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BCD Special Report on
Historic Churches
18th annual edition
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The Building Conservation Directory
Special Report on Historic Churches
Eighteenth Annual Edition
ISBN 978 1 900915 61 8
Published by
Cathedral Communications Limited
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Gordon Sorensen
Editors
David Boulting
Jonathan Taylor
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Front Cover
The Galilee Chapel, Durham Cathedral
(Photo: John Gordon/Images On)
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from the editorS
‘Significance’, conservationists’ current buzzword, is a complex concept which raises many questions.
In England, the term was recently given prominence in Planning Policy Statement 5: Planning for
the Historic Environment (2010), which defines it as ‘the value of a heritage asset to this and future
generations because of its heritage interest... archaeological, architectural, artistic or historic’. Many
readers will also be familiar with the ‘statement of significance’ that is often required for proposals to
alter a place of worship.
In this edition of Historic Churches it is easy to see significance, in various forms, in the funerary
monuments at Armagh Cathedral (page 21) or in medieval English pulpits (page 5). Perhaps less
obvious is the significance of historic plain glazing (page 32), with its power to subtly shape a
building’s character. The real difficulty with significance, however, arises from trying to quantify the
value which people place on heritage. The significance of historic bell frames (page 18), for example,
encompasses the values attached to both their historic fabric and the art of bell ringing.
Quantifying value is essential where competing interests are raised, but quite how cultural values
can be measured objectively remains uncertain.
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A Place of Honour
Colin Amery
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Fabric-Friendly heating
Dario Camuffo
18
The Conservation of Historic Timber Bell Frames
Peter TJ Rumley
21
Perfected by the Hand of Taste
James Stevens Curl
27
Solar Photovoltaics and Historic Places of Worship
Diana Evans
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Historic leaded lights
Stephen Clare
36
Reviving a Lost Art
Tom Organ
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Sacred Space
Allan Doig
43
organ builders & restorers map
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Useful addresses
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Products & services
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index of advertisers