cornerstone autumn 2011 contents Merchants and pirates in Southampton, Site Seen section Cold case:whatmay be the oldest iron furnace in trouble, page 50
2 SECRETARY’S NOTES GreenDeal?No
deal.And SPABwas indeedMorris’s pride. 3 INANDAROUND1 The Society is inviting applications for the newpost of Director;AGMat theMansionHouse,with speaker SirDonald Insall; riots, demolition threats, theft–James Innerdale’s ConservationRituals bids farewell to summer. 6 NEWS 1 Death by insulation? – GreenDeal’s potential heritage harmscrutinsed by Philip Venning; Robin Stummer and John Lawrence pay a visit to yetmore historic buildings threatened by theGovernment’sHigh Speed Rail scheme. 12 INANDAROUND2 ThisMay, a teamof volunteers rowed all 132miles of the Thames betweenWilliamMorris’s homes in London andOxfordshire to raisemoney for the SPAB’s
Scholarships.Hugh ConwayMorris reports on seven days afloat. 14 NEWS 2 Planning problems –Matthew Slocombe fears that heritagemight lose out in the Government’s radical policy shake-up to boost construction; SPAB signs up to the Right Lines CharterGroup to voice concern overHS2, says Philip Venning; SPAB’s thermal research project shows that old buildings are not necessarily cold buildings,writeDr Caroline Rye and Jonathan Garlick. 18 CASEWORK Brentwood’sOldHouse isn’t getting any younger; there’s a temple to Theseus inHagley (yes, really); last battle for the RobinHood hotel?; replace and repair under discussion at YorkMinster; protecting the best ofMiddle Parc. 32 BACKTOTHEBATTLE CherryHinton’s ancient church, one of the earliest SPAB cases, revisited by Philip Venning. 36 SITE SEEN Recent repairs in the spotlight – a gemof a church in rural Bedfordshire given newlife for the Churches Conservation Trust by Ptolemy Dean; a 17th-century Shropshire dovecote, by Sarah Butler; and Izaak Hudson and Dr Andy Russel report on the final stages ofwork at Southampton’s TudorHouse. 50METALS FOCUS “Cornerstone” looks at three aspects of historicmetal – the grimstate ofwhat could be Britain’s oldest surviving iron furnace, 17th-century GunnsMill in the Forest ofDean, revealed by Robin Stummer; Sophie Goodchild on the spate of thefts of architecturalmetalwork; and the part that investment in coppermining played in the growth of theWilliamMorris family fortune. 60 ABROAD Lifta is the last, intact historic village in
Palestine.Nowon the outskirts of Jerusalemand empty since 1948, it is at the heart of a struggle over luxury development plans; Kashgar, Silk Road treasure, is being systematically bulldozed by the Chinese government; andAyaka Takaki reports on howJapan has been protecting its heritage in thewake of the earthquake and tsunami. 68 BRISTOL FASHION The Priory Church of St James is one of
COVER STORY More heat, less light? Eric deMaré’s Ferrybridge shot, page 108
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the city’smedieval
glories.Newly conserved, it revealedmuch history that had remained hidden for
centuries.Andrew Ziminski tells the story of hiswork there. 72 BEING THERE MarkWatson, amason and nowmature student of heritage conservationmanagement, spent hiswork placementwithNorthDorsetDistrict Council, recording historic assets known and unknown.He sums up his experiences and his concern over dwindling training and career opportunities for professionals. 76 TECHNICAL Q&A The SPAB’s Technical Secretary,Douglas Kent,warms to the subject of installing insulation at the rafter level of historic pitched roofs. 82 NEWARTISTS For the first in a series of interviewswith fresh creative talents whosework is inspired by historic buildings, artist, illustrator and designer Ed Kluz tellsNaomiMarks about his fascinationwith architecture and landscape. 88 BURNE-JONES, ABSENT FRIEND The great Pre-Raphaelite painterwas one ofMorris’s closest allies and a kindred spirit, sowhy didn’t he turn up at the SPAB’s inauguralmeeting in 1877?Answering that question sheds light on the artist, his outlook, attitude to old buildings and relationshipwith the Society’s founder. Writer and biographer FionaMacCarthyweighs up the evidence. 97 KEY READWilliamGolding’s 1964 novel “The Spire” has always been understood to be based on Salisbury Cathedral.David Heath admires this great work of fact-based historico-architectural fiction –whatever its orgins. 104 NEWBOOKS LucyWorsley’s inside stories, plus surveying andmaintenance. 108 ARCHITECTURE IN ART Eric deMaré’s 1960s photograph of a church dwarfed by the vast cooling towers of the Ferrybridge power station has taken on iconic status. But what’s the picture actually saying, wonders Robin Stummer.
Burne-Jones andMorris, p88
Newtalents, old sites, p82
All in it together for SPAB, p12
HS2: newcrop of concern, p8
COVER Bounty andher cornucopia, a 17th-century statue fromSt James’s Church,Bristol, following
conservation.Seepage68 PhotographJohnLawrence
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