Casework
Above and left, the grade I listed Temple of Theseus, Hagley. It is Georgian and thus outside the core SPAB period. However, the Society has been invited to contribute to the debate over the building’s future. Formerly ruinous, it was repaired some 30 years ago, but since then has been vandalised. Architect and former SPAB Committee member John Goom has represented the Society
Below, Saltford Manor, Somerset – probably England’s oldest continuously inhabited building. Revised plans for the domestic extension of the manor are being assessed by the SPAB
comments by the SPAB and others can help with the development of a new scheme with which all can be content.
MatthewSlocombe
The Georgian Group is among the SPAB’s offspring, but has long since grown up and flown the nest. In casework, we generally leave applications affecting buildings dating from between 1720 and 1837 to the Group’s consideration. Occasionally though, the Group will look beyond these date restrictions where an icon of classical architecture is affected: an example might be proposals for St Paul’s Cathedral.We too occasionally cross the agreed boundary where a particularly significant issue of conservation philosophy is involved. This was the case when the wings of Barrington Park in Gloucestershire were to be removed in the 1990s, and was the case recently with the Temple of Theseus at Hagley. The Temple, completed in 1762, was
The Temple of Theseus Hagley Staffordshire
designed to be an eyecatcher. Scholars of classical design take a deep interest in the point at which the Greek Revival reached Britain, with its simple, bold designs borrowed directly from antiquity and use of baseless Doric columns. The Hagley temple isn’t the first example of the new use of the Greek style during the 18th century, but it is probably among the first three. This makes it comparable, in terms of stylistic innovation, to Modernistic icons such as the De LaWarr Pavilion at Bexhill in East Sussex. Like the De LaWarr Pavilion, the earliness and innovation of the Hagley Temple have gained it a grade I listing.
Cornerstone, Vol 32, No 3 2011 21
JOHN LAWRENCE
EXPRESS & STAR
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112