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CONTENTS
THE BUILDING CONSERVATION DIRECTORY
SPECIAL REPORT ON HISTORIC CHURCHES
Twenty-fourth Annual Edition
ISBN 978 1 900915 83 0
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Detail of timber screen by Grinling Gibbons
at Trinity College Chapel (see page 41)
(Photo: Bruce Hammersley)
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FROM THE EDITORS
The stately procession of articles in this 24th edition is led out by the Rt Revd Dr John
Inge, Bishop of Worcester. Arguing that churches can best secure their future by
acting as ‘vibrant centres of service to the community’, he draws on another author’s
observation that churches ‘are more like people than stone or brick’. As you read
on you may be struck by how well those words apply to other elements of church
heritage, objects which seem equally invested with spirit and personality.
Take the story of the brass eagle lectern: a tale of creativity, destruction
and renaissance. During the Reformation fine examples were carefully hidden
from zealous parliamentarians, almost like fugitive family members. They took
centuries to resurface, giving impetus when they did to a grand Victorian revival
of church ornament. The carvings of Grinling Gibbons, meanwhile, are filled
with character not only by the startling realisation of figures from solid wood,
but also by our sense of engagement. Brought to life by the skill of the craftsman,
they defy the passage of time, uniting worshippers past, present and future.
Ecclesiastical works of art often seem to have lives of their own and they give
fresh force to the Bishop of Worcester’s characterisation of historic churches as ‘living
places’. This is their great strength: that which lives can change, adapt and survive.
CATHEDRAL
C O M M U N I C A T I O N S
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SACRED SPACE AND COMMUNITY
John Inge, Bishop of Worcester
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INTERVENTION AND EVOLUTION
at Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead, London
Neil McLaughlin
13 CHURCH MONUMENTS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
Sally Strachey
18 A NANOLIME CASE STUDY
The City of London Cemetery entrance screen
Ben Newman
23 BRASS EAGLE LECTERNS IN ENGLAND
Marcus van der Meulen
27 BATTLING THE ELEMENTS
Church roof repairs in the west of Scotland
Rebecca Cadie
33 BELL FRAMES AND BELL TOWERS
A practical approach to assessment
Andrew Dutton
37 COBBLE REPAIRS
Robin Russell
41 GRINLING GIBBONS
at Trinity College Chapel, Oxford
Martin Hall
46 THE YORKSHIRE MAINTENANCE PROJECT
Eddie Tulasiewicz
48 HLF GRANTS UPDATE
49 USEFUL CONTACTS
52 PRODUCTS & SERVICES
60 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS