The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Annual Review 2013

www.spab.org.uk Annual Review 1 2 3 The SPAB is the country’s oldest building conservation body. Ideas set out in our Manifesto of 1877 guide work to this day. The Society is an association of practical enthusiasts who care deeply about the integrity of old buildings and encourage a respectful approach to their care.

2013 was a year of significant growth for the SPAB. Eight new employees joined the Society to run our Courses: 432 delegates new Maintenance Cooperatives Project (MCP). MCP is Heritage Lottery Fund-backed and aims to Scholarship: 197 site visits in 6 countries encourage and support communities’ care for their historic places of worship. Education and training, technical advice, and Technical Helpline: 814 calls received casework remained core SPAB activities in 2013, 4 5 6 but with innovations on all fronts. For the first time Website: 161,441 hits our annual Working Party project included children from local schools as well as adult volunteers. Cases logged and considered: 1799 Our new Eco Courses proved immensely popular, (April 2013-April 2014) bringing together knowledge gained from research into the energy efficiency of old buildings and information from the SPAB-backed Old House Eco Handbook. The Society is principally concerned with the 7 UK’s historic buildings, but in 2013 there was also 1 Members visit Winchester Cathedral as part of the 2013 some involvement further afield. SPAB Chairman AGM (Andy Marshall). David Heath was invited to speak at the first 2 Dan Cruickshank: 2013 AGM guest speaker International Congress of Restorers in Moscow, (Andy Marshall). attended by delegates from all areas of Russia 3 Staircase at SPAB HQ: repaired and redecorated with and beyond. Deputy Director Sara Crofts helped support from members (SPAB). with conservation training in Jamaica and former 4 SPAB Craft Fellow Emlyn Harris talks to Europa Nostra 8 9 Secretary Philip Venning represented us in Taiwan President Denis de Kergolay at Boxley Abbey (SPAB). for a celebration of the life and work of founder 5 Architect Neil Birdsall accepts his 2013 Esher Award William Morris. Our 2013 Scholars and Fellows (Andy Marshall). spent time in the Irish Republic and also visited 6 Work to SPAB HQ included analysis of its historic paint. Romania to participate in a practical building (Patrick Baty). conservation project. 7 The Old House Eco Handbook published in association The Society put its principles into practice with the SPAB. through the repair and redecoration of its HQ at 37 8 The 2013 SPAB Scholars and Fellows (SPAB). Spital Square. The project was generously supported by the SPAB membership. 9 Former SPAB Secretary Philip Venning represents the Society in Taiwan (Philip Venning).

Front Cover: SPAB brick masterclass at Hampton Court Palace (SPAB)

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Working Party Spital Square Project ‘That was epic!’ 37 Spital Square became the SPAB’s HQ in the School child who visited the 2013 SPAB early 1980s. Repairs and additions at the time Working Party site were carefully managed by architect Julian Harrap, following SPAB principles. By 2013, the building was In 2013, our annual summer working party helped a in need of redecoration and there was concern about medieval barn at Croxley Green in Hertfordshire. some localised structural movement to the staircase The working party generates its own special and head of an opening between ground floor rooms. atmosphere. Leading building conservation The Society’s trustees had set aside some funds professionals and craftspeople provide volunteers for the work, but it soon became apparent that with an opportunity to learn conservation skills there would be strategic and financial benefits in and to be part of a team effort, supported by the tackling both the building’s interior and exterior welcoming host community. together. Consequently help was sought from SPAB Under the watchful eye of experts including SPAB members and generous donations flowed in. Building technical staff and Technical Panel members Stafford surveyor Alan Gardner was engaged to oversee the Holmes and Anthony Goode, as well as the 2013 work, assisted by structural engineer Clive Dawson SPAB Scholars and Fellows, volunteers got to grips and, after a competitive tendering process, Lodge & with a range of tasks. These included pointing with Sons builders were appointed to carry out the work. lime mortar, lime plastering, plinth repair in flint and The main elements of the project were internal and general maintenance duties around the barn. external redecoration, electrical upgrading and an We were also delighted to work with staff and improved lighting scheme, structural repairs to the pupils from neighbouring Rickmansworth’s St Joan School children visiting the SPAB working party at Croxley ground floor and improved loft insulation. Panelling repair at No 37, prior to redecoration (SPAB). of Arc School. Groups of pupils enjoyed building barn (SPAB). SPAB work had to carry on throughout the craft demonstrations at the site and were enthralled project. The goodwill of staff and cooperation of Christmas 2013, and was within budget. The work by SPAB Guardian Stephen Bull’s grisly accounts of The annual working party has become a great Lodge & Sons made this possible, though we are was used to help explain the Society’s principles life in and around the barn in earlier times. The wider way to show case what the SPAB does and what we grateful to Alan Baxter Associates for use of their of conservative repair. In September 2013, as part community was warmly invited to come along and believe to the widest possible audience. The Society’s meeting room. The project was largely completed by of London Open House weekend, members of the see what was happening at their barn too – and many Technical Officer Jonathan Garlick said: “We were public were able to join guided attended an event at the end of the week. delighted by the number of people who joined the tours that considered not only 2013 working party... Obviously, 1 2 the repair and redecoration, but we took great care to ensure also the building’s history and that everyone operated in a safe work of garden volunteer Dr Julie environment and the work we Charlesworth. Additionally, we carried out was essential for the asked consultant Patrick Baty to building. But the week really was analyse historic paint samples great fun too for all concerned. It’s during the project and this formed definitely something that we at the the basis for a Paint Analysis SPAB all look forward to each year seminar held in early 2014. – a fantastic chance to get out of the city and to put our knowledge into practice.” 1 Sign-written lettering is reinstated after the redecoration at No 37 (SPAB). SPAB Guardian Stephen Bull captivates 2 Garden volunteer Dr Julie his audience with a lively explanation of Charlesworth explains plans for the rear the barn’s history (SPAB). courtyard (SPAB).

