C O N T E X T 9 9 : M A Y 2 0 0 7 Context Briefing Copy deadlines Context is published five times a year, in March, May, July, September and November. Copy deadlines in 2007 are: Issue Deadline July, Issue 100 18 May September, Issue 101 13 July November, Issue 102 14 September Editor Rob Cowan Editorial Coordinator Fiona Newton 21 George Street, Louth, Lincolnshire LN11 9JU Tel 01507 602567 email editorial@ihbc.org.uk Editorial Board Fiona Newton (chair) Susan Brook (treasurer) Nigel Crowe (main features) Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Michael Taylor (main features) Cartoons by Rob Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2007 ISSN 0958-2746 Publisher Published for the Institute of Historic Building Conservation by Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury,Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Fax 01747 871718 email context@cathcomm.demon.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Non-member subscriptions to Context Context is available to non-members of the IHBC at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom £50.00 Elsewhere £75.00 Subscription orders, together with remittances payable to Institute of Historic Building Conservation, should be sent to the IHBC Business Office at Jubilee House, High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA. The views expressed in Context are not necessarily held by the IHBC or the publisher. Neither the publisher nor the IHBC shall be under any liability whatsoever in respect of contributed articles. We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication.While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this issue of Context is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Voluntary land registration The registration of land is often an issue in conservation matters, particularly in rural areas. Over 40 per cent of England and Wales remains unregistered. Much urban land has been compulsorily registered, because, for example, it has been sold, mortgaged or re-mortgaged. But many rural areas in England and Wales remain unregistered, mainly because the turnover of land ownership is much lower. Registering land with Land Registry means that the state guarantees the owner’s title to their property, giving them better protection. It also means that if and when they come to sell, or they are asked to prove their ownership, they have easy access to their records online. To encourage voluntary registration, Land Registry offers a 25 per cent discount on its usual registration fee. It has also set up a national register development team and local teams for each of its offices to help promote and encourage people to register their land voluntarily, and to guide applicants through the process. Land registration allows landowners to manage their land more effectively, to consolidate complex legal information or historic data about their land, and to help protect their land against encroachment. For further information about voluntary land registration phone 0800 432 0432 or visit www.landregistry.gov.uk. Bodley and Kempe at 100 The Churches Conservation Trust is offering a range of tours and talks to celebrate the work of George Frederick Bodley and Charles Eamer Kempe, two significant figures in Victorian and Edwardian church art, design and decoration (and lifelong friends as well as colleagues), on the centenary of their deaths. The legacy of these two designers can be seen in 12 of the trust’s churches. GF Bodley (1827–1907) was one of the most important architects of the gothic revival movement, whose creative talents and influential patronage shaped late 19th century building design and decoration. He is known for championing the revival of late medieval English architecture and for his rich, stencilled decorative schemes. The studio of CE Kempe (1837–1907) specialised in church decoration and is renowned for its exquisite stained glass. Identifiable by its quirky wheatsheaf motif and distinguished by its sensitive draftsmanship, jewel-like palette and faithful adherence to the traditions of Photos: Steven Cole ©The Churches Conservation Trust
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