATE 4HE TURBULENCE CAUSED BY -S &AIRCLOUGH S DAINTY WINGS BLEW -IKE 3CAMMELL OFF HIS SUCCULENT LEAF AT #ONGLETON "OROUGH AND QUITE REMARKABLY DROPPED HIM BACK AT -ACCLESFIELD @"Y THEN THE WHOLE THING HAD TURNED INTO A BLOODY GREAT TWISTER WHICH REACHED AS FAR AS /RMSKIRK WHIPPING UP ,OUISE7ALLACE AND FLINGING HER DOWN IN #ONGLETON )AN "OND IS CURRENTLY CLEARING UP STORM DAMAGE IN7EST ,ANCASHIRE 0ETER (OEY WRITING IN THE NEWSLETTER OF THE )("# .ORTH7EST "RANCH @(/-% ).&/2-!4)/. PACKS WILL HERALD A DRASTIC FALL IN SURVEYING STANDARDS !BOUT SURVEYORS WILL BE NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THE h(OME #ONDITION 2EPORTv PART OF THE PACKS AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY SOME CHARTERED SURVEYORS WHO DO THIS SORT OF WORK FULL TIME 7HERE WILL THE MISSING NEW SURVEYORS COME FROM 4HEY WILL BE PRIVATELY TRAINED AND PRIVATELY CERTIFIED hHOME INSPECTORSv AND THEIR CAPABILITY TO CARRY OUT THIS IMPORTANT TASK WILL BE DETERMINED BY THEIR ATTAINMENT OF A .ATIONAL 6OCATIONAL 1UALIFICATIONx @4HE PROSPECT OF THESE PEOPLE INSPECTING AND PASSING JUDGEMENT ON THE STATE OF OUR HOMES IS VERY SCARY INDEED %VEN MORE FRIGHTENING IS THE BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THEM 4HE CHEMICAL DAMP PROOFING AND TIMBER TREATMENT INDUSTRY FOR EXAMPLE NOW INCIDENTALLY TRYING TO RE BRAND ITSELF AS THE hPROPERTY CARE INDUSTRYv IS KEEN FOR ITS SALESMEN TO VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES AS PART TIME HOME INSPECTORS 4HE BUILDER *EFF (OWELL WRITING IN THE $AILY 4ELEGRAPH ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE (OUSING "ILL
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( 0ERIODICALLYx 4HE PROBLEM OF MASONRY FALLING FROM THE FACADES OF BUILDINGS WAS THE SUBJECT OF ARTICLES BY "ARRY (UNT OVER TWO ISSUES OF .ATURAL 3TONE 3PECIALIST 3EPTEMBER AND /CTOBER )T IS OCCASIONALLY NECESSARY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF GRADUAL DENUDATION OF SURFACES BY NATURAL WEATHERING PROCESSES AND LARGER FALLS THAT MIGHT POSE A THREAT TO SAFETY 4HE FIRST PART DISCUSSES SOME OF THE PROBLEMS AND HOW THEY MIGHT BE PREDICTED AND AVOIDED ! VERY HELPFUL GUIDE TO ASSESSING THE LEVEL OF THREAT IS BASED ON THE ANSWERS TO SIX QUESTIONS POSED TO CLARIFY HOW A FA ADE IS PERFORMING AND HOW BEST TO DIRECT FUNDS FOR INVESTIGATION IN A MORE APPROPRIATE WAY %XAMPLES ARE PROVIDED OF HOW THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPLIED IN PRACTICE 4HE SECOND PART DISCUSSES HOW TO GET THE BEST FROM A FA ADE SURVEY ONCE A PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND GOES ON TO ASSESS THE RELATIVE COST OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF INVESTIGATION 4HIS IS A USEFUL INTRODUCTION FOR THOSE WHO ENCOUNTER THE ISSUE ONLY INFREQUENTLY 4HE FOLLOWING .OVEMBER ISSUE CONTAINS AN ARTICLE BY )AN 0RITCHETT THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF )*0 "UILDING #ONSERVATION /NE OF THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC EXPONENTS OF LIME RENDERS 0RITCHETT EXPLAINS HOW SAND AND CEMENT RENDER ON THE NAVE AND CHANCEL OF THE TH CENTURY 3T *AMES #HURCH &INCHAMPSTEAD "ERKSHIRE WAS REPLACED WITH LIME RENDER 4HE $ECEMBER ISSUE PROVIDES A RESUME OF THE NEW TESTING STANDARDS INTRODUCED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS INCLUDING FROST RESISTANCE "3 %. SLABS FOR NATURAL EXTERNAL STONE PAVING "3 %. AND SLIP RESISTANCE "3 %. n WHICH MIGHT BE BORNE IN MIND BY ALL THOSE CONSIDERING NATURAL STONE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT 4HOSE WITH AN INTEREST IN THEATRES BUT WHO ARE NOT READERS OF THE EXCELLENT 4HEATRES 4RUST .EWSLETTER MIGHT LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE TRUST HAS BEEN GATHERING INFORMATION ON "RITISH THEATRES OVER THE PAST TEN TEARS OR SO )T NOW HAS AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE CONTAINING RECORDS OF OVER THEATRE