%NGLISH (ERITAGE S 2EGISTER OF 0ARKS AND 'ARDENS #ONSERVING #ORNWALL S -ETHODIST CHAPELS 2ESTORING A #OMPER AND "UCKNALL CHURCH .O -AY )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION
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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 #ONTEXT 4(% ).34)454% /& ()34/2)# "5),$).' #/.3%26!4)/. WWW IHBC ORG UK 2EGISTERED AS A #HARITY .UMBER #OMPANY ,IMITED BY 'UARANTEE 2EGISTERED IN %NGLAND .UMBER 2EGISTERED /FFICE 3TAFFORD 2OAD 4UNBRIDGE7ELLS +ENT 4. 1: )("# /FFICERS 0RESIDENT -ALCOLM !IRS E MAIL PRESIDENT IHBC ORG UK #HAIRMAN %DDIE "OOTH E MAIL CHAIR IHBC ORG UK 6ICE #HAIR 3ARAH (IGGINS E MAIL VCBUSINESS IHBC ORG UK 6ICE #HAIR 2ONNIE 2OBERTSON E MAIL VVCMEMBERSHIP IHBC ORG UK 6ICE #HAIR -ARK 3TRAWBRIDGE E MAIL VCPOLICY IHBC ORG UK 3ECRETARY 2ICHARD -ORRICE E MAIL SECRETARY IHBC ORG UK 4REASURER 2OBERT 0ARKINSON E MAIL TREASURER IHBC ORG UK -EMBERSHIP 3ECRETARY 'US !STLEY E MAIL MEMBERSHIP IHBC ORG UK "RANCHES #O ORDINATOR *ULIA 3MITH E MAIL BRANCHES IHBC ORG UK #ONSULTATIONS 3ECRETARY 'RAHAM 3TEAGGLES E MAIL GRAHAM STEAGGLES ENGLISH HERITAGE ORG UK %DUCATION 3ECRETARY *OHN 0RESTON E MAIL EDUCATION IHBC ORG UK 4ECHNICAL 0ANEL #O ORDINATOR *ENEFER #HESHER E MAIL TECHNICAL IHBC ORG UK )4 -ANAGER 0ETER "ADCOCK E MAIL IT IHBC ORG CO UK "RANCH /FFICERS .ORTH )AN 'OODMAN 4EL .ORTH7EST 3HEILA 3TONES 4EL 9ORKSHIRE 3TEPHEN "ATEMAN 4EL 7EST -IDLANDS +ATHY "AIRD 4EL %AST -IDLANDS &IONA .EWTON 4EL 3OUTH 'ILL "UTTER 4EL 3OUTH7EST $AVID 3TIRLING 4EL %AST !NGLIA -ICHAEL +NIGHTS 4EL 3OUTH %AST 0ETER #OBLEY 4EL ,ONDON *ON &INNEY 4EL 3COTLAND *IM -C$ONALD 4EL 7ALES 4REFOR 4HORPE 4EL . )RELAND ,AURENCE -ANOGUE4EL 2EPUBLIC OF )RELAND "ERNARD $EE 4EL "USINESS /FFICE *UBILEE (OUSE (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE 30 (! %NGLAND 4EL &AX E MAIL ADMIN IHBC ORG UK #OVER PHOTO -AURICE ,ANDER IS ONE OF THE ALLOTMENT HOLDERS AT 3TONEY 2OAD 'ARDENS #OVENTRY /RIGINALLY LAID OUT AS DETACHED TOWN GARDENS IT IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR SUCH SITES ON%NGLISH (ERITAGE S 2EGISTER OF 0ARKS AND 'ARDENS OF 3PECIAL (ISTORIC )NTEREST IN %NGLAND )T IS OF EXCEPTIONAL INTEREST AND GRADED AT )) 3EE PAGE 4HE PLANNING GREEN PAPER HAS BEEN SCRUTINISED AND DIGESTED .OW THE MANY RESPONSES TO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE UNDER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY THOSE WHO HAVE THE TRICKY JOB OF DEVISING A PLANNING SYSTEM THAT IS QUICK AND THOROUGH TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIVE DEMOCRATIC AND JUST *OINED UP THINKING IS EASY TO PROMISE BUT HARDER TO DELIVER &OR ALL THAT THE $EPARTMENT OF 4RANSPORT ,OCAL 'OVERNMENT AND THE 2EGIONS MAY BE COMMITTED TO CONSERVATION AND URBAN DESIGN AND THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE OF IT IN THE GREEN PAPER THE DEPARTMENT QUIVERS UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF THE 4REASURY )T S THE ECONOMY STUPID "ILL #LINTON USED TO TELL HIS CAMPAIGNING STAFF AND THE 4REASURY SEEMS TO AGREE )F YOU WANT A GOOD ENVIRONMENT THE ARGUMENT GOES FIRST GET THE ECONOMY RIGHT 4HE GREEN PAPER HAS MANY A SWEET WORD OF PRAISE FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT BUT THE STRONG OVERALL IMPRESSION IS THAT BUSINESS IS THE BUSINESS 'ORDON "ROWN WANTS US TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF A DYNAMIC GLOBAL ECONOMY AND QUICK DECISIONS ARE NEEDED TO DELIVER IT !S FOR GREAT PLACES TO LIVE AND WORK THE IMPLIED PROMISE IS THAT WE WILL GET THEM EVENTUALLY AS THE %DITORIAL .O BETTER VALUE THAN A SUCCESSFUL PLACE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE OF PROSPERITY !T A TIME WHEN PLANNING REFORM IS IN THE AIR WE NEED TO REMIND THE 'OVERNMENT THAT IT WAS TALKING GOOD SENSE WHEN IT PREACHED ABOUT THE NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE ENVIRONMENTALLY SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE )F IT S VALUE YOU WANT NOTHING IS MORE VALUABLE THAN A SUCCESSFUL PLACE 0LACES THAT PEOPLE ENJOY ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS 4HEY HELP EXISTING BUSINESSES FLOURISH AND THEY ATTRACT NEW ONES 3UCCESSFUL PLACES MAKE GOOD USE OF RESOURCES UNLIKE THE FINANCIAL BOTTOMLESS PITS SO OFTEN MADE WHEN THOSE WHO PLAN AND DEVELOP FAIL TO THINK BEYOND THEIR OWN IMMEDIATE NEEDS 4HIS HAS BEEN THE MESSAGE BEHIND THE )("# S RESPONSE TO BOTH THE PLANNING GREEN PAPER PAGE AND THE 'OVERNMENT S PROPOSALS FOR CHANGES TO COMPULSORY PURCHASE POWERS AND PROCESSES PAGE "UILDING A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY AND MAKING SUCCESSFUL PLACES ARE PART OF THE SAME JOB 4O WARN THE 'OVERNMENT OF @HERITAGE MYOPIA AS "OB +INDRED DOES IN THESE PAGES ON BEHALF OF THE )("# IS NOT THE VOICE OF PROFESSIONAL SELF INTEREST BUT AN APPEAL FOR A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE 4HE NEW WORLD HAS TO BE WOVEN IN TO THE OLD "RIEFING /UT OF #ONTEXT 0ERIODICALLY %NGLISH (ERITAGE S PARKS AND GARDENS REGISTER 3ARAH 2UTHERFORD 2ECORDING AND CONSERVING #ORNISH CHAPELS *EREMY ,AKE AND )AN 3ERJEANT #OLOUR IN THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT -ICHAEL ,ANCASTER 2ESTORING A #OMPER AND "UCKNALL CHURCH 2OBERT7ARREN 3UPPORTING #OLUMNS !LL CHANGE AT 3T 0ANCRAS 3TUART !RMITAGE 2ESTORING A ROOM OF STENCILLED WALLPAPER *AMES #AVERHILL )("# NEWS .OTES FROM THE CHAIR )("# NEWS -EMBERSHIP NOTES )("# NEWS 2ESPONSE TO THE PLANNING GREEN PAPER )("# NEWS #OMPULSORY PURCHASE PROPOSALS SHOW HERITAGE MYOPIA )("# NEWS %VENTS 3ITUATIONS VACANT "OOK REVIEWS 0RODUCTS AND SERVICES
