Conservation & Heritage: Champions & Challenges, 7 –9 November 2018

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Conservation & Heritage: Champions & Challenges A symposium in Liverpool 7–9 November 2018 1

Conservation and Heritage: Champions & Challenges 7–9 November 2018 (me 309) 3 days • Prices from £580 (see page 7) For anyone who cares about preservation and the built environment, conservation is a burning issue. There are many stories of rescue, restoration and regeneration, but destruction and degradation continues apace and the challenges are immense.

Our 48-hour symposium in Liverpool brings together leading figures in the field of conservation and the built environment for a series of lively and provocative lectures and discussions. The debates concern not only the survival of individual historic buildings but also the impact of development on the wider environment, on views and vistas and the public realm. Is the march of modernity – particularly the proliferation of skyscrapers – inevitably the enemy of heritage? Does conservation legislation still have teeth? Is tourism the preserver or the destroyer of historic fabric and communities? Can the housing crisis be cured without irreparable damage to our architectural legacy?

Liverpool has more listed buildings than any city outside London, but in the post-industrial era conservation issues are particularly acute here. Controversy flares regularly, whether over the demolition of back-to-back working-class housing or the threatened encircling of the historic core, which led to the threat to withdraw unesco World Heritage Site status.

The event begins at 3.00pm on Wednesday 7th November and concludes at 1.00pm on Friday 9th November. Refreshments and one dinner are included, and there is an evening lecture and reception in the Grade 1-listed Town Hall.

The symposium is held at The Bluecoat, the oldest standing building in the city centre, which became the UK’s first arts centre; a prime example of the repurposing of a redundant 18thcentury building.

There will also be talks celebrating the skills and scholarship that make restoration possible, demonstrating how new uses can be found for obsolete buildings and setting out the case for the economic sustainability of regeneration.

Images. Front Cover: Smithfield Market, photo courtesy of SAVE. Above left: Wentworth Woodworth, photo courtesy of SAVE, Above right: Cruise ship in Venice ©Shutterstock.

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The Programme Wednesday

Thursday afternoon

Afternoon session, 3.00pm–6.30pm

Independent Lunch

Marcus Binney Forget the tame sneaking south: Forty years of championing Northern architectural heritage

Afternoon session, 2.15pm–16.50pm:

Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Herculaneum: Can the Past be Saved?

John Darlington Caught in the cross fire: the current challenges of conservation in the Middle East Refreshment break Henrietta Billings Saved from slaughter: the battle for Smithfield General Market Jonathan Brown Castle, slum or national treasure? Liverpool’s terraces and the planning battle of the century Evening, 8.00pm

Matthew Slocombe The SPAB approach: fabric not fabrication Jane da Mosto Venice & cruise ships: why the problems persist and what we’re trying to do Refreshment break Harry Charrington Intangible conservation; the contested heritage of the Viipuri Library Panel discussion Evening, 6.00pm–7.30pm: Reception and talk at Liverpool Town Hall 6.15pm Simon Thurley Squaring a circle: housing and heritage

Dinner for all participants at 60 Hope Street.

Thursday morning

Friday

Morning session, 9.30am–12.30pm:

Morning session 9.30am–12.30pm:

John Darlington Heritage & war: conserving the past in conflict zones

Neil King The conservation planning system, how it works

Marcus Binney Wentworth Woodhouse back from the brink: the rescue of a country house colossus Refreshment break Donald Insall Windsor Castle phoenix: the challenges post-fire Hendrikus van Hensbergen Action for Conservation: creating the next generation of nature conservationists

Simon Thurley Tearing up the rules? Saving the 20th century Neil King The Shard and Doon Street Refreshment break Clare Gough Pitzhanger Manor – a case study Simon Jenkins Title to be confirmed

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The Speakers Henrietta Billings. Chief executive of SAVE Britain’s Heritage. She was formerly a chartered town planner and Senior Conservation Adviser with the Twentieth Century Society.

Marcus Binney cbe. Executive president of SAVE Britain’s Heritage and Chairman of SAVE Europe’s Heritage. He is the author of numerous articles, books and reports on architecture and conservation and architecture correspondent of The Times.

Jonathan Brown. Director of Share the City, providing specialist urban study tours. A planner, academic and campaigner, he has been a lead consultant on housing and central area master plans across England.

Professor Harry Charrington. Head of department, Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Westminster. He has combined academia and practice in both England and Finland.

John Darlington FSA. Executive Director of World Monument Fund Britain. He was formerly regional director of the National Trust’s properties in the North West.

Clare Gough. Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Trust, appointed to oversee its £11m restoration. She previously led projects at the National Gallery and the V&A. Sir Donald Insall CBE. Founder of Donald Insall Associates, Britain’s leading conservation architecture practice, with over 50 years’ experience in the care, repair and adaptation of historic buildings.

Sir Simon Jenkins fsa frsl. Journalist and heritage polemicist. He has been editor of the Evening Standard and The Times and Chairman

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of the National Trust. His best known books are England’s Thousand Best Churches and England’s Thousand Best Houses.

Neil King qc. A specialist in town and country planning, environmental, compulsory purchase and compensation law, Neil has appeared at numerous public inquiries. Current instructions include Gatwick Airport and the regeneration of Brent Cross.

Jane da Mosto. Co-author of The Science of Saving Venice and campaigner against cruise ships in the Venetian Lagoon.

Dr Simon Thurley cbe fsa friba. Historian and archaeologist, formerly head of English Heritage, of Historic Royal Palaces and of the Museum of London. Among his many publications is Men from the Ministry: How Britain Saved its Heritage.

Matthew Slocombe MA FSA IHBC. Director of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and Secretary of the Joint Committee of the National Amenity Societies – an umbrella body that brings together voluntary heritage organisations.

Hendrikus van Hensbergen. Founder and CEO of Action for Conservation, a young environmental charity that inspires and empowers young people from diverse backgrounds to become the next generation of nature conservationists.

Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill obe fba fsa. Professor of Roman Studies in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge, formerly director of the British School at Rome and an authority on the conservation of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Accommodation and Prices A. Holiday Inn Express, Albert Dock A large, no-frills hotel located in the conserved docks in a restored warehouse. The hotel has recently been renovated.

Prices per person: Double/twin (two sharing): £580 Double room for single occupancy: £660 B. Novotel, Liverpool City Centre A contemporary business hotel close to Bluecoat in central Liverpool. The décor is modern and rooms are spacious.

Prices per person: Standard double/twin (two sharing): £670 Double room for single occupancy: £730

The Package Included: room and breakfast for two nights, admission to all talks, refreshments at the conference, dinner on Friday night and an evening lecture and drinks reception at Liverpool Town Hall, coach transport within Liverpool for some journeys.

There are three packages to choose from, with prices varying according to hotel.

Extending your stay Please contact us for a quote for extra nights either side of the weekend.

C. Hope Street Hotel A boutique 4-star hotel in a salubrious area between the cathedrals, it brings good modern design and comforts into a 19th-century factory and adjacent 1960s police station.

Prices per person: Standard double/twin (two sharing): £910 Double room for single occupancy: £990

Images. Previous Page: Tobacco Docks, Liverpool, image courtesy of SAVE, Crown Copyright.NMR. Above: The Bluecoat School, courtesy of The Bluecoat. Below: Welsh Houses, Liverpool, photo courtesy of SAVE. Back cover: The Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale, etching & engraving c. 1800.

SAVE is a strong, independent voice in conservation that has been campaigning for threatened historic buildings and sustainable reuses since 1975. Our message is one of hope: that great buildings can live again.

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