2 C O N T E X T 9 2 : N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 5 Context Briefing Copy deadlines Context is published five times a year, in March, May, July, September and November. Copy deadlines in 2006 are: Issue Date March, Issue 93 13 January May, Issue 94 17 March July, Issue 95 19 May September, Issue 96 14 July November, Issue 97 15 September Editor Robert Cowan Editorial Coordinator Mike Brown, 54 High Road, Essendon, Hertfordshire AL9 6AP Tel 020 8379 3865 email [email protected] Editorial Board Mike Brown (chair) Susan Brook (treasurer and IT) Nigel Crowe (main features) Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Michael Taylor (main features) Cartoons by Robert Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2005 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 [email protected] 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 those held by the IHBC nor 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. Palladian glory at Bexleyheath Danson House, the newly restored Palladian villa in Bexleyheath, earned a commendation in RIBA London’s first conservation awards for its architects Purcell Miller Tritton. Ten years ago English Heritage had described the house as ‘the most significant building at risk in London’. Purcell Miller Tritton found that it was structurally sounder than it looked and that large areas of original Georgian fabric remained, despite Victorian re-decoration and subsequent neglect. The house was built in around 1766 as a suburban country villa for Sir John Boyd, a director of the East India Company. The architect was Robert Taylor. It was embellished byWilliam Chambers, Architect of the King’s Works, in the 1770s. Chambers designed fireplaces and architectural details which survive, and picture frames and mirrors which have been recreated from original drawings and historical evidence. The project has been supported by English Heritage and the Bexley Heritage Trust. Learning landscapes The Association of Gardens Trusts’ conservation conference will be held in Bath on Thursday 6 April 2006, with the title ‘Conflict and Resolution: education establishments in historic parks and gardens’. The conference will ask how the modern educational needs can be met while retaining the historic and cultural value of the grounds of schools. Tickets cost £80. Details from Kate Harwood.Tel 020 7251 2610, [email protected] Gibson Mill goes green The National Trust is claiming its renovation of a 19th-century cotton mill, Gibson Mill at Hardcastle Crags inYorkshire, as a model of sustainable development. The mill, now a facility for visitors and the local community, will generate all its energy on site, using renewable sources. The building has no mains electricity, and is not connected to mains water or sewerage. Energy will be generated by waterpowered turbines (a hydro-electric turbine installed in 1927 has been restored); photo-voltaic panels; solar hot water panels; and biomass from the woodland. Other green measures at the mill include composting toilets and a human-powered lift using a counterbalance system of pulleys and weights. Six into one makes Icon In October culture minister David Lammy officially launched the Institute of Conservation (Icon). He said there needed to be much greater awareness of heritage conservation, just as people now valued conservation of the environment. Icon has emerged from the convergence of the Care of Collections Forum, Institute of Paper Conservation, Photographic Materials Conservation Group, Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration, and United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. The need for convergence was agreed within the National Council for Conservation-Restoration, which has now been disbanded. Icon operates the Conservation Register, the database of expertise in conservation and restoration in the UK; the Conservation Awards; and PACR Accreditation, the principal professional qualification in conservation-restoration. IHBC president David Lovie and Andrew Fane of English Heritage at the launch of Icon
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