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 #ONTEXT %DITOR 2OBERT #OWAN %DITORIAL #O ORDINATOR .IGEL "ARKER 7ORPLESDON 2OAD 'UILDFORD 3URREY '5 24 4EL E MAIL NIGEL UK YAHOO CO UK %DITORIAL "OARD .IGEL "ARKER CHAIR #ATHERINE #ROFT CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION REVIEWS 3USAN "ROOKS TREASURER AND )4 .IGEL #ROWE MAIN FEATURES 0ETER DE &IGUIEREDO BOOK REVIEWS *ULIA 3MITH )("# BRANCHES -ICHAEL 4AYLOR MAIN FEATURES #ONTEXT IS PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES PER YEAR AND IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION ¥ )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION )33. 0UBLISHED FOR THE )NSTITUTE OF (ISTORIC "UILDING #ONSERVATION BY #ATHEDRAL #OMMUNICATIONS ,IMITED (IGH 3TREET 4ISBURY 7ILTSHIRE %NGLAND 30 (! 4EL &AX E MAIL BCD 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 53 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 )("# OR 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 $EADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE 4HE DEADLINE FOR THE *ULY ISSUE OF #ONTEXT IS *UNE 7HO S MANAGING WASTE )S ANYONE OUT THERE GRAPPLING WITH THE WEIGHTY ISSUE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN HISTORIC AREAS WRITES $EBBIE 2OBERTSON 7E HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE WITHIN %DINBURGH S 7ORLD (ERITAGE 3ITE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE VISUAL IMPACT OF LARGE WHEELIE BIN TYPE CONTAINERS BEING INSTALLED IN SENSITIVE PARTS OF THE SITE ) WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN DEALING WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WITHIN HISTORIC AREAS PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE USED ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CONTAINERS UNDERGROUND FOR EXAMPLE OR BAG COLLECTIONS ) KNOW THAT YOU CONSERVATION OFFICERS ARE A BUSY LOT BUT PLEASE HELP BEST PRACTICE EVOLVE IN THIS AREA BY PHONING OR SENDING A SHORT EMAIL TO $EBBIE 2OBERTSON 0LANNING !DVISER %DINBURGH7ORLD (ERITAGE 4RUST #HARLOTTE 3QUARE %DINBURGH %( $2 4EL DEBBIEROBERTSON EWHT ORG UK 4HE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES /PERATIONAL ASPECTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONSERVATION ROLE ARE TO BE THE SUBJECT OF A JOINT INVESTIGATION WITH %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO PLANNING AUTHORITIES SHORTLY #ONTEXT READERS MIGHT NOT RECALL HOW THE FIRST CONSERVATION OFFICERS WERE APPOINTED ABOUT A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO BASED ON THE INTERPRETATION OF 3ECTION OF THE 0LANNING !MENDMENT !CT IN AN ARRANGEMENT NOW TAKEN FOR GRANTED /LDER HANDS MAY RECALL THAT 3ECTION PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FINANCE FOR ENHANCEMENT SCHEMES FOR CONSERVATION AREAS CONSIDERED @OUTSTANDING BY THE 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE FOR THE %NVIRONMENT (OW MANY RECALL HOWEVER THAT AMONG THE PURPOSES IDENTIFIED BY $O% #IRCULAR WAS @EXPENDITURE ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES EG xTHE EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIALIST CONSERVATION STAFF xAPPOINTED TO PRODUCE SCHEMES AND COORDINATE WORK AND EXPENDITURE IN MAINTAINING AN ADVISORY SERVICE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND OWNERS ON CARRYING OUT WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SCHEME "Y AT LEAST @OUTSTANDING CONSERVATION AREAS HAD BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE 3ECRETARY OF 3TATE "EFORE THIS STATUS WAS DISPENSED WITH MORE PROGRESSIVE PLANNING AUTHORITIES WERE BEING ENCOURAGED BY THE #IVIC 4RUST AND OTHERS TO CONSIDER FINDING AT LEAST PER CENT OF THE EXTRA SALARY INVOLVED "Y THIS TIME SIX AUTHORITIES HAD ALREADY OBTAINED GRANT AID UNDER 3 FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATION STAFF FOR DIFFERING PERIODS "ATH ## YEARS "ERWICK ON 4WEED "# YEARS #HELTENHAM "# YEARS #HESTER ## YEARS 'REENWICH ,"# YEARS AND9ORK ## YEARS )N ADDITION TO OUTSTANDING STATUS THE CONSERVATION AREAS HAD TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT OF A CONSERVATION OFFICER WHO HAD TO BE EMPLOYED ON THE PREPARATION AND OR IMPLEMENTATION AND OR ENCOURAGEMENT OF POSITIVE CONSERVATION SCHEMES 'RANT @WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL CONTROL STAFF )T IS SOMEWHAT IRONIC THAT TWO OF THE MORE PRESSING FUNCTIONS FOR WHICH CONSERVATION STAFF ARE CURRENTLY BEING APPOINTED ARE TO OFFER DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ADVICE AND TO UNDERTAKE CONSERVATION AREA APPRAISALS !REA ENHANCEMENT NO LONGER FEATURES AS A CLEARLY STATED PRIORITY FOR MANY NEW APPOINTMENTS ALTHOUGH IT WAS THIS RESPONSIBILITY THAT LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF CONSERVATION OFFICERS AS A PROFESSIONAL GROUP "OB +INDRED -"% ,ISTED BUILDINGS ONLINE &OLLOWING INITIAL COMPUTERISATION IN %NGLISH (ERITAGE HAS NOW BEGUN THE PROCESS OF WEB ENABLING THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL DATABASE OF LISTED BUILDINGS KNOWN TO US AS ,"3 /UR AIM IS TO HAVE A FACILITY AVAILABLE TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND NATIONAL AMENITY SOCIETIES ON THE WEB BY 3EPTEMBER 4HE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TWO SERVICES s ! WEBSITE PROVIDING RAPID ACCESS TO THE CURRENT LIST FOR SPECIALIST USE PRINCIPALLY CONSERVATION AND PLANNING PROFESSIONALS 7E WILL BE ASKING LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO IDENTIFY ONE KEY CONTACT WHO WILL BE ABLE TO DISSEMINATE ACCESS TO USERS THROUGHOUT THEIR AUTHORITY AND WHO MAY ALSO BE THE PRINCIPAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM ,OCAL AUTHORITY OFFICERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT AMENDMENTS THROUGH A STRUCTURED FEEDBACK PAGE TO ASSIST %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND $#-3 IN KEEPING THE LISTS UP TO DATE