BUILDINGS 4HIS FORMED THE BASIS OF 4HE 4HEATRES 4RUST 'UIDE TO "RITISH 4HEATRES PUBLISHED IN /CTOBER 4HE TRUST NOW INTENDS TO MAKE THE DATABASE AVAILABLE ONLINE !N INITIAL TEST VERSION OF RECORDS IS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW THEATRESTRUST ORG UK /THER WEBSITE CHANGES ANNOUNCED IN THE 3EPTEMBER ISSUE INCLUDE ALSO MAKING !DVICE .OTE .O PLANNING APPEALS RELATING TO THEATRES n USEFUL DECISIONS PRECEDENTS AND NOTES FOR NOVICES AVAILABLE ONLINE )N THE $ECEMBER ISSUE 0ETER ,ONGMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO THAT GIANT OF THEATRE DESIGN &RANK -ATCHAM BORN YEARS AGO ,ONGMAN REMINDS US THAT DURING -ATCHAM S RELATIVELY SHORT CAREER HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND EXTENDED OR IMPROVED AT LEAST AS MANY AGAIN 4WENTY EIGHT SURVIVE n OF THEM THEATRES ALL OF THEM LISTED n AND ARE 'RADE ) OR )) &OLLOWING /XFORD AS A PLACE RELATED THEME IN 4HE6ICTORIAN THE .OVEMBER ISSUE LOOKED AT 6ICTORIAN "ATH PARTLY TO COINCIDE WITH THE EXCELLENT POCKET SIZED 0EVSNER !RCHITECTURAL 'UIDE TO THAT CITY 4HE GUIDE S AUTHOR -ICHAEL &ORSYTH MAKES A PERSUASIVE CASE FOR THE SOMEWHAT OVERLOOKED 6ICTORIAN AND %DWARDIAN BUILDINGS IN %NGLAND S FINEST 'EORGIAN CITY 4HE ISSUE ALSO CELEBRATES 3IR .INIAN #OMPER S 3T #YPRIAN S #HURCH #LARENCE 'ATE -ARYLEBONE A CAUSE OF GREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT OPENED A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF LITURGICAL WORSHIP THAT HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN SEEN IN SUCH PURE MEDIEVALIST FORM IN ,ONDON /VER PRAISED BY "ETJEMAN AND DISMISSED AS PASTICHE BY 0EVSNER THE CELEBRATION OF THE TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS CONSECRATION IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REAPPRAISE THIS INFLUENTIAL DESIGN #OMPER DESIGNED HIS CHURCHES @TO PRESENT AN ORGANIC WHOLE FROM WHICH NOTHING CAN BE TAKEN AND NOTHING ADDED 4HE ARTICLE S AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THIS WAS MORE THAN ARTISTIC TYRANNY AS THE DESIGN BLAZED A TRAIL FOR !NGLICAN LITURGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT YEARS 4HE QUESTION OF THE NATIONAL APPROACH TO DESIGNATION POLICY CONTINUED TO DOMINATE 30!" .EWS !UTUMN 6OL .O WITH DISCUSSION OF THE @LISTING REVOLUTION 3URPRISINGLY FEW OTHER SPECIALIST JOURNALS HAVE GIVEN THE ISSUE MUCH ATTENTION n POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE TIMINGS OF PUBLICATION BUT BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS THE CONTENTS OF THE (ERITAGE7HITE 0APER WILL BE WELL ON THE WAY TO FORMULATION )T IS THEREFORE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW OR IF THE 30!" S PERCEPTIONS AND CONCERNS SQUARE WITH THOSE OF THE )("# AND OTHERS AND TO WHAT DEGREE SUCH CONCERNS ARE REFLECTED IN THE NEXT STEPS TOWARDS POTENTIAL LEGISLATION )N THE SAME ISSUE 'EORGE &ERGUSON PRESIDENT OF THE 2)"! AND A 30!" LIFE MEMBER SETS OUT HIS VISION IN PRESSING POLITICIANS FOR A BETTER DEAL FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS 4HE ISSUE ALSO REFLECTS ON SEVEN OTHER 2)"! PRESIDENTS WHO HAD DEALINGS WITH THE 30!" n NOT ALWAYS HAPPY n INCLUDING NOT UNSURPRISINGLY '' 3COTT AND %WAN #HRISTIAN BRANDED BY7ILLIAM -ORRIS @A GREAT CRIMINAL 4O MARK THE SECOND ANNUAL .ATIONAL -AINTENANCE7EEK THE7INTER ISSUE 6OL .O WAS A MAINTENANCE SPECIAL 30!" WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE WEEK S PROMOTION 4HERE IS NO DOUBT THAT INTEREST IN THIS TOPIC IS GATHERING MOMENTUM AND BECOMING MORE CENTRAL TO THINKING ABOUT GOOD PRACTICE WITHIN THE SECTOR &URTHER IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TELEVISION @2ESTORATION SERIES THERE IS A GROWING REALISATION THAT TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED MANY OF THE BUILDINGS AT RISK BASKET CASES FROM DEGENERATING TO THAT DEGREE OF DERELICTION 2OLAND "ILLINGTON OF -AINTAIN OUR (ERITAGE DESCRIBES
