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cornerstone summer 2011 contents Keeping it together: BeverleyMinster Architect, Ian Stewart, p40


2 SECRETARY’S NOTES SAVE saluted as demolition ismade far harder. 3-5 IN AND AROUND NEWS BRIEFING Farewell and thanks to the Duke of Grafton;more proposed sales of ancient church treasures highlight funds shortfall; High-speed rail scheme update – some facts emerge, but there’s still fog on the line. 8-10 LETTERS Back to Croydon;when is StMichael St George? (Clue: never); High-speed rail – the pros crowd the platform. Conservation Rituals, page 8. 12-24 CASEWORK England’s oldest inhabited housewishes to expand; call-in looms for ElmswellHall;what’s sowrong about continuing to useWookey church’s ancient bell frame?; Croydon,word of themoment, throws up another gem; fine proposals for the repair and refurbishment of a rural survival in post-industrialWales. 28-32 OFF THEWALL Amajor newresearch project is


COVER STORY What comes round: the oldestwindmills in focus, p33 Pickaxe through the past: the Caucasus heritage crisis, p67


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uncovering a vast amount of newevidence about the hopes, fears and sense of humour of the ‘missing’ part of our ancient churches–the ordinary congregationmembers. MatthewChampion reports on the findings of theNorfolkMedievalGraffiti Survey, andwhat they tell us about our past. 33-39 ANCIENTMACHINES FOR LIVING A handful of our historic windmills have surprisingly distant origins.MartinWatts offers a tour of some of England’s most venerable survivors. Photographs by John Lawrence and Simon Barber. 40-52 CARE: THE MINSTER METHOD Who keeps a huge, ancient building standing and in good repair? Generations of skilled craftsworkers and conservation professionals, of course. Ian Stewart has responsibility for ensuring that one of our finestmedieval religious buildings, BeverleyMinster, continues to inspire. 53-55 A POET AND HIS PLACES Even bohemian, pleasure-seeking bards have to live somewhere, and themany buildings associated with Lord Byron tell a particularly fascinating story, as Philipa Stockley reveals. But some are in trouble. 58 LOCAL HERO Members of one of the SPAB’s regional groups, Fenland & Wash, have been helping a decorator to retrain in traditional building and repair skills. A small-scale, low-key initiative is progressing well, as JohnWilson reports. 60-61 HISTORY MAN AT HOME ProfessorMarin Rudwick is an esteemed academic – and also a very happy SPABmember. Kate Griffinmet himas his dreamhome, an ancient house in Cambridgeshire, settles into its eighth century. 62-63 TECHNICAL ADVICE Weatherboarding – often overlooked, but a useful and historic traditional buildingmaterial. Douglas Kent sets out how to care for it. 64-66 VIENNESEWHIRL The Austrian capital hasmuch to be proud of – and much that is disappearing. Robin Stummermet up withmembers of a new campaign group which is fighting the demolitions, ‘improvements’ and decay that are robbing the city ofmuch of its traditional character. 67 CAUCASUS FOR CONCERN Armenia and Georgia possess some of the world’s finest early Christian andmedieval buildings. A huge asset for them, you would have thought. Clementine Cecil reports on fears for their future. 71-73 MALTON’S MEDIEVAL SECRETS Belowthe North Yorkshiremarket town’s Georgian and Victorian streetscape a far older past is bursting out – and Nigel Copsey is part of a group helping that hidden heritage to emerge. 74-77 RUINS: DEBATE OF THE DECAYED Britain has hundreds, thousands, of them– but shouldwe preserve ruins, or allowmany to be refurbished for newuse? Simon Jenkins and JeremyMusson lock horns over our stately, romantic piles. 82-83 NEWBOOKS Scotland’smedieval heritage, plus fixtures and fittings. 84 ARCHITECTURE IN ART Ruskin, his camera and his servant in Switzerland.


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Around Byron’s buildings, p53


Ruins: Sir Simon v Jeremy, p74


COVER Ancient ship graffito revealed atBlakeney church,Norfolk. Page 28 PhotographNorfolk MedievalGraffitiSurvey


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