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 s 0ROVISION OF RELEVANT LISTED BUILDINGS DATA FOR EACH AUTHORITY AREA ON #$ WITH MEANS TO KEEP IT UP TO DATE BY EMAIL $ATA PROVIDED WILL BE IN XML FORMAT THE E GOVERNMENT APPROVED FORMAT FOR TRANSFER OF DATA )T WILL BE SUPPLIED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO THE PROPOSED POINT OF CONTACT FOR DISTRIBUTION INTERNALLY WITHIN EACH AUTHORITY )NFORMATION WILL BE LICENSED FOR DISSEMINATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO THE PUBLIC 3EVERAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND AMENITY SOCIETIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN HELPING WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT /VER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS LOCAL AUTHORITY OFFICERS WILL BE INVITED TO TEST THE WEBSITE AND COMMENT ON THE METHODS OF DATA SUPPLY 0LEASE CHECK THE )("# WEBSITE WWW IHBC ORG UK IN *UNE FOR REGISTRATION DETAILS FOR THESE TRIALS &OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT PLEASE CONTACT $UNCAN "ROWN .-2 3ERVICES %NGLISH (ERITAGE +EMBLE $RIVE 3WINDON 3. ': 4EL DUNCAN BROWN RCHME CO UK )T LOOKS LIKE TEMPORARY CONSENT ! COLLEAGUE FROM A HISTORIC7EST #OUNTRY CITY RECENTLY TELEPHONED FOR A SECOND OPINION ON WHETHER A TEMPORARY LISTED BUILDING CONSENT COULD BE GRANTED WRITES "OB +INDRED !S IT HAPPENED ) WAS ABLE TO RESPOND INSTANTLY @.O "UT THEN AGAIN YES ! FEW MONTHS AGO ) HAD NOTED A LISTED BUILDING CONSENT APPEAL CASE IN THE *OURNAL OF 0LANNING AND %NVIRONMENT ,AW 3EPTEMBER PP )T STATED CATEGORICALLY THAT @!LTHOUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS POWER TO GRANT TEMPORARY PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE 4OWN AND #OUNTRY 0LANNING !CT HE HAS NO PARALLEL STATUTORY POWER TO GRANT TEMPORARY LISTED BUILDING CONSENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE 0LANNING ,ISTED "UILDINGS AND #ONSERVATION !REAS !CT )N THAT INSTANCE THE SECRETARY OF STATE DISMISSED AN APPEAL AGAINST REFUSAL BY 3TROUD $ISTRICT #OUNCIL TO GRANT CONSENT FOR MOVING A LEAD STATUE OF 0AN ON A LIMESTONE PEDESTAL 'RADE )) TO THE CONSERVATORY OF THE 3TABLES 'LOUCESTER 2OAD 0AINSWICK 'LOUCESTERSHIRE 3O IF NO WHY YES 7ELL WE HAVE GRANTED TEMPORARY LISTED BUILDING CONSENT 7HAT IS MORE IT HAD THE BLESSING OF %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND THE 'OVERNMENT 2EGIONAL /FFICE )N THE )TALIAN -INISTRY OF #ULTURE REQUESTED THE LOAN OF TWO IMPORTANT 2OMANESQUE SCULPTURES FOR DISPLAY AT AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON THE .ORMAN PERIOD IN 2OME DURING 4HEY COMPRISED A TYMPANUM IN "ARNACK LIMESTONE DEPICTING A BOAR CONFORMING IN SHAPE TO THE SEMI CIRCULAR FIELD BEHIND AND IN A STYLE HARKING BACK TO THE 2INGERIKE WORKS OF 3CANDINAVIA C AND A RELIEF PANEL OF 3T -ICHAEL FIGHTING THE DRAGON IN #AEN LIMESTONE ALSO STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY 2INGERIKE AND ONE OF A SERIES OF POST CONQUEST SCULPTURES IN THE 6IKING MANNER 4HE TYMPANUM WAS EXTREMELY RARE FOR BEING CARVED ON BOTH SIDES %ARLIER IN WHILE THE CHURCH WAS STILL IN ECCLESIASTICAL USE THESE SCULPTURES HAD BEEN REMOVED UNDER &ACULTY *URISDICTION FOR DISPLAY AT THE MAJOR EXHIBITION @%NGLISH 2OMANESQUE !RT AT THE (AYWARD 'ALLERY IN ,ONDON 3UBSEQUENT TO THE (AYWARD EXHIBITION THE CHURCH HAD BECOME REDUNDANT AND HAD PASSED TO )PSWICH "OROUGH #OUNCIL IN 2EMOVAL OF THE SCULPTURES FOR THE 2OME EXHIBITION WOULD THEREFORE REQUIRE LISTED BUILDING CONSENT 4HEY WERE RECORDED AS HAVING BEEN BUILT INTO THE OUTER WALL OF THE 3T .ICHOLAS #HURCH 'RADE )) IN BUT MOVED TO THE INTERIOR IN 4HEY HAD BEEN TAKEN OUT FOR CLEANING AND REPAIR IN BUT HAD BEEN BUILT BACK INTO THE FABRIC &OLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH %NGLISH (ERITAGE AN APPLICATION WAS MADE UNDER 3 OF THE 0LANNING ,ISTED "UILDINGS AND #ONSERVATION !REAS !CT FOR LISTED BUILDING CONSENT FOR @TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF TWO .ORMAN SCULPTURED RELIEF PANELS FROM #HURCH SIC FOR DISPLAY IN AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN 2OME 4HE APPLICATION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REFERRED TO THE 'OVERNMENT 2EGIONAL /FFICE )T CONFIRMED IN *ULY THAT @THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS SATISFIED THAT THE WORKS ARE ACCEPTABLE IN SO FAR AS THE CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST IS CONCERNED AND WHEN THE TWO .ORMAN SCULPTURED RELIEF PANELS ARE REINSTATED INTO THE CHURCH FABRIC IT WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DETAILS TO BE AGREED WITH %NGLISH (ERITAGE 4HIS SEEMS LIKE TEMPORARY LISTED BUILDING CONSENT TO ME $O READERS HAVE ANY VIEWS #ONSERVATION PLAN FOR 'UERNSEY 'UERNSEY S FIRST CONSERVATION PLAN HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED FOR #ASTLE #ORNET THE ISLAND S FOREMOST HISTORIC MONUMENT 3ITUATED ON AN ISLAND BUT NOW REACHED BY A CAUSEWAY THE CASTLE DATES FROM THE TH CENTURY )T COULD DEFEND 3T 0ETER 0ORT HARBOUR AND RESIST ATTACK FROM THE MAINLAND UNTIL IT WAS OUTGUNNED IN THE TH CENTURY $URING THE 3ECOND7ORLD 7AR THE OCCUPYING 'ERMANS FORTIFIED IT 4HEIR CONCRETE BUNKERS AND GUN EMPLACEMENTS STAND TODAY AMID THE ANCIENT STONES 4HE BRIEF CALLS FOR A FRAMEWORK FOR REPAIR IMPROVEMENT AND MANAGEMENT )T ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CASTLE S LONG TERM SIGNIFICANCE AND MODERN ROLE AS A CULTURAL ICON COULD BE AT RISK FROM FURTHER AD HOC REPAIR AND ADAPTATION 4HE ISLAND A #ROWN DEPENDENCY WITH ITS OWN GOVERNMENT LACKS THE COMPREHENSIVE LEGISLATION ON ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN THE 5+ 4HE PLAN COULD HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LAWS AND POLICIES /RWELL "RIDGE 3UFFOLK DESIGNED BY 3IR7ILLIAM (ALCROW AND 0ARTNERS ENGINEERS n ¥ #ROWN COPYRIGHT .-2 3T "RIDE S &LEET 3TREET ,ONDON ¥ #ROWN COPYRIGHT .-2
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 @+%. ,)6).'34/.