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( 4HE ARTICLE BY -ARTIN7EAVER ON THE SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF THE CONSERVATION OF WOODEN STRUCTURES TAKES AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE APPROACHES OF THE PAST YEARS LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE EXTREME TREATMENT OF THE S AND THE RESIDUAL PROBLEMS THEY CREATED 7EAVER ALSO REFERS BRIEFLY TO NON WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES OF CONTINUING MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL AS PRACTICED IN *APAN AND #HINA 7HILE HE EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF CRAFT TRADITIONS AND THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF WOOD CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY IT IS DIFFICULT TO CONVEY THE COMPLEXITY OF IDEAS UNDERPINNING JUST THE /RIENTAL METHODS ALONE IN PAGES )T WOULD BE VALUABLE TO SEE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS DEVELOPED FURTHER 4HE VEXED ISSUE OF PHILOSOPHY OF APPROACH IS ALSO RAISED IN AN ARTICLE ON THE REPAIR AND INTERPRETATION OF THE NEVER COMPLETED 2OMAN 4EMPLE AT $EIR EL (AGAR IN %GYPT AND THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT VISITORS RESPECT FOR THE HISTORIC VALUE OF THE STRUCTURE AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS %LEMENTS OF THIS INVOLVED REINSTATING THE EXTENSIVELY COLLAPSED WALLS AND ROOFING COMPLETED WITH SURVIVING ORIGINAL MATERIAL BUT WITH PARTIAL RECONSTRUCTION AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES CLEARLY DEMARKED IN NEW MATERIALS TO HELP THE VISITOR TO SEE THE WHOLE COMPLEX AS IT USED TO BE ! THOUGHT PROVOKING DEPARTURE FROM ACCEPTED "RITISH PRACTICE )N @!RCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL MODELLING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF CATHEDRALS $INA $ !YALA AND 0IERRE 3MARS OF "ATH 5NIVERSITY PRESENT A METHODOLOGY FOR THE SURVEY AND RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION AS APPLIED TO THE SCISSOR ARCHES AND CENTRAL TOWER OF 7ELLS #ATHEDRAL 4HE SURVEY MAKES USE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT AND CLOSE RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY WITH DIRECT INSPECTION TECHNIQUES ON PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE 3URVEY DATA STORED ELECTRONICALLY BUILDS A DETAILED THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER MODEL USED FOR CONSERVATION MONITORING 4HE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE RELEVANCE OF THIS WITHIN CURRENT TRENDS IN CONSERVATION AND THE REASON FOR CHOOSING THE CENTRAL CROSSING AT 7ELLS &INALLY AS CUSTOMARILY REPORTED HERE WE NOTE THE RESEARCH AWARDS TO INDIVIDUALS OR BODIES ANNOUNCED IN THE .EWSLETTER OF THE 0AUL -ELLON #ENTRE FOR 3TUDIES IN "RITISH !RT )SSUE $ECEMBER LEADING TO PROBABLE FUTURE PUBLICATIONS WHICH READERS MAY WISH TO LOOK OUT FOR IN DUE COURSE 4HE AWARDS INCLUDE THOSE TO 0ROFESSOR -ICHAEL #HARLESWORTH FOR WORK ON THE HISTORY OF THE LANDSCAPE GARDEN AT 7ENTWORTH #ASTLE 9ORKSHIRE ONE OF THE @2ESTORATION PODIUM PLACES (ERITAGE .ORTH7EST FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF 4OWNELEY (ALL ,ANCASHIRE THE "RITISH !CADEMY FOR THE #ORPUS 6ITREARUM -EDII !EVI VOLUME ON THE GLASS OF 3T 0ETER -ANCROFT .ORWICH AND THREE BOOKS TO BE PUBLISHED BY 3PIRE n -ONUMENTS TO 0OSTERITY SIX EPISODES OF THE 'EORGIAN PARISH CHURCH BY 4ERRY &REIDMAN A NEW EDITION OF 3IX (UNDRED .EW #HURCHES BY -ICHAEL 0ORT AND 4HE 3TAINED 'LASS7INDOWS OF !7. 0UGIN BY 3! 