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IHBC SW Bulletin 31 MJ Complete 290616 IHBC South West Region covering: Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Scilly Isles, Somerset & Wiltshire SW Bulletin No. 31 - June 2016 Gloucester Heritage Projects: Editorial HLF Funding Bids Successful! Last year saw the number of overseas tourists visiting Britain exceed 36 million for the Bulletin 29 included a summary of first time since records began in 1961. Official figures from the Office for National Project Pilgrim, a unique £6 million Statistics confirmed a 5.1% increase on 2014 visitors, with a corresponding tourism- project which aims to restore and generated revenue of £22.1 bn. The trend appears to have continued thus far into improve specific parts of grade I listed 2016, with a 6% rise in visits by overseas tourists for the three months to end-March. Gloucester Cathedral. The ambitious plans Government was quick to take the credit for the “booming” tourist industry, with include the creation of a new Cathedral Tourism minister David Evennett stating that “Our world-class attractions, heritage and Green to provide a public space in the culture make Britain the first-choice destination for many, with visit numbers at an historic heart of the city, conservation of all-time high”. Whilst we should all be rightly proud of our worldwide standing as a the 15th century Lady Chapel, an ‘invisible’ tourist destination, it is important to quantify the contribution that our cultural solar PV array on the nave roof, improved heritage makes to these revenue figures. Heritage is clearly a draw for overseas visitors access facilities and wider interpretation and is a welcome boost for the economy but it typically figures low down on the across the site. Government’s list of priorities at other times. Raising the profile of our heritage to attract proportionate funding for all of our assets still remains an elusive goal. Almost In April 2016 the Heritage Lottery Fund 20 years since its sad demise, is it now time to resurrect the Department of Heritage? (HLF) awarded a grant of £4.16 million to the project. Works are due to Publication of Bulletin 31 has been delayed for a number of reasons, including a commence later this year and will run in spell in hospital and resultant work backlog. After four years and 11 Bulletins, it is parallel with a three year programme of now time for me to step down as editor and hand over the reins to someone new. cultural activities to enable more people Enquiries welcome and some training on Serif PagePlus available. Malcolm James to connect with this iconic building’s heritage. For further information go to: http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/ project-pilgrim/ In another excellent piece of news for the city, the HLF announced a grant of £3.19 million for the Llanthony Secunda Re-formation Project. This former Augustinian priory to the west of Gloucester Docks (as featured in Bulletin 30) will now benefit from sufficient funding to see its surviving major buildings - the Medieval Range, Victorian Farmhouse and Brick Range - all restored and brought back into use for both the Llanthony Secunda Priory Trust and Gloucestershire College. The grounds will also see the first phase of the Trust’s landscape master-plan implemented, with broad opportunities Project Pilgrim showing an artist’s impression of Aerial view of Llanthony Secunda Priory looking for community/ student involvement. part of the new public space and grounds in the west with the new Gloucestershire College south precinct (top) and a high-level view taken campus at right (top) and the tithe barn Charlotte Bowles-Lewis Gloucester City Council inside the Lady Chapel © Gloucester Cathedral entrance through to the College IHBC SW Bulletin No.31 June 2016 - page 1 Heritage Crime Doesn’t Pay: Theft of Robert De Wakering’s Head The village of Newland in the Forest of diligent investigation known as ‘Operation No other persons have been charged with Dean Gloucestershire suffered two Icarus’ which targeted organised theft and any offences. Cooper ….. is remorseful for serious heritage losses during the week of black market trade of heritage artefacts his actions, and we have to accept that he assisted greatly in identifying churches he 16th April 2012. First, a medieval stone stolen from churches across England and attacked. Sadly he has no assets to seize, head from a carved effigy (believed to be Wales. A statement from West Mercia and the money he gained has been spent that of Robert De Wakering, the founder Police reads as follows: over the past few years of his offending. of All Saints church, Newland and dated to ‘Items stolen were subsequently sold to Both collectors have been left heavily out circa 