% 3 ATTACK ON %NGLISH (ERITAGEx IS SYMPTOMATIC OF AN UNRELENTING HOSTILITY TO CONSERVATION AND PROGRESSIVE URBAN VALUES WHICH IS REDOLENT OF THE WORST EXCESSES OF THE S )F IT CONTINUES IT WILL HAVE HUGELY DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES FOR ,ONDON S REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE WORLD S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES @!T LAST +EN ,IVINGSTONE HAS RECOGNISED THAT WHAT HE NEEDS IS EXPERT ADVICE ON ,ONDON S HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 4HE ANSWER IS NOT TO TAKE OVER ONE OF THE NINE REGIONS OF %NGLISH (ERITAGE n A NATIONAL REPOSITORY OF EXPERTISE ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT n BUT TO APPOINT HIS OWN CABINET ADVISER OR DEDICATED CONSERVATION STAFF )T IS ASTONISHING THAT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREPARING A PLAN FOR ONE OF THE WORLD S GREATEST HISTORIC CITIES HE HAS NO CABINET ADVISER OR DEDICATED CONSERVATION STAFF 4HREE TIMES ) HAVE OFFERED TO HELP PAY FOR ONE TO HELP AVOID FURTHER GAFFES BUT TO NO AVAIL %NGLISH (ERITAGE CHAIRMAN 3IR .EIL #OSSONS IN A LETTER PUBLISHED IN THE !RCHITECTS *OURNAL 4HE CONSERVATION PLAN IS BEING PREPARED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVEN MONTHS BY A TEAM LED BY #ONSERVATION !RCHITECTURE AND 0LANNING ,ISTED BUILDING PROSECUTIONS 4HANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO CONTINUE TO REMEMBER TO FORWARD CASES OF LISTED BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED PROSECUTIONS 0LEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO ! NUMBER OF LOCAL PLANNING AUTHORITIES HAVE CONSISTENTLY PROMISED THIS INFORMATION BUT HAVE CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO SEND IT )F YOU HAVE NOT CONTRIBUTED BEFORE WE STILL WANT THE BARE BONES OF PAST CASES HOWEVER FAR BACK AND EVEN IF UNSUCCESSFUL &OR US TO HELP YOU ON QUESTIONS OF LISTED BUILDING ENFORCEMENT WE CONTINUE TO NEED CASES TO ADD TO THE NATIONAL TABLES OF PROSECUTION FINES )F YOU WORK IN A LOCAL AUTHORITY YOU MAY ALSO NEED TO TALK TO YOUR ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 4HE TABLES ARE THE ONLY STATISTICAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND SINCE THE LANDMARK 3ANDHU CASE IN THE #OURT OF !PPEAL IN IT IS MUCH EASIER TO MOUNT A PROSECUTION CASE 4HE TABLES COULD HAVE A DIRECT RELEVANCE FOR ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION YOU MAY CONTEMPLATE 4HE INFORMATION ON INCREASING LEVELS OF FINES WILL ALSO ACT AS A DETERRENT n BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN KEEP THE INFORMATION FLOWING 0LEASE SEND DETAILS TO "OB +INDRED (ENLEY 2OAD )PSWICH )0 3& BOB KINDRED IPSWICH GOV UK $4) FUNDING FOR -AINTAIN -AINTAIN OUR (ERITAGE HAS MADE A SUCCESSFUL BID TO THE $4) S 0ARTNERS IN )NNOVATION SCHEME TO FUND A RESEARCH PROGRAMME TO TEST THE THESIS THAT REGULAR MAINTENANCE IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN NEGLECT AND EVENTUAL REPAIRS /UT OF APPLICATIONS THEIRS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED 4HEY WAIT TO HEAR WHETHER THEY WILL GET THE FULL AMOUNT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR -ALCOLM !IRS REPRESENTS THE )("# ON AN ADVISORY PANEL AND THE )NSTITUTE HAS OFFERED ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF SHARING KNOWLEDGE TAKING PART IN A STEERING GROUP AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION TO THE MEMBERSHIP WWW MAINTAINOURHERITAGE CO UK &ROM OBJECT TO BUILDING @7HERE CONSERVATION MEETS CONSERVATION THE INTERFACE BETWEEN HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND THEIR CONTENTS IS THE TITLE OF A CONFERENCE AT $E -ONTFORT 5NIVERSITY ON 3EPTEMBER )T WILL FOCUS ON THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL AND OBJECT CONSERVATION AND THE ROLE OF CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ACHIEVING APPROPRIATE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS 4HE EMPHASIS WILL BE ON RAISING AWARENESS AT A PRACTICAL INTERDISCIPLINARY LEVEL AND PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR SHARING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE 3PEAKERS WILL INCLUDE .ICHOLAS 3TANLEY 0RICE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF )##2/- 2OME #AROL "ROWN OF THE 3COTTISH #ONSERVATION "UREAU (ISTORIC 3COTLAND AND -AY #ASSAR DIRECTOR OF THE #ENTRE FOR 3USTAINABLE (ERITAGE AT 5#, #ONTACT "ELINDA #OLSTON $EPARTMENT OF #HEMISTRY $E -ONTFORT 5NIVERSITY 4HE 'ATEWAY ,EICESTER ,% "( 4EL BCOLSTON DMU AC UK .EW COURSE AT 3OUTH "ANK 3OUTH "ANK 5NIVERSITY IN ,ONDON IS OFFERING A NEW -! IN @!RCHITECTURE HISTORIC BUILDING CONSERVATION STARTING IN /CTOBER !IMED AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE CONSERVATION OF BUILDINGS AS HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTEFACTS IT IS EXPECTED TO INTEREST PROFESSIONALS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS 4HE COURSE WILL INITIALLY BE OFFERED ON A PART TIME BASIS UNLESS DEMAND DICTATES OTHERWISE WITH ATTENDANCE REQUIRED ON ONE AFTERNOON EVENING PER WEEK FOR TWO YEARS 4HE MASTER S PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF EIGHT TAUGHT MODULES AND A DISSERTATION 4HE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO COMBINE WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT THE WIDEST DISCUSSION OF THE CONCEPT PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF BUILDING CONSERVATION IN THE MODERN DEVELOPED WORLD ! UNIQUE FEATURE WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO USE THE EXTENSIVE CRAFT WORKSHOPS OF ,AMBETH #OLLEGE WHICH THE UNIVERSITY CLAIMS IS THE BEST EQUIPPED IN THE COUNTRY 4HE TWO MODULES DEVOTED TO PRACTICAL CONSERVATION WILL INCLUDE HANDS ON EXPERIENCE OF TRADITIONAL BUILDING %XERCISES IN THE USE OF MASONRY TIMBER PLASTERWORK AND DECORATIVE FINISHES WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE USE OF HISTORIC DRAWINGS IN LEARNING TO IDENTIFY DEFECTS IN ANCIENT BUILDINGS AND PREPARE WORKING DRAWINGS FOR THEIR REPAIR )NSIGHT INTO THE PROBLEMS OF CONSERVING HISTORIC STRUCTURES WITHIN A VARIED URBAN CONTEXT WILL BE PROVIDED BY A MODULE ON THE GROWTH OF TH AND TH CENTURY ,ONDON 3TUDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO LEARN ABOUT ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO CONSERVATION BY VISITS TO THE %UROPEAN !RCHITECTURAL (ERITAGE7ORKSHOPS AT 3AN 3ERVOLO 6ENICE AND THE 'ERMAN (ALF 4IMBERED #ENTRE AT 1UEDLINBERG 3AXONY !NHALT !T 3AN 3ERVOLO A GREAT VARIETY OF RESTORATION TECHNIQUES n ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO ORNAMENTAL PLASTER FRESCO AND OTHER FINE MATERIAL FINISHES n WILL BE DEMONSTRATED BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF CRAFTSMEN !T 1UEDLINBERG WHERE THERE ARE MEDIEVAL HOUSES THE TREATMENT AND RESTORATION OF ANCIENT WOODEN STRUCTURES WILL BE STUDIED WITH THE HELP OF MASTER CRAFTSMEN AND JOINERS ! MODULE ON URBAN CHARACTER AND DESIGN WILL FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING THE SPATIAL CHARACTER OF URBAN PLACES AND RELATING THIS TO DESIGN GUIDANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL &URTHER DETAILS FROM 'ILLIAN 2EYNOLDS 4EL REYNOLG SBU AC UK