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Technical Advice & Research Courses & Lectures 1 “No jargon, no strange new materials, just common sense” “Educational, informative and, Review of the Old House Eco Handbook (Suffolk Preservation Society) most importantly, inspirational” Delegate who attended SPAB Old House Technical Enquiries Collaboration Eco course, 2013 • Technical Advice: The technical advice line team • External Committees: We continue to be was augmented to operate five mornings per week. represented on the Technical Panels of the We are grateful to English Heritage for help Institute of Historic Building Conservation and SPAB’s flagship Repair of Old Buildings Course, 2 funding this frontline service. Property Care Association, the committee of the which provides a five-day intensive introduction to Traditional Paint Forum, Conservation of Historic conservation and the SPAB approach, remained well- • Contacts Database: This essential tool, containing Thatch Group, National Federation of Roofing subscribed following refinements to the programme. names of specialists, is now maintained by Contractors’ Lime Mortar Working Group and The Old House Eco Course – a new weekend course volunteer Catherine Peacock, after many years of the Bells Committee of the Archbishops’ Council. primarily, but not exclusively, for homeowners, sterling work by Dr Jenny West. giving practical advice on achieving energy efficiency Research in traditional buildings – has proved popular, as has Technical Events • Energy Efficiency for old buildings:A further the accompanying Old House Eco Handbook. • Seminars: a very well attended seminar on Energy interim report on our Building Performance Participants in our Masterclasses for small Efficiency was run in York, in association with Survey, undertaken for us by Archimetrics Ltd, groups, run in partnership with Historic Royal the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance. was published in October and is available on Palaces, commented very favourably on the Keynote speaker was Dr Hunter Danskin, Head the Society’s website. SPAB research featured combination of expert lectures and hands-on of Technical Analysis at the Department of Energy in the Old House Eco Handbook, published in experience. This year’s classes included stonework and Climate Change. Technical Afternoons in association with the Society. at the Tower of London, with metalwork and 2013 were devoted to Innovations in Lime and brickwork at Hampton Court Palace. Thanks to Treating Dampness in Old Buildings. • Paint: Research by the SPAB and other partners grant support from English Heritage we continued to into alternatives to lead-based paint for offer the popular Faith in Maintenance training by • External Events: Our Technical staff also external timber continued at the Paint Research request to churches across England at a modest fee contributed to events organised by Ecobuild, Association throughout 2013. and more courses are planned for 2014. the Natural Stone Show and National Home A notable development this year was the rise 3 Improvement Show, and lectured to a wide range in requests to SPAB to devise and deliver bespoke of audiences. training in understanding old buildings, energy efficiency and maintenance to specific organisations Technical Publications and Advice via Other Media or audiences. We anticipate this will be a significant • Magazines: Technical Q&A topics covered in area of activity in the future. the SPAB Magazine were sash windows, rough- cast, vertically-hung tiling and timber panelling. Lectures Technical information was also supplied to Period Our sold-out autumn lecture series explored Living and The English Home. examples of Extreme Conservation with talks on protecting the military remains and natural habitat of • Radio and Television: the Technical and Research Orford Ness, conserving base huts in Antarctica and Director appeared in programmes including the huge challenge of returning Hadlow Tower to 1 Brickwork masterclass held jointly with Historic Royal BBC 1’s Britain’s Empty Homes which featured his habitable condition. Due to the lectures’ popularity Palaces (SPAB). grade I-listed medieval house in Essex. we have reintroduced a spring series for 2014 on the 2 Course delegates view chimneys at Hampton Court theme Landscape and Memory. Palace (SPAB). • Podcasts: video interviews were recorded for Technical Panel members join SPAB Scotland for a visit to 3 Stonework tuition during a course visit to the Tower of Home Planning Help and HomeProtect. Penicuik House and the Scottish Lime Centre (SPAB). London (SPAB).