3HEPHERD "OB +INDRED -"% THE FIRST EVER MAINTENANCE INSPECTION SERVICE IN THE 5+ BASED ON THE -ONUMENTENWACHT PRINCIPLES INTRODUCED IN (OLLAND OVER YEARS AGO WHICH FORMS PART OF A MAJOR INITIATIVE ON MAINTENANCE DESCRIBED ON P OF THIS ISSUE OF #ONTEXT !LSO IN THE7INTER ISSUE OF 30!" .EWS THE SOCIETY COMES TO GRIP WITH THE OLD SAW ABOUT SOME TIMBER FRAMED BUILDINGS BEING RECONSTRUCTED FROM SHIPS TIMBERS !LTHOUGH REJECTED IN THE PAST AS AN ENDEARINGLY ROMANTIC BUT WRONG PERCEPTION MANY FASCINATING EXAMPLES ARE DESCRIBED IN AN ARTICLE BY 2OBERT 0RESCOTT AND $ANIEL !TKINSON FROM THE 3COTTISH )NSTITUTE OF -ARITIME 3TUDIES 4HE LATEST EDITION OF THE *OURNAL OF !RCHITECTURAL #ONSERVATION .OVEMBER 6OL .O REVISITS THE CATHODIC PROTECTION OF MASONRY CLAD STEEL FRAMED STRUCTURES A SUBJECT NOT COVERED IN #ONTEXT SINCE -ARCH 4HIS IS THEREFORE A TIMELY OVERVIEW AND REMINDER OF THE METHODS OF APPRAISING SUCH BUILDINGS n PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT WHERE THOSE FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE TH CENTURY ARE LISTED OR IN CONSERVATION AREAS !T ONE TIME THE PROBLEM WAS KNOWN AS @2EGENT 3TREET $ISEASE BUT THE ACCOMPANYING CASE STUDY RELATES TO A BUILDING OF C IN #OLMORE 2OW "IRMINGHAM FACED IN 0ORTLAND STONE (AVING SET THE OVERALL SCENE IN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY TERMS THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM THE FEASIBILITY TRIALS AND PROTECTION PLAN TO CONTROL FURTHER CORROSION TO THE EMBEDDED PERIMETER STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAME WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO THE OCCUPANTS WHILE PROVIDING CONSERVATION BENEFITS 4HE TECHNIQUE DOES NOT REVERSE THE DAMAGE BUT IT CAN EFFECTIVELY HALT FURTHER DETERIORATION -ANY CONSERVATION PROFESSIONALS WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE ,ANDMARK 4RUST 3OME MAY EVEN HAVE STAYED IN ONE OR MORE OF THE PROPERTIES IT LETS FOR HOLIDAYS )T IS THE LARGEST BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST IN THE 5+ WITH ABOUT PROPERTIES IN ITS CARE #AROLINE 3TANFORD THE HISTORIAN TO THE TRUST EXPLAINS ITS CURRENT POLICY TOWARDS ADDING TO THIS PORTFOLIO AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH BODIES SUCH AS THE .ATIONAL 4RUST 3HE PROVIDES FOUR CASE STUDIES #OOP (OUSE .ETHERBY NEAR #ARLISLE $ANESCOMBE -INE #ALSTOCK #ORNWALL !PPLETON7ATER 4OWER 3ANDRINGHAM .ORFOLK AND THE -ARTELLO 4OWER !LDEBURGH 3UFFOLK AS EXAMPLES OF BOTH THE FLEXIBILITY AND RIGOUR OF THE TRUST S PARTICULAR APPROACH TO ADAPTIVE RE USE
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( 3USTAINABLE MANAGEMENT 0ASSED TO THE FUTURE THE NEXT STEPS FOR 3COTLAND )N (ISTORIC 3COTLAND PUBLISHED ITS POLICY DOCUMENT 0ASSED TO THE &UTURE SETTING OUT THE 3COTTISH %XECUTIVE S POLICY FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT FOR THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 4HE AIM SET OUT IN 0ASSED TO THE &UTURE IS @TO ENSURE THAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ARE UNDERSTOOD AND TAKEN ACCOUNT OF SO THAT ITS OVERALL QUALITY IS ENHANCED RATHER THAN DIMINISHED 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT IS DEFINED AS THE HISTORICAL DIMENSION OF THE ENVIRONMENT n RURAL AND URBAN ON LAND AND UNDERWATER n THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ITS QUALITY AND CHARACTER 4HIS INCLUDES THE TANGIBLE BUILT HERITAGE OF SITES BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPES AND THEIR SETTINGS BUT ALSO LESS OBVIOUS COMPONENTS SUCH AS FIELD AND VEGETATION PATTERNS AND THE INTANGIBLE HISTORICAL OR CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF PLACE 4O MANAGE THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ITSELF MORE SUSTAINABLY WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ITS CHARACTER AND THE PROCESSES WHICH IMPACT ON IT )N 0ASSED TO THE &UTURE THE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR ACHIEVING THIS ARE IDENTIFIED AS RECOGNISING VALUE GOOD STEWARDSHIP ASSESSING IMPACT AND WORKING TOGETHER (ISTORIC 3COTLAND MADE A COMMITMENT TO MAKING SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT WORK IN PRACTICE THROUGH OUR OWN ACTIVITIES AND POLICIES IN OUR SUPPORT OF EXTERNAL PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS &OUR MAIN AREAS FOR FURTHER ACTION WERE IDENTIFIED s %NCOURAGE THE SHARING OF EXPERTISE EXPERIENCE AND RESOURCES AND TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS (ISTORIC 3COTLAND HAS STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH NEW OR REVISED CONCORDATS WITH KEY BODIES AND THROUGH CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT OR SUPPORT OF OTHERS SUCH AS 4OURISM AND %NVIRONMENT &ORUM .ATIONAL 4RUST FOR 3COTLAND 3COTTISH 3TONE ,IAISON 'ROUP AND 3COTTISH ,IME #ENTRE 7E HAVE INITIATED SUPPORTED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SEVERAL EVENTS ON RELEVANT TOPICS SUCH AS THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE CULTURAL HERITAGE s 0ROVIDE THE GUIDANCE NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE KEY PRINCIPLES AND ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR GOOD PRACTICE 7ORK TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE ON KEY HISTORIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR CAPACITY FOR CHANGE IS LED FOR URBAN AREAS BY THE 3COTTISH "URGH 3URVEY PROGRAMME AND FOR RURAL AREAS BY THE (ISTORIC ,AND USE !SSESSMENT "OTH OF THESE ARE HELPING TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR BETTER INFORMED DECISION MAKING 7ORK ON THE SUSTAINABLE MAINTENANCE AND RE USE OF BUILDINGS TAKES THE FORM OF RESEARCH INTO BUILDING STYLES MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES AND GRANT SUPPORT FOR PRACTICAL SCHEMES s %STABLISH APPROPRIATE WAYS OF MONITORING THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICIES FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT )N LINE WITH %XECUTIVE POLICY (ISTORIC 3COTLAND HAS CARRIED OUT SUSTAINABILITY AUDITS n AND ASSOCIATED IMPROVEMENTS n AT MAIN OFFICES AND DEPOTS WHILE 'REEN 4OURISM "USINESS 3CHEME ACCREDITATION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED AT MANY PROPERTIES IN CARE !SSESSMENTS OF THE CONDITION OF AND IMPACT ON MONUMENTS AND BUILDINGS ARE REGULARLY CONDUCTED OR COMMISSIONED AND RECENT WORK INCLUDES A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE INDICATORS FOR THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT s &ACILITATE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (ISTORIC 3COTLAND SUPPORTS MANY (ERITAGE ,OTTERY AND OTHER COMMUNITY LED SCHEMES PROVIDES GRANT SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE LITERATURE AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AT PROPERTIES IN CARE 7E SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE PARTICIPATION SUCH AS THE #ARVED 3TONES !DVISOR AND 'RAVEYARDS ,IAISON 'ROUP LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL WEEKS AND 3COTTISH !RCHAEOLOGICAL -ONTH AND @DOORS OPEN DAYS 3USTAINABILITY MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE 7E NEED TO WORK TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE INHERENT CONFLICTS &OR EXAMPLE THE USE OF TRADITIONAL AND LOCAL MATERIALS CAN LEAD TO RE OPENING STONE QUARRIES WHICH IS SUSTAINABLE IN THE SENSE OF REDUCING LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORTATION AND IN CREATING LOCAL EMPLOYMENT BUT CAN BE CONSIDERED UNSUSTAINABLE IN ITS IMPACT ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OR QUALITY OF LIFE 3IMILARLY PROMOTING VISITOR ACCESS HAS EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS BUT CAN HAVE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE RESOURCE ITSELF (OW CAN WE MANAGE THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLY WHEN NATURAL PROCESSES ARE GENERALLY LEADING INEXORABLY TO ITS DECAY 7HAT IS THE TOTALITY OF THE RESOURCE WHEN NEW ELEMENTS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT ARE CREATED EACH GENERATION !ND HOW DO WE ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY THAT PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT IS VALUED CAN CHANGE ! SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IS MEASURING LONG TERM BENEFITS AGAINST SHORT TERM ECONOMIC COSTS 4HIS MAKES ACHIEVING THE MAINTENANCE AND RE USE OF REDUNDANT OR DECAYING BUILDINGS FOR EXAMPLE ECONOMICALLY DIFFICULT 3UPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINGENCY EVALUATION AND LIFE CYCLE COSTINGS WILL HELP &INALLY THE IDENTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVE n AND COST EFFECTIVE n MONITORING MEASURES IS AN IMPORTANT CHALLENGE THAT REQUIRES FURTHER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH $EVELOPING THESE ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES INVOLVES EXTENDING INTERNAL SUSTAINABILITY AUDITS DEVELOPING SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF THE WORK OF (ISTORIC 3COTLAND IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY AWARENESS AMONG STAFF AND CUSTOMERS UNDERTAKING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH REVIEWING SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS OF POLICIES AND GRANT SCHEMES AND PROMOTING CROSS COMPLIANCE ACROSS PUBLIC SECTOR POLICIES ,ESLEY -ACINNES PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF !NCIENT -ONUMENTS (ISTORIC 3COTLAND $UN #ARLOWAY "ROCH 4HE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT HELPS DEFINE OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY AND OUR SENSE OF PLACE )N PROVIDING AN IMPORTANT CONTEXT FOR OUR DAILY LIFE URBAN AND RURAL IT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR SOCIAL WELL BEING WHILE THROUGH TOURISM AND RELATED EMPLOYMENT IT PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN OUR ECONOMY #ROWN #OPYRIGHT (ISTORIC 3COTLAND
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( 3500/24).' #/,5-.3 2ECONSTRUCTING 3OUTHWOLD 0IER 3TRUCTURAL ENGINEER "RIAN -ORTON FOUND SIMPLICITY WAS THE ANSWER IN CREATING A NEW STRUCTURE AND NEW USES FOR 3OUTHWOLD 0IER IN 3UFFOLK ) FIRST BECAME INVOLVED WITH THE 3OUTHWOLD 0IER SOME YEARS AGO WHEN THE NEW OWNER #HRIS )REDALE CONTACTED MY OFFICE ABOUT USING THE BALLROOM )T HAD BEEN OUT OF USE FOR SOME TIME RELATED TO MAJOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS 4YPICALLY AS ) LEARNED LATER #HRIS WANTED TO GET THE BALLROOM BACK INTO USE AND DID NOT REALLY BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME 7E DISCUSSED THE TIMBER PILED CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING STUB OF THE PIER ) THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO REBUILD THE PIER BUT IT WOULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE AND NOT REALLY LIKELY TO BE VIABLE 7E CARRIED OUT SOME WORK TO PROVIDE STRENGTHENING TO THE EXISTING STUB !ROUND FIVE YEARS AGO #HRIS APPROACHED US AND SAID THAT HE WISHED TO PROCEED WITH THE RECONSTRUCTION !T THAT TIME HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST OR HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE /UR BRIEF WAS CLEAR WE NEEDED A DESIGN THAT WOULD BE AS ECONOMICAL AS POSSIBLE COMMENSURATE WITH A LONG LIFE -Y IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO FIND OUT WHAT INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ABOUT PIER CONSTRUCTION 4HE LIBRARY OF THE )NSTITUTION OF #IVIL %NGINEERS WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE THE LAST PIER WAS CONSTRUCTED AROUND YEARS AGO ! ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION IN OUR OFFICE CONCLUDED THAT THE OILRIG INDUSTRY MUST HAVE MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE OF USE TO US &IRST WE WOULD NEED TO ESTABLISH THE LOADING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A STRUCTURE 4HE PIER RUNS APPROXIMATELY EAST WEST WITH A TIDE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE COAST AT A MAXIMUM OF SIX KNOTS /F COURSE HIGH WINDS IN THE WINTER CAN BE A PROBLEM TO ANY STRUCTURE ON THE PIER AND TO THE PIER ITSELF 7E WERE UNSURE OF THE EFFECT OF THE COMBINED FORCES OF SEA AND WIND 0REVIOUS CONTACT WITH THE (YDROGRAPHIC 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE AT 7ALLINGFORD NOW A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE LED US TO ASK THEM TO ESTIMATE THE DESIGN LOADS LIKELY TO 0HOTO ¥!LBANPIX ,TD !LL OTHER PHOTOS ¥-ORTON 0ARTNERSHIP