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 3IGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES ALWAYS FORM A GOOD BASIS FOR THEMES IN PERIODICALS 4HE LATEST ISSUE OF 30!" .EWS 6OL .O 3PRING CONCENTRATED ON THE MOMENTOUS TH BIRTHDAY OF THE SOCIETY CELEBRATED ON -ARCH )T INCLUDES BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE EMINENT 6ICTORIANS ATTENDING THE FIRST FATEFUL MEETING IN THE -ORRIS #O SHOWROOMS AT 1UEEN 3QUARE ,ONDON 30!" 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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 3!2!( 254(%2&/2$ %NGLISH (ERITAGE S PARKS AND GARDENS REGISTER 5RBAN PARKS CEMETERIES DETACHED TOWN GARDENS HOSPITALS POST WAR SITES AND THE CITY OF ,IVERPOOL ARE AMONG THE SPECIAL CONCERNS OF THE %NGLISH (ERITAGE REGISTER TEAM 3INCE AUTUMN THE 2EGISTER TEAM HAS BEEN UNDERTAKING A PROGRAMME TO UPGRADE THE DESCRIPTIONS AND BOUNDARY MAPS FOR THE SITES AT PRESENT ON %( S 2EGISTER OF 0ARKS AND 'ARDENS OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN %NGLAND 4HIS HAS INVOLVED THE WORK OF A DEDICATED AND FAITHFUL BAND OF 2EGISTER INSPECTORS SPREAD COUNTRYWIDE WHO UNDERTAKE FIELD WORK RESEARCH AND THE REWRITING OF DESCRIPTIONS TOGETHER WITH OUR EXCELLENT SUPPORT TEAM BACK AT BASE IN CENTRAL ,ONDON WHO PROCESS THE INFORMATION THAT THE2EGISTER INSPECTORS PRODUCE 4HERE ARE CURRENTLY SITES ON THE 2EGISTER ALL OF WHICH ARE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE /F THESE HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UPGRADED /UR PROGRESS HAS SLOWED SO THAT THE ORIGINAL TARGET OF COMPLETION IN HAS SLIPPED TO 7E HOPE TO PUBLISH THE UPGRADED DESCRIPTIONS AND BOUNDARY MAPS IN COUNTY VOLUMES AT SOME POINT BUT FOR THE MOMENT ALL 2EGISTER ENTRIES WHETHER UPGRADED OR NOT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE .ATIONAL -ONUMENTS 2ECORD #ENTRE .-2# ! FREE BOOKLET !N )NTRODUCTION TO THE 2EGISTER WHICH EXPLAINS THE CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION ON THE 2EGISTER AND ITS PLACE IN AND EFFECT ON THE PLANNING SYSTEM IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE .-2# AND IS ON THE %( WEBSITE 4HE 2EGISTER IS INCOMPLETE !T PRESENT OUR RESOURCES USUALLY ALLOW US TO ASSESS SITES FOR ADDITION TO THE 2EGISTER ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AS PART OF A SPOT REGISTRATION PROCESS 4HIS IS UNDERTAKEN ONLY WHERE THERE IS A PLANNING ISSUE WHICH MIGHT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SITE OR WHERE MAJOR GRANT AID OF SOME TYPE IS SOUGHT ALTHOUGH CEMETERIES ARE EXCEPTIONS (AVING COMPLETED THE 2EGISTER 5PGRADE 0ROGRAMME IN WE HOPE TO MOVE SEAMLESSLY ON TO THE 2EVIEW 0ROGRAMME WHICH WILL INVOLVE THE SYSTEMATIC COUNTRYWIDE ASSESSMENT OF SITES IN DETAIL FOR ADDITION TO THE REGISTER SO THAT EVENTUALLY THE COMPLETED REGISTER WILL COVER ALL THE SITES OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN %NGLAND 0URPOSE BUILT MUNICIPAL URBAN PARKS HAVE FOR SOME YEARS NOW BEEN RECEIVING MORE OF THE ATTENTION THAT THEY DESERVE )N THE S %( WAS NO BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE AT IDENTIFYING THEIR TRUE VALUE AND IN THE FIRST EDITION OF THE 2EGISTER PUBLISHED IN THE MID S URBAN PARKS WERE POORLY COVERED $URING THE S QUITE A NUMBER WERE ADDED BUT ON AN AD HOC BASIS SO THAT BY WERE INCLUDED ON THE 2EGISTER )N THAT YEAR THE 2EGISTER TEAM WAS GIVEN THE RESOURCES SPREAD OVER TWO YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT URBAN PARKS THROUGHOUT %NGLAND WERE MORE FULLY ASSESSED AND AS MANY OF THOSE OF NATIONAL INTEREST AS POSSIBLE WERE IDENTIFIED AND ADDED TO THE 2EGISTER 4HE TEAM HAS JUST COMPLETED THE SECOND AND FINAL YEAR OF THIS PROGRAMME ! TOTAL OF SITES HAVE BEEN ASSESSED 7E ARE DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT OF THESE URBAN PARKS HAVE BEEN ADDED MAKING INCLUDED SO FAR 4HESE INCLUDE SEASIDE PROMENADES AS WELL AS 4HE !MERICAN7ORLD7AR )) #EMETERY AT -ADINGLEY #AMBRIDGE 4WENTY NINE CEMETERIES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ADDED TO THE 2EGISTER ¥ %NGLISH (ERITAGE
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 PURPOSE BUILT URBAN PARKS AND PUBLIC PARKS WHERE THE MUNICIPAL ELEMENT OVERLIES EARLIER DOMESTIC GARDEN AND LANDSCAPE PARK ELEMENTS 4HE 2EGISTER TEAM IS CURRENTLY HALFWAY THROUGH ANOTHER CRUCIAL TWO YEAR THEMATIC COUNTRYWIDE SURVEY BEGUN IN !PRIL ASSESSING CEMETERIES 4HIS IS A FURTHER TYPE OF SITE WHICH HAS BEEN POORLY REPRESENTED ON THE 2EGISTER -ANY CEMETERIES ARE UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE FROM LACK OF RESOURCES TO COPE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF LANDSCAPE AND STRUCTURES PARTICULARLY WHERE THEY ARE CLOSED TO NEW BURIALS !T THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT CEMETERIES AND MEMORIAL GARDENS WERE ON THE 2EGISTER WITH SIX REGISTERED AT 'RADE )) ! YEAR LATER THERE ARE OVER ON THE 2EGISTER 3ITES INCLUDE "ROOKWOOD #EMETERY 'RADE )) NEAR 7OKING 3URREY WHICH AT HA IS %UROPE S LARGEST CEMETERY (IGHGATE #EMETERY 'RADE )) IN ,ONDON WHERE +ARL -ARX IS BURIED +EY (ILL "IRMINGHAM AND *ESMOND 2OAD .EWCASTLE BOTH 'RADE )) AND FOUNDED IN AND !RNOS 6ALE 'RADE )) IN "RISTOL OPENED IN .OT ALL CEMETERIES ARE URBAN AND WE ARE ASSESSING SITES IN RURAL AREAS TOO ALTHOUGH CHURCHYARDS ARE NOT INCLUDED )N THIS WAY IT IS HOPED TO IDENTIFY AND ADD UP TO MORE SITES TO THE 2EGISTER 3O FAR HAVE BEEN ASSESSED WITH OR SO OF THESE TO BE ADDED )N ADDITION TO THIS IDENTIFICATION AND DESIGNATION %( AND %NGLISH .ATURE HAVE JOINTLY PUBLISHED THE FIRST EVER GUIDANCE ON THE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF %NGLISH CEMETERIES 0ARADISE 0RESERVED PROTECTING OUR SEPULCHRAL HERITAGE WAS PUBLISHED IN !PRIL ON BOTH OUR WEBSITES )T IS PRIMARILY FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY CEMETERY MANAGERS CONSERVATION OFFICERS ELECTED MEMBERS AND LOCAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED IN CARING FOR THEIR OWN CEMETERY 4HE GUIDANCE HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING BOTH THE MAN MADE AND THE NATURAL ELEMENTS WITHIN CEMETERIES AND OFFERS SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO EVALUATE THEM AND USE STATUTORY DESIGNATIONS TO PROTECT THEM )T GIVES A SHORT HISTORY OF THE %NGLISH CEMETERY USEFUL CONTACTS AND SOURCES OF FUNDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION 4HE RECENT ADDITION OF THE (UNGER (ILLS DETACHED TOWN GARDENS SITE AT 3T !NNE S IN .OTTINGHAM GENERATED A GOOD DEAL OF MEDIA INTEREST 7E CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OF THESE VERY RARE SITES ON THE 2EGISTER INCLUDING THREE OF EXCEPTIONAL HISTORIC IMPORTANCE AT 'RADE )) THE HA (UNGER (ILLS SITE (ILL #LOSE 7ARWICK AND 3TONEY 2OAD #OVENTRY 7ESTBOURNE 2OAD "IRMINGHAM IS AT 'RADE )) $ETACHED TOWN GARDENS WERE LAID OUT IN GROUPS IN THE TH AND TH CENTURIES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWNS WHERE THERE WAS GREAT PRESSURE FOR OPEN LAND IN THE TOWN CENTRE 4HE BURGHERS TRAVELLED OUT AND SPENT THEIR LEISURE TIME IN A COUNTRY SETTING BUT IN THEIR OWN RENTED GARDENS !S TOWNS SPREAD DURING THE TH CENTURY MANY OF THESE SITES WERE BUILT ON BUT THOSE WHICH REMAINED UNTOUCHED BEGAN TO BE TAKEN ON AND USED BY THE SUBURBAN DWELLERS WHO EVENTUALLY TURNED THEM INTO ALLOTMENTS %ACH PLOT COVERING ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF AN ACRE WOULD TYPICALLY HAVE HAD A PATH SYSTEM &REDERICK 'IBBERD S (ARLOW7ATER 'ARDENS %SSEX ONE OF POST WAR GARDENS AND SITES ADDED TO THE 2EGISTER ¥ %NGLISH (ERITAGE
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': 4EL &AX INFO RCHME CO UK AMONGST LAWNS AND BEDS MANY ALSO HAVING BRICK OR STONE BUILT SUMMERHOUSES AND GLASSHOUSES 4HERE ARE NOW LARGE PURPOSE BUILT HOSPITAL SITES ON THE 2EGISTER MOSTLY AT 'RADE )) SEE MY ARTICLE @,ANDSCAPES FOR THE MIND AND BODY #ONTEXT $ECEMBER 4HESE INCLUDE "ROADMOOR "ERKSHIRE WHICH BEGAN LIFE AS THE 3TATE #RIMINAL ,UNATIC !SYLUM IN THE S +ING %DWARD 6)) (OSPITAL -IDHURST 3USSEX A FORMER 4" SANATORIUMWITH GROUNDS BY 0ERCY !DAMS AND 'ERTRUDE *EKYLL 2AUCEBY (OSPITAL ,INCOLNSHIRE A FORMER ASYLUM SITE WITH GROUNDS BY 7ILLIAM 'OLDRING C AND &AIRMILE (OSPITAL /XON ANOTHER FORMER ASYLUM WITH GROUNDS LAID OUT WITH ADVICE FROM 2OBERT -ARNOCK !S A RESULT OF THE .(3 S ESTATE RATIONALISATION POLICY AND THE LONGSTANDING CARE IN THE COMMUNITY POLICY FOR PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS LARGE HOSPITAL SITES CONTINUE TO BECOME REDUNDANT AND VULNERABLE TO DESTRUCTION EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CAREFULLY LAID OUT WITH MUCH THOUGHT AS TO THEIR ORNAMENTAL DESIGN 4HE LAST DECADE HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY BAD TIME FOR LANDSCAPE LOSSES AS THE VALUE OF THESE HISTORIC DESIGNED LANDSCAPES WAS SELDOM RECOGNISED AND WE HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY LOST MANY FINE SITES %NGLISH (ERITAGE HAS ALSO ADDED TWO WATERSIDE MILITARY SITES IN (AMPSHIRE THE 2OYAL .AVAL (OSPITAL AT 'OSPORT S S AND THE FORMER 2OYAL -ILITARY (OSPITAL .ETLEY S NOW THE 2OYAL 6ICTORIA #OUNTRY 0ARK 7E HAVE ISSUED A SET OF SUPPLEMENTARY CRITERIA FOR THE INCLUSION OF HOSPITAL SITES ON THE 2EGISTER PUBLISHED IN #ONSERVATION "ULLETIN 3EPTEMBER AND ON THE %( WEBSITE ,ANDSCAPES LAID OUT SINCE ARE ALSO AN UNDER RECOGNISED BUT INCREASINGLY THREATENED HISTORIC LANDSCAPE TYPE 0ERHAPS WE DO NOT YET CONSIDER THEM TO BE HISTORIC HAVING LIVED THROUGH THEIR CONSTRUCTION 0ERHAPS WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IDENTIFYING SITE TYPES WHICH DO NOT FIT THE CONVENTIONAL PARK AND GARDEN FORM SUCH AS THE LANDSCAPES OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS NEW TOWNS MOTORWAYS RESERVOIRS AND POWER STATIONS 7E HOPE TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORY OF SUCH SITE TYPES AND ASSESS THEIR APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE 2EGISTER 4HERE ARE SITES ON THE 2EGISTER WHERE THE PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION PHASE HAS OCCURRED SINCE INCLUDING CIVIC SPACES DOMESTIC GARDENS ROOF GARDENS AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES 4HEY INCLUDE 3IR &REDERICK 'IBBERD S (ARLOW7ATER 'ARDEN %SSEX RECENTLY UPGRADED TO 'RADE )) DESIGNED AS THE FOCAL POINT OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST NEW TOWNS BUT CURRENTLY THREATENED BY DEMOLITION /THERS INCLUDE (ARVEY S $EPARTMENT 3TORE 2OOF 'ARDEN 'UILDFORD 'RADE )) BY 3IR 'EOFFREY *ELLICOE THE S 3T #ATHERINE S #OLLEGE /XFORD 'RADE )) BY !RNE *ACOBSEN THE S #IVIC 3QUARE 0LYMOUTH 'RADE )) AND "ARBARA (EPWORTH S 3CULPTURE 'ARDEN IN 3T )VES 'RADE )) !NOTHER INTERESTING TYPE OF THE PERIOD IS THE !MERICAN -ILITARY #EMETERY NEAR #AMBRIDGE 'RADE )) DESIGNED BY /LMSTEAD AND 3ONS IN THE S 4HE CITY OF ,IVERPOOL IS UNDERGOING AN EXCITING PERIOD OF SELF DISCOVERY AND REGENERATION !S THE CITY BEGINS TO PROSPER ANEW IN THE ST CENTURY NEW OPPORTUNITIES ARE ARISING TO BUILD ON ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL IDENTITY 4O RESPOND TO THESE CHALLENGES %NGLISH (ERITAGE HAS JOINED WITH ,IVERPOOL #ITY #OUNCIL AND OTHER PARTNERS TO DELIVER A MULTI LAYERED PROJECT BRINGING TOGETHER A RANGE OF LINKED ACTIVITIES 4HE DESIGNED LANDSCAPE PLAYS AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT PART IN THE CULTURAL FABRIC OF ,IVERPOOL AND AS PART OF THE ,IVERPOOL 0ROJECT IT IS HOPED TO UNDERTAKE A DETAILED LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL ,IKELY AREAS OF INTEREST WILL INCLUDE POST WAR AND SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES AS WELL AS OTHER BETTER KNOWN SUBJECTS COMBINING ELEMENTS OF CHARACTERISATION INVESTIGATION AND DESIGNATION )T IS INTENDED TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING DESIGNED LANDSCAPE TYPES IN ,IVERPOOL IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY S DESIGNED LANDSCAPE HERITAGE IN TERMS OF TYPE ORIGIN CHARACTER AND IMPORTANCE 4HIS WILL PROVIDE A TOOL AND ALSO DETAILED INFORMATION FOR LOCAL USE TO ENSURE A COHERENT STRATEGIC APPROACH TO