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Fellowship & Scholarship Casework “It was a great experience and a humbling one too” Despite the challenging economic situation, the volume of casework consultations sent to the SPAB Scottish stone mason Johnnie Clark on working in Romania as part of his did not diminish in 2013. Our database records that William Morris Craft Fellowship around 1,800 cases were assessed by the Casework Team and detailed comments were submitted in response to approximately 25% of those cases. William Morris Craft Fellowship Encouragingly, the range of buildings and issues The SPAB’s William Morris Craft considered by the Team shows that the SPAB has an Fellowship programme is aimed at impact on the historic built environment at a number experienced craftspeople. Fellows are given of levels. We have tackled everything from barns and a broad overview of conservation ideas and bridges, through domestic properties of all scales to practice that allows them to develop their castles, churches, chapels and cathedrals. Whilst most Barn, Plymstock, Devon career as leaders in conservation crafts. In of our work relates to alterations or extensions to This redundant Grade II listed barn had 2013 we were grateful to English Heritage, existing buildings we have also commented on tidal been unused for some time when we Historic Scotland, Monument Trust, defences, the proposed southern bypass for Ely and were approached for advice regarding an William Morris Society, Carrington (1953) the planned Restoration of the Stow-on-the-Wold application to convert the space into a shop Ltd, William Morris Craft Fellowship stocks. and café. One of our casework volunteers Trust, Drake Trust and Cathedral ‘Buildings at risk’ continue to be a recurring visited the site with the Conservation Officer Architects Association for their financial theme and we have devoted special efforts to assisting and the Architect and was able to suggest a support and to the many professionals, owners to find sensible long term solutions for their range of measures to ensure that the fabric craftspeople and owners who hosted visits problem properties or lobbying local authorities of the barn would be carefully repaired and and assisted the Fellowship. The 2013 to take action to tackle neglect. On a number of upgraded without damage to the character of Fellows were Jamie Miles, a self-employed plasterer Scholar Conor Meehan and Fellow Johnnie Clark in occasions this direct action has had the added benefit the building. The amended scheme has since from Derbyshire; Johnnie Clark, a stone mason at Romania (SPAB). of helping to strengthen our relationships with local been granted permission and it now seems Glasgow Cathedral and leadworker Tyrone Oakley conservation officers and other interested local that this neglected and ‘at risk’ structure of Laing Traditional Masonry. Scholars in 2013 were architects Hannah heritage organisations. Given the scarcity of resources might have a sustainable future. The Fellows celebrated their achievements at Reynolds, Richard Prest and Ross Perkin, and in the heritage sector at the moment we see this as a Presentation at Ironmongers’ Hall in November structural engineer Conor Meehan. They visited a key activity that will help us spread the SPAB’s with addresses by Lord Cormack and architect a wide range of sites around the UK and Ireland message of conservative repair to a wider audience. Martin Ashley. The event was also used to mark the to enhance their knowledge and understanding of anniversary of the Dance Scholarship Trust which buildings, materials, techniques and approaches, SPAB members view helps support the SPAB Scholarship. and to try their hand at a variety of craft skills. In Boxley Abbey hospitium the final stage of each Scholar’s year they focus on after it had benefited from a SPAB Baber Lethaby Scholarship country houses, immersing themselves in a detailed Fund grant (SPAB). The SPAB Scholarship has trained many of the study theme agreed with their SPAB tutor. country’s leading conservation architects, surveyors In 2013 we were saddened by the deaths of Dr and engineers. Successful applicants receive a Juliet Frankland a much valued Scholars’ host and bursary and undertake a 9 month structured Lord Robin Plunket sponsor and supporter of the programme, viewing historic sites and conservation Scholarship. work. In 2013 we were grateful to supporters A highlight for both Scholars and Fellows was including the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation a week on site in Romania gaining insight into and Cathedral Architects’ Association and to those different conservation challenges and approaches. who met Scholars on site, as well as the owners The participants shared their experiences through who hosted visits. Special thanks go to Norman and the year via their regularly-updated blog at: Underwood for loan of a car. http://spabscholarsandfellows.wordpress.com/