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( )T WAS AGREED AT AN EARLY STAGE THAT ALTHOUGH WE WOULD SET OUT TO CONSTRUCT THE PORTAL FRAMES AT CONSISTENT CENTRES THESE MIGHT HAVE TO VARY DEPENDING TO ALLOW FOR OBSTRUCTIONS RELATED TO THE OLD PIER STRUCTURE #ONSIDERING THE CLIENT S REQUIREMENT FOR A STRUCTURE WITH MAXIMUM LIFE COMMENSURATE WITH ECONOMY WE MADE USE OF CODES OF PRACTICE DEVELOPED FROM EXPERIENCE OF OILRIG CONSTRUCTION 7E HAD ALWAYS BEEN AWARE OF THE EFFECT OF THE SHINGLE ABRASION ON PILES 4HE CODES OF PRACTICE WERE VALUABLE IN GIVING CRITERIA FOR THE USE OF VARIOUS MATERIALS 4HE PILES WERE SHEET STEEL CONCRETE FILLED TUBES 7E USED GRANITE AGGREGATE AS A HARDER MATERIAL THAN THE SHINGLE THAT WOULD BE SCOURING THE PILES 4HE PILES WERE REINFORCED WITH MILD STEEL REINFORCEMENT WITH MM OF CONCRETE COVER TO THE INSIDE OF THE STEEL CASING 4HE OUTER STEEL PLATES WILL EVENTUALLY WEAR AWAY LEAVING THE GRANITE CONCRETE FACE WHICH WILL ALSO EVENTUALLY SCOUR EXPOSING THE REINFORCEMENT 4HIS WILL BE MANY YEARS HENCE 4HE UPPER STRUCTURE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WAS COVERED TO A DEPTH OF MM TO EXTEND ITS LIFE 4HE PIER HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS SUCCESS AS A VISITOR ATTRACTION 5SERS LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF THE PIER AND ITS BUILDINGS WHICH ARE OF FAIRLY SIMPLE DESIGN DETAILED VERY WELL BY THE ARCHITECT !NOTHER ATTRACTION IS THE LOW KEY SIMPLE USES A YEAR ROUND RESTAURANT SELLING LOCAL FISH AND CHIPS AMONG OTHER CHOICES A BUILDING IN WHICH WEDDING RECEPTIONS CAN BE HELD A SHOP WITH HIGH QUALITY GIFTS AND A MAGICAL WATER OPERATED CLOCK /NE SMALL BUILDING ACCOMMODATES VARIOUS MACHINES DESIGNED FOR AMUSEMENT SUCH AS AN UNDERWATER BATHOSPHERE AND OTHER UNUSUAL DEVICES !T THE END OF THE PIER THERE IS A LANDING STAGE AND THE 7AVERLEY A RECENTLY RESTORED PADDLE STEAMER OCCASIONALLY CALLS IN TAKING VISITORS DOWN THE COAST ON DINNER CRUISES -ANY SCHEMES FOR THE RESTORATION OF PIERS PROPOSE USES THAT ARE NOT VIABLE ) AM SURE THAT THE SECRET OF THE SUCCESS OF 3OUTHWOLD 0IER IS ITS SIMPLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN AT MINIMUM COST AND THE SIMPLE USE OF THE PIER BUILDINGS THAT ARE ACCEPTED BY VISITORS AS BEING VERY APPROPRIATE TO 3OUTHWOLD OCCUR IN THIS EXTREMELY EXPOSED CONDITION ON THE EAST COAST 4HE ORIGINAL TIMBER PILED PIER HAD GRADUALLY REDUCED IN LENGTH DUE TO STRUCTURAL FAILURE BUT ITS TOTAL DEMISE HAD BEEN DUE TO A SECTION BEING BLOWN UP DURING THE WAR AS A SAFETY MEASURE AGAINST ENEMY INVASION 4HIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE COLLAPSE OF THE ISLAND SECTION LEFT IN THE SEA /UR EXPERIENCE OF WORKING AND ADVISING ON OTHER PIERS SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD IF POSSIBLE DESIGN THE STRUCTURE WITH LATERAL RESTRAINT BUILT INTO THE COLUMN AND BEAM STRUCTURE RATHER THAN PROVIDING CROSS BRACES WHICH TEND TO BE AFFECTED BY THE CORROSION OF METAL MEMBERS OR FIXINGS !T AN EARLY STAGE IN THE DESIGN PROCESS THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CLIENT AND THE ARCHITECT "RIAN (AWARD OF 3OUTHWOLD ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF ANY BUILDINGS LIKELY TO BE ERECTED ON THE PIER 4HE CONCLUSION WAS THAT WE SHOULD USE STEEL FRAMES POSSIBLY OF SQUARE ROLLED HOLLOW SECTION WHICH WOULD GIVE STRUCTURAL STRENGTH IN ANY DIRECTION 4HESE FRAMES WOULD BE CLAD WITH TIMBER 4HE DESIGN OF THE PIER STRUCTURE EVOLVED AS A SERIES OF PORTAL FRAMES SPANNING THE WIDTH OF THE PIER 4HESE ARE SUPPORTED ON STEEL CASED CONCRETE COLUMNS WITH TIMBER BEAMS LINKING THE PORTALS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE PIER SUPPORTING SECONDARY JOISTS AND BOARDING WITH SIGNIFICANT GAPS BETWEEN THE BOARDING 3TRUCTURAL FIXINGS THROUGHOUT WERE SPECIFIED TO BE STAINLESS STEEL "RIAN -ORTON IS CONSULTANT TO THE -ORTON 0ARTNERSHIP