CITY REGENERATION ACTIVITIES AND TOURISM AND TO INFORM SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING GUIDANCE !NOTHER OF THE AIMS WILL BE TO DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR SURVEY AND ANALYSIS WHICH CAN BE USED IN OTHER URBAN AND SUBURBAN CONTEXTS FOR THE DETAILED EVALUATION OF HISTORIC DESIGNED SPACE AS PART OF WIDER EVALUATIONS OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 7E ALSO HOPE TO ENCOURAGE THE FORMATION OF A -ERSEYSIDE AND ,ANCASHIRE COUNTY GARDENS TRUST 3POT REGISTRATIONS 3POT REGISTRATIONS OTHER THAN OF CEMETERIES CAN ONLY BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE2EGISTER TEAM OF $ESIGNED ,ANDSCAPES AT %NGLISH (ERITAGE ON A STRICTLY LIMITED BASIS 4O MEET THE TEAM S CRITERIA A SITE SHOULD BE OF SPECIAL HISTORIC INTEREST IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT AND THERE SHOULD BE REMAINS OF IT ON THE GROUND !T PRESENT PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE SITES WHERE THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE PLANNING CONCERN THEN TO THOSE WHERE SUPPORT FOR MAJOR GRANT AID APPLICATIONS IS SOUGHT )LLUSTRATION DEPICTING (ISTON 2OAD #EMETERY #AMBRIDGE FROM/N ,AYING /UT #EMETERIES BY * # ,OUDON
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# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 *%2%-9 ,!+% !.$ )!. 3%2*%!.4 2ECORDING AND CONSERVING #ORNISH CHAPELS -ETHODISM WAS ONCE #ORNWALL S PRINCIPAL RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION ! SURVEY HAS PROVIDED THE BASIS FOR CONSERVING ITS MANY SURVIVING PLACES OF WORSHIP #HAPELS ALONG WITH THE DISTINCTIVE BUILDINGS THAT HOUSED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AND THEIR WORKFORCES HAD BECOME A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE #ORNISH LANDSCAPE BY !T THAT TIME #ORNWALL HAD THE HIGHEST PROPORTION OF DISSENTING PLACES OF WORSHIP IN %NGLAND 7HILE THE CENSUS RETURNS OF DEMONSTRATED TO THE !NGLICAN #HURCH THAT DISSENTING RELIGIONS WERE MOST STRONG IN #ORNWALL AND AREAS OF THE .ORTH IT ALSO DEMONSTRATED THAT -ETHODISM WAS IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY THE PRINCIPAL DENOMINATION IN #ORNWALL AT THAT DATE 4HE STRONGHOLDS OF #ORNISH -ETHODISM IN MINING HEARTLANDS OF THE CENTRE AND WEST OF THE COUNTY FOUND NO NATIONAL PARALLELS n WITH THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION OF THE MINING VALLEYS OF 3OUTH7ALES n FOR THE DOMINANCE THAT -ETHODISM HELD AS A POPULAR EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT OVER OTHER FORMS OF #HRISTIAN WORSHIP -ETHODIST CHAPELS COVER AN ENORMOUS SPAN OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES AND AMBITION n FAR BROADER THAN !NGLICAN BUILDINGS n FROM THE MOST MODEST VERNACULAR TO SUCCESSIVE LEVELS OF ASPIRATION AND PROSPERITY WITHIN CHAPEL COMMUNITIES 4HEY ALSO MANIFEST OTHER KEY FACTORS IN DISSENTING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS SCHISM AND REVIVAL %VEN THE SMALLEST CHAPELS POSSESSED A SENSE OF PROPRIETY NEATNESS AND REGULARITY 4HE SENSE OF DECORUM IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE S AND S .EARLY SQUARE ON PLAN WITH HIPPED OR HALF HIPPED ROOFS AND REGULAR ELEVATIONS EXTERNALLY THEY RESEMBLE n MINUS THE CHIMNEYSTACKS n THE LATE 'EORGIAN STYLE THREE BAY FARMHOUSES BUILT AT THAT TIME IN THE #ORNISH COUNTRYSIDE 4HE TRANSFERENCE OF DOMESTIC CONVENTIONS TO RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS INCLUDING THOSE OF VERNACULAR OR POLITE FORMS IS A STRONG CHARACTERISTIC OF CHAPEL ARCHITECTURE REINFORCING THE SENSE OF A DISTINCTIVE REGIONAL ARCHITECTURAL TRADITION 4HE DEVELOPING STUDY OF LATE VERNACULAR BUILDING IS BEGINNING TO ALLOW A FAIRER JUDGEMENT OF CHAPEL BUILDINGS THAN WAS POSSIBLE WHEN THE CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ARCHITECTURAL WORTH WERE BASED ON IDEAS OF ARCHITECTURAL @CORRECTNESS DEBATED AND DEFINED BOTH BY CONTEMPORARY AND LATER MODERN ARCHITECTURAL CRITICS )NDEED THERE IS NO STRAIGHTFORWARD CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE OR DEVELOPMENT IN STYLE PLAN AND FUNCTION AS THERE IS WITH !NGLICAN ARCHITECTURE 4HE PROCESSES AT WORK BEHIND THE CHAPELS EXTRAORDINARY ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY AND HIGH RATE OF ALTERATION AND REMODELLING FROM THE WEALTH AND ASPIRATIONS OF CHAPEL COMMUNITIES TO THE IMPACT OF RELIGIOUS REVIVALS AND SCHISM ARE EXPLORED IN DETAIL IN A NEW BOOK $IVERSITY AND 6ITALITY THE -ETHODIST AND .ONCONFORMIST CHAPELS OF #ORNWALL WAS LAUNCHED AT A CONFERENCE IN #ORNWALL ENTITLED @"ANE OR "LESSING THE FUTURE OF HISTORIC CHAPELS IN #ORNWALL HELD IN 4RURO IN *ULY 4HE BOOK THE RESULT OF A SURVEY OF #ORNISH CHAPELS AND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND THE -ETHODIST #HURCH AND PUBLISHED JOINTLY BY THESE TWO BODIES PRESENTS NEW THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CHAPELS TO THE #ORNISH LANDSCAPE AND CULTURE )T EVALUATES THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AS HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AND THE DYNAMIC ROLE OF LITURGICAL AND COMMUNITY CHANGE IN DETERMINING BOTH THEIR HISTORIC CHARACTER AND FUTURE (ISTORIC CHAPELS REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST THREATENED BUILDING TYPES IN %NGLAND 4HE -ETHODIST #HURCH HAS HAD LITTLE CHOICE BUT TO SELL OFF CHAPELS WHERE THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT MEMBERS TO CARRY THE COST OF MAINTAINING THEM )N FRAMING ITS PASTORAL STRATEGIES TO MEET THESE AND OTHER CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES CLEAR GUIDANCE WAS NEEDED ABOUT HOW THE STATUTORY PROTECTION OF IMPORTANT CHAPEL BUILDINGS THROUGH LISTING MIGHT !BOVE )NTERIOR OF 0ENROSE #HAPEL 3T %RVAN ,EFT "UILT IN FOR THE "IBLE #HRISTIANS 0ENROSE IS THE MOST COMPLETE SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL SMALL CHAPEL )T WAS LISTED 'RADE )) AS A RESULT OF THE #HAPELS 3URVEY AND IS NOW CARED FOR BY THE (ISTORIC #HAPELS 4RUST
# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 9 AFFECT ITS ABILITY TO ALTER EXTEND OR EVEN DEMOLISH ITS PROPERTIES 4HIS NEED WAS EXACERBATED BY THE RESULTS OF THE (ISTORIC "UILDINGS 2ESURVEY OF THE S WHICH ADDED MANY CHAPELS TO THE STATUTORY LISTS $URING THE SAME PERIOD %NGLISH (ERITAGE BECAME AWARE OF THE NEED TO REASSESS CRITICALLY THE STOCK OF LISTED CHAPELS AND DEVELOP A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE WITH CHURCHES LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER POTENTIAL USERS BASED UPON ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF CHAPELS AND THEIR FITTINGS 4HE LIMITED INITIAL BRIEF WAS TO SELECT A SAMPLE OF CHAPELS FOR INSPECTION BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT THAT THIS WOULD NOT PRODUCE A CONSISTENT AND UP TO DATE EVALUATION 4HUS THE FORMER 2OYAL #OMMISSION S INVENTORY OF CHAPELS AND MEETINGHOUSES THE -ETHODIST #HURCH S OWN REGISTER OF PROPERTY AND CHAPELS MARKED ON /RDNANCE 3URVEY MAPS WERE USED AS A BASIS FOR A RAPID FIELDWORK PROGRAMME AND THE COMPILATION OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE ! LIMITED SELECTION OF THE VAST DOCUMENTATION WAS ALSO UNDERTAKEN 4HE #ORNISH CHAPELS SURVEY COMPRISED THE FIRST ATTEMPT BY BOTH ORGANISATIONS TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM ON A REGIONAL SCALE AND TO DRAW UP CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF CHAPEL ARCHITECTURE 4HIS ARCHITECTURE ALTHOUGH GEARED TO #ORNWALL S OWN PARTICULAR IDENTITY COULD HAVE RELEVANCE TO THE CONSIDERATION OF CHAPEL BUILDINGS ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY 4HE MAIN BODY OF LISTINGS RESULTING FROM THE CHAPELS SURVEY WAS ANNOUNCED IN 0ONSANOOTH -ETHODIST #HAPEL IN 3T 'LUVIAS IN !PRIL BY !LAN (OWARTH THE THEN MINISTER IN THE $EPARTMENT FOR #ULTURE -EDIA AND 3PORT 4WENTY EIGHT CHAPELS WERE REMOVED FROM THE STATUTORY LIST BECAUSE OF DEMOLITION SEVERE ALTERATION OR A REALISATION THAT THEY NO LONGER FULFILLED LISTING CRITERIA 4HIRTEEN ADDITIONAL CHAPELS FOUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND TWO TOMBS WERE LISTED AT 'RADE )) 4HREE PREVIOUSLY UNLISTED CHAPELS WERE LISTED AT 'RADE )) AND OTHERS WERE UPGRADED FROM 'RADE )) TO 'RADE )) 4HIS DESIGNATION WHICH RECOGNISES OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC IMPORTANCE HAD HITHERTO BEEN SELDOM USED FOR CHAPEL ARCHITECTURE )T HAS BEEN APPLIED TO A WIDE RANGE OF CHAPEL BUILDINGS FROM THE LARGE SEATERS DISTRIBUTED IN TOWNS AND THE FORMER RURAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO MUCH MORE MODEST EXAMPLES WHICH ARE STRONGLY REPRESENTATIVE OF FORMERLY COMMON CHAPEL TYPES 7ITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE SURVIVING STOCK OF #ORNISH CHAPELS SOME HIGHLY MISLEADING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT WATERSHEDS IN TERMS OF DATE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE !LMOST ALL CHAPELS OF THE LATE TH OR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TH CENTURY HAVE BEEN ALTERED HAVE LATER FITTINGS OR HAVE LOST THEIR FITTINGS 4HIS EXPLODES THE HITHERTO COMMON BELIEF THAT NUMEROUS EARLY TH CENTURY CHAPELS HAVE RETAINED THEIR INTERIORS &IELDWORK IN THE COURSE OF THE SURVEY ESTABLISHED THAT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE EXAMPLES OF THE PERIOD UP TO AND INCLUDING THE S SUCH AS 0ENROSE IN 3T %RVAN PARISH AND THE "IBLE #HRISTIAN CHAPEL AT 7HEAL "USY IN #HACEWATER PARISH WERE OF SUFFICIENT RARITY TO MERIT THE ACCOLADE OF A HIGH GRADE .ATIONAL POLICY AS ENSHRINED IN 0OWER OF 0LACE AND THE 2URAL 'REEN 0APER HAS BEEN PLACING AN INCREASING EMPHASIS ON UNDERSTANDING AS A KEY ELEMENT IN BOTH HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND THE PLANNING PROCESS )N SOME CASES IT IS NOT SO MUCH INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES THAT HAVE INTRINSIC SPECIAL INTEREST AS THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY MAKE THROUGH THEIR EXTERNAL FORM TO THE URBAN VILLAGE OR RURAL LANDSCAPES OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART )T IS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT RECOGNITION IS GIVEN TO THE CONTRIBUTION THAT CHAPEL BUILDINGS AMONG OTHERS MAKE TO #ORNWALL S DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER THAT EACH OF THE CHAPELS RECORDED ON THE SURVEY HAS NOW BEEN ENTERED ONTO THE 3ITES AND -ONUMENTS 2ECORD AT #ORNWALL !RCHAEOLOGICAL 5NIT A COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF THE COUNTY S RICH MATRIX OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS 4HESE ARE ALL INCLUDED ON A MAP BASED COMPUTER DATABASE 4HIS FORMS THE TEMPLATE OF THE CHARACTERISATION OF BOTH RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY #ORNWALL !RCHAEOLOGICAL 5NIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH %NGLISH (ERITAGE AND WHICH WILL FEED INTO FUTURE FRAMEWORKS FOR MANAGING THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT /NE HUNDRED AND SIXTY CHAPELS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN #ORNWALL HAVE NOW BEEN LISTED AS BEING OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST 4HE -ETHODIST #HURCH OWNS LISTED AT 'RADE )) AND AT 'RADE )) THIS IS PER CENT OF ALL ITS LISTED CHAPELS AND PER CENT OF ITS 'RADE )) CHAPELS IN %NGLAND !LTHOUGH 0ENROSE HAS JOINED THE RANKS OF OTHER NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT CHAPELS NOW IN THE CARE OF THE (ISTORIC #HAPELS 4RUST PRESERVATION AS FOUND CAN BE THE FUTURE ONLY FOR A VERY SMALL PROPORTION OF CHAPELS ,ISTING IS INTENDED TO HELP KEEP IMPORTANT HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN ACTIVE AND BENEFICIAL USE WHILE ENSURING THAT ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS ARE MADE TO CONSERVE THOSE FEATURES AND CHARACTERISTICS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SPECIAL STATUS 4HE COMMUNITIES WHICH USE THESE CHAPELS FOR MISSION AND WORSHIP ARE CENTRAL TO THEIR CONSERVATION 6OGUEBELOTH IN )LLOGAN BUILT IN IS ONE OF ONLY TWO CHAPELS IN #ORNWALL WHICH HAVE RETAINED A FORMERLY CHARACTERISTIC ARRANGEMENT OF BOX PEWS FLANKING @FREE BENCHES AND A LEADERS PEW OPPOSITE THE ROSTRUM )T IS NOW LISTED 'RADE ))
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