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Outreach Mills, SPAB Scotland & Wales “Don’t put it off!” of our trainees worked well and developed in Mills 2013. On Twitter, @SPAB1877 (an affectionate In 2013 the Mills Section ran a full programme of Television presenter Jules Hudson’s acknowledgement of the year the Society was born) courses and events. It also continued its financial message as the figurehead of is followed by nearly 7000 people, and that numbers consolidation and re-organisation and began SPAB National Maintenance Week 2013 grows every week. developing new internal systems to enable it to better meet the needs of members and other stakeholders. The SPAB Magazine National Maintenance Week An example of one of the systems that has been We view our members’ magazine as one of the most This has become an annual fixture in the SPAB’s reviewed is the Millwrights List, a service used by important ways through which we explain what calendar, enabling us to take William Morris’s both private individuals and public organisations we do and why. One of the main aims of recent exhortation to ‘stave off decay by daily care’ to a from which to select millwrights. This was updated changes has been to include more information about receptive consumer audience. As well as mentions to enable users of the list to provide feedback more the work, achievements and projects of the SPAB on national radio and in newspapers, the campaign easily. The changes have been well received by both alongside a wide range of features, regular items, has found a natural home in the property sections of members and millwrights alike. news and reports from the built heritage world. The regional print press where our advice and handy ‘top 2013 was also an important year in developing SPAB Magazine is intended to have broad appeal to tips’ promote both good maintenance practice and partnership opportunities. The Mills Section Tour building professionals and heritage enthusiasts. It the principles of the SPAB. Our 2013 campaign was to Sussex was organised in partnership with the continues to attract high quality advertising. spearheaded by TV presenter and heritage enthusiast Sussex Mills Group and for the Autumn Meeting, Jules Hudson, of BBC’s Countryfile and Escape to the Section joined with The East Anglian Mills Social Media the Country. Society (TEAMS). Both events were highly successful The use of Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other and demonstrated the importance of collaborative www.twitter.com search for @SPAB1877 new media platforms are now an integral part of our working. www.youtube.com/user/SPAB1877 communications work. Importantly, social media The Section was the beneficiary of a significant www.spab.org.uk/videos-podcasts/audio-slideshows/ enables the SPAB to reach younger audiences and bequest from the late Lyn Owen and following those who might not normally be aware of us. Television presenter Jules Hudson: figurehead of National discussions with the family, it was agreed to donate The Scholars & Fellows’ blog charting the progress Maintenance Week 2013 (John Teale). the sum to Great Chishill Windmill, Cambridgeshire Great Chishill Windmill received a Mills Section grant with the Section providing guidance to ensure the (Mildred Cookson). money is put to good use. Grants from the Mill Repair Fund were offered Wales to mills including Bardwell Windmill, Framsden Mill SPAB responded to the consultation on The Future of and Dereham Windmill. our Past in preparation for a Heritage Bill for Wales, and contributed to the Cadw-convened workshop SPAB Scotland on the role of the Third Sector in the care of Welsh 2013 events in Scotland included the inaugural historic buildings. The Society continued to campaign working party at Hobkirk church, Borders. The aim for an improvement in the standard of faculty is to grow this into an annual event and draw-in applications from churches in Wales, and the adoption many younger people, students and new members. of ‘Statements of Significance and Need’, and we were In November 2013 there was a joint initiative with pleased when this was accepted in principle. As well Aberdeen City Council and Construction Skills as continuing to attend the Cadw-convened Built Scotland for National Maintenance Week. New Heritage Forum for Conservation Officers and the Scotland Officer Zoe Herbert focussed on raising South Wales Conservation Officers Group, we have the profile of the SPAB as well as collaborating reached agreement with the Civic Trust for Wales to with other amenity societies in Scotland. A further put meetings on a more formal and regular footing. priority is to gain a better understanding of Scottish This should improve communications and enhance members and to involve more of them in events and the role of amenity societies as part of the network of promotion. conservation professionals in Wales.