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( '2!(!- 4)4% 4HE WHOLE WORLD IN A SINGLE ROOM 7ITH THE OLDEST AND LEAST CHANGED PART OF THE "RITISH -USEUM FINDING A NEW FUTURE AS THE %NLIGHTENMENT 'ALLERY THE MAGNIFICENT ROOM ITSELF IS THE CHIEF EXHIBIT )N $ECEMBER THE "RITISH -USEUM ADMITTED THE PUBLIC TO A PROJECT FIVE YEARS IN THE MAKING !S 3IMON $OUCH REPORTED IN #ONTEXT -AY THE COLLECTION OF BOOKS FORMED BY 'EORGE ))) WAS TRANSFERRED IN TO THE NEW "RITISH ,IBRARY SITE AT ,ONDON S 3T 0ANCRAS 6ACANT THE GREAT ROOM TO WHICH THE COLLECTION GAVE THE NAME @+ING S ,IBRARY POSED THE QUESTION OF ITS FUTURE USE 4HIS ROOM HAS BEEN RESTORED REORIENTED AND RESURRECTED TO FULFIL ANOTHER ROLE .OW BOOKS IN FINE BINDINGS DONATED FROM THE (OUSES OF 0ARLIAMENT FILL MUCH OF THE SPACE ON THE SHELVES "UT IN OTHER AREAS THE SHELVING IS USED TO DISPLAY A VARIETY OF OBJECTS INCLUDING WORKS OF ART 4HE FLOOR AREA OF THE YARD LONG ROOM M ALSO EXHIBITS WORKS OF ART CHIEFLY STATUARY AND PORTRAIT BUSTS FREESTANDING ON PEDESTALS AND COLUMNS 4HE THEME OF THE WHOLE DISPLAY IS %NLIGHTENMENT AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO WHICH "RITAIN CONTRIBUTED IN THE TH AND TH CENTURIES AND WHICH CULMINATED AROUND THE TIME OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE +ING S ,IBRARY IN "LOOMSBURY 4HE ARCHITECT WAS 3IR 2OBERT 3MIRKE AND THE BUILDING WAS COMPETED BETWEEN AND DURING THE REIGN OF 'EORGE )6 4HE ARCHITECTURAL BACKGROUND AND RESTORATION SCHEME WERE FULLY DESCRIBED BY 3IMON $OUCH IN HIS #ONTEXT ARTICLE AND THE HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY AND OF ITS LIBRARY ROOM ARE THE SUBJECT OF TWO CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK PUBLISHED TO MARK THE REOPENING DETAILS AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE 4HE PRESS VIEW WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE TEAM OF CURATORS WHO HAVE PLANNED AND EXECUTED THE NEW DISPLAYS ) MET #AROLINE )NGHAM RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGN AND INSTALLATION ON BEHALF OF THE MUSEUM 4HE ROOM ITSELF WITH ITS ARRAY OF ORIGINAL FITTINGS IS REGARDED AS THE CHIEF EXHIBIT ! GRANT OF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT WAS SOUGHT FROM THE ,ONDON "OROUGH OF #AMDEN BECAUSE THIS HIGHLY IMPORTANT SITE WAS UNDERGOING CHANGES IN FABRIC AND CHANGES OF USE REGARDED AS BEING MATERIAL ALTERATIONS %NGLISH (ERITAGE WAS INVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS #AROLINE )NGHAM EXPLAINED SOME OF THE FINER POINTS OF THE DISPLAY THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN LOST IN ABSORBING THE OVERWHELMING IMPRESSION THAT IT ALL MAKES 4HE BOOKCASES WERE FORMERLY ENTIRELY FILLED WITH THE VOLUMES COLLECTED BY 'EORGE ))) OR COLLECTED ON HIS BEHALF BY LIBRARIANS AND AGENTS .OW HOWEVER WITH MANY CASES LESS THAN FULL AND SOME CASES CONTAINING OBJECTS OTHER THAN BOOKS THE BOARDS BEHIND ARE VISIBLE 4HE CURATORS MADE A VISIT TO THE 3OANE -USEUM NEARBY (ERE A COLLECTION SIMILAR IN DATE AND STYLE TO THAT OF THE ORIGINAL "RITISH -USEUM SURVIVES IN A STATE LARGELY AS IT WAS LEFT BY 3IR *OHN 3OANE n 3OANE S SHELVES AND CASES HAVE A BACKGROUND COLOUR OF DEEP 0OMPEIAN 2ED 4HIS COLOUR HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO PROVIDE AN ORNAMENTAL BACKGROUND IN DISPLAY CASES AND SOME NON FULL BOOKSHELVES IN THE %NLIGHTENMENT 'ALLERY )T IS MOST EFFECTIVE A PERIOD EFFECT IS CREATED 4HE FLOOR AREA OF THE YARD LONG ROOM EXHIBITS STATUARY AND PORTRAIT BUSTS FREESTANDING ON PEDESTALS AND COLUMNS !LL PHOTOS IN THIS ARTICLE ¥"RITISH -USEUM
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