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Members & Patrons Financial Review & Grants Awarded

Membership It was a strong year financially for the Society. our energy efficiency research work and supported Membership numbers took a slight dip in 2013 due Subscription and course income rose and income the continuation of the Faith in Maintenance project. to the subscription increase that was introduced from donations, trusts and bequests recovered to Cadw assisted with our work in Wales. Historic in January, but new members continued to join almost £498,000 after the previous year’s relatively Scotland helped the William Morris Craft Fellowship throughout the year. On average the membership low figure. The launch of the appeal for funds to help and energy efficiency research. The Heritage gained 45 new members each month, the vast with the refurbishment of our Spital Square offices Lottery Fund provided a major grant towards our majority signing up via the website. met with an exceptionally enthusiastic response from Maintenance Cooperatives Movement project. We would like to thank all our members for their members, raising £36,813 in total. Overall income continued support of the Society’s work. received increased by 33% year-on-year to £1.36m. Legacies On the expenditure side, costs rose 18% to £1.58m. Generous bequests from Cecily Greenhill, Helen Regional Groups These included the costs for the refurbishment of Major, Thomas Barron, Professor FM Haines/ The regional groups continued to flourish in 2013 our Spital Square offices, plus the cost of eight new Pamela Hughes Trust and Lyn Owen as well as with another year of fascinating events and lectures employees to run the Maintenance Cooperatives continued support from the John Mason Trust were across England and Wales. Highlights included a Members visit Rochdale Town Hall (Nick Doyle). project (MCP), which is partly funded by the among hugely-appreciated legacies received during thatching day in Diss; visits to Foulness Island and the Heritage Lottery Fund. the year. We remain enormously grateful to all those National Trust’s Orford Ness; an industrial heritage AGM Another good year for investment returns, members and non-members who choose to remember tour of Shrewsbury; a look behind the scenes at the Our well-attended AGM was held in the beautiful resulting in unrealized investment gains of £331,000, us in their wills. West Wycombe Village Project; an architect-led tour setting of St Cross, Winchester in July. Members meant that overall the Society recorded a positive of the School of Pythagoras in Cambridge; and a visit enjoyed a stonework display by 2012 Fellow Sam increase in funds of £215,436 compared with a Major donations (over £1000) to William Morris’ former home, Kelmscott Manor. Peacock and a fascinating and wide-ranging talk by deficit of £62,000 the previous year. The impact on Ancaster Trust, Anon re Webb Award, In April, 22 regional group organisers, including writer and presenter Dan Cruickshank. Visits over the Society’s total balances was to increase them Dr H Bosanquet, Chalcroft Charitable Trust, representatives from SPAB Scotland, met for a the weekend included Winchester Cathedral with from £3.9m to £4.1m. It is remarkable how relatively R Deeble, H Guile, E Molloy, JCP Dalton, Working Lunch at Spital Square to discuss present architect Nick Cox and a walking tour looking at stable the Society’s finances have been over the last William Morris Society and future plans. past conservation battles in Winchester, drawing decade in which we have seen economic recession We are immensely grateful to the organisers and on material from SPAB’s Archive. The 2013 and stockmarket volatility alongside steady growth in Fellowship Support (from trusts) committee members of all the regional groups for Esher Award for an outstanding contribution to the scope and range of the Society’s activities. The Monument Trust, William Morris Society, their commitment to the local membership and for conservation and the work of SPAB was presented to William Morris Craft Fellowship Trust, promoting the SPAB’s aims in their regions. architect Neil Birdsall at the AGM. SPAB Grants Drake Trust, Carrington (1953) Ltd, In 2013, a grant from the Miss Truman Fund helped Cathedral Architects Patron scheme repair leadwork at Holy Trinity Church, Ratcliffe At the end of 2013 a new Patrons’ on Soar, Nottinghamshire which had been damaged Scholarship Support (from trusts) scheme was launched with the aim by metal theft. From the Misses Newcombe Bequest The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, of generating income to help the for almshouses we helped the conservation of a Dance Scholarship Trust, Drake Trust, Society’s long-term sustainability in memorial plaque at the Francis Geering Almshouses, Cathedral Architects Association a changed financial environment. Harwell, Oxfordshire. The Thomas Hardy fund was The donation level for the able to assist repairs to the Wolfeton Riding House in Maintenance Co-operatives project from trusts scheme is £1,000 per year, with Dorset, and an offer was made towards conservation The Leche Trust; The Radcliffe Trust Patrons having the opportunity to of the medieval chapel at Manor Farm, Stourton J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust attend special events and engage Caundle, Dorset. Three further grants were made by The Garfield Weston Foundation with leading historic building the Mills Section. Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust) specialists. Grants to SPAB from Public Bodies Audited Accounts English Heritage continued to grant aid our statutory The Society’s legal annual report and full accounts The Yorkshire Group visits Martholme, casework and technical advice helpline. They also can be obtained on request from 37 Spital Square. Great Harwood (Gisela Moritz). assisted the William Craft Fellowship, contributed to

SPAB ANNUAL REVIEW 2013 www.spab.org.uk Committees The SPAB continues to grow in

Executive (trustees) Technical Panel SPAB Scotland Committee strength as a powerful voice for David Heath (Chairman) Louise Bainbridge (Chairman)* David Roemmele (Convenor)* Nicholas Cox (Vice Chairman) Charles Blackett-Ord (Chairman)* Jessica Snow (Vice-Convenor/Chair)* historic buildings and an effective Dr Mark Archer (Hon Treasurer) Philip Hughes (Vice Chairman)* Steve Wood (Treasurer/Chair)* David Alexander Paul Bedford Martin Hadlington link with people and communities. Iain Boyd Neil Birdsall Steven Laing Mildred Cookson Catharine Bull Sandra Purves Gillian Darley* Stephen Bull (Vice Chairman)* Bill Revie We remain unequalled in the role Martin Drury Nick Cox Michael Thorndyke Brian Foxley Edward Crane we play in educating and training David Lodge* Alan Gardner* Mills Section Committee John Sell Anthony Goode Jonathan Cook (Chairman) present and future generations Ray Wilson Carsten Hermann* Stephen Bartlett (Vice-Chairman) Stafford Holmes Gerard Breen (Hon Treasurer) in the proper care of our unique Guardians Bruce Induni* Luke Bonwick David Heath (Chairman) Martin McNamara* Mildred Cookson Nick Cox (Vice Chairman) Torquil McNeilage* Nick Jones architectural inheritance. This Dr Mark Archer (Hon Treasurer) Maya Polenz Russell Jones Malcolm Adkins Tim Ratcliffe* Vincent Pargeter Annual Review shows just some of David Alexander Dr Caroline Rye Iain Boyd Marianne Suhr Communications Advisory Group the many ways the SPAB is working Stephen Bull Steve Wood Iain Boyd (Chairman) Professor Peter Burman Ian Angus Mildred Cookson Education & Training Advisory Committee Gillian Darley to prevent needless damage and Robin Dukes Tom Flemons (Chairman) Sarah Freeman Brian Foxley Emma Simpson (Vice Chairman) Paul Harris destruction. Ian Harper Craig Bloxsome Roger Hunt Britt Harwood Mildred Cookson* Katie White Shawn Kholucy Dorian Crone* Andrew Ziminski Ellen Leslie* Dr Sharon Goddard* David Lodge* David Lodge* We can only do this with your support. Roger Mears Chloe Granger* Meriel O’Dowd Hugh Conway Morris Please join the Society if you are not Peter Pace Ben Newman The Society for the Protection of Sandra Purves Nichola Tasker already a member. Donations and Peter Rumley Andrew Townsend Director Matthew Slocombe Ancient Buildings Stephen Scammell Ulrike Wahl Deputy Director Sara Crofts John Sell Company Secretary Douglas Kent legacies of any size are vital if we are Founded in 1877. Jessica Sutcliffe A charitable company limited by guarantee Nicholas Warns to continue to fight the threats which registered in England and Wales. Ray Wilson *For part of 2013 Company No 5743962 Charity No 111 3753 come in so many guises. For more Scottish Charity No SC 039244 information about how you can help 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY the SPAB please consult our website or 020 7377 1644 contact the SPAB office. www.spab.org.uk [email protected] Annual Review design: TimFosterstudio.com

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