1215) was stolen. Then the adjacent two collectors in England. One a collector of pocket, and it is unlikely they will ever th 17 century mansion of Newland House of Bibles the other a collector of all things see their money coming back’. was gutted by a major fire during the of a religious artefact nature. Both course of restoration works. collectors were duped by the thief, with DC3715 Tony Lewis West Mercia Police false provenance made up for each stolen item; and as a result purchased items over Cooper was charged under the Dealing in a number of years, believing them to be Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003 and legitimate antiquities open to sale. In fact the Theft Act 1968. In May 2016 he was the items were stolen, and in some cases sentenced to 3 years in prison on seven out-and-out fakes; produced by the charges of theft and three years for offender and purported to be expensive dealing in tainted cultural objects, those artefacts, some dating back to the age of sentences to run concurrently. He was the Vikings. also sentenced to eight months on two counts of fraud; the sentencing grand West Mercia became aware of this total being three years and eight months. offending following a referral from the Metropolitan Police Antiquities department; who had received Due Diligence reports from one of the collectors. This led to the identification of Carved stone effigy of Robert De Wakering (1215 - 1237) who first established All Saints, Newland a number of items stolen from several (Image reproduced from Antiques Trade Gazette Herefordshire churches. Little did we 29 May 2012 Copyright © Metropress Ltd, (t/a know at this point the extent of the actual ATG Media) 2016) offending, nor the geographical area offended upon. A suspect was identified as The effigy had been broken into three Mr Christopher Cooper. pieces for as long as anyone could remember and the head was a heavy, He was arrested in Jan 2015 and his home albeit portable piece of stone. The Police searched. Following this West Mercia were informed of the theft and the local officers assisted by Metropolitan Police community resigned themselves to the seized around 60 items from one loss of the carving and the commissioning collector’s house, more followed. The vast of a replica. majority of items have now been identified and many have been returned. As time passed it became apparent that All Saints Newland was not the only Christopher Thomas COOPER appeared at The gutted shell of Newland House following church in the region that had suffered Worcester Crown Court on 8 February the disastrous fire of 16-17 April 2012; the 2016 and pleaded guilty to the following: surviving fabric was fully recorded by BaRAS recent losses of historic items. Artefacts (Bristol and Region Archaeological Services) had also been removed from churches at 7x theft offences - across England & prior to demolition (image ©BaRAS) Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, Castle Frome, Wales Holme Lacy and Much Dewhurst in Sadly the historic Newland House was too 1x offence of dealing in tainted Herefordshire, Torbryan, Devon and badly damaged to be rebuilt and antiquities Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire. permission was granted for a replacement 4x fraud offences - passing stolen items dwelling in February 2013. A brand new Fast forward to 2016 and Robert De as his and selling out and out fakes - also Palladian style mansion now stands on Wakering’s head (no worse for his taking cash with no intention of Savage Hill overlooking All Saints church. extensive travels) has been securely re- supplying items. All that remains of the old house is across united with his body thanks to apprentice the Atlantic in the form of a panelled room stonemasons from Gloucester Cathedral. He also accepted 30 x TIC's for theft which was removed in the 1930s and sold This happy outcome has been due to the offences. These are offences 'taken into to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. hard work of the West Mercia Police (with consideration' - accepts responsibility - so the help of many other forces) and their still count as such. Laura Stevens Trustee of the All Saints Friends, Newland IHBC SW Bulletin No.31 June 2016 - page 2 Regional Planning Matters Prosecution and subsequent Subsequent to the prosecution, contained collection of modern houses applications have been received for divorced from the village”; regardless of (retrospective) applications for remedial works to essentially propose the the incorporation of local materials and development: Talewater Farm, changes already made. These include traditional architectural features. Also, Talewater, Talaton, Ottery St replacing the modern casements illegally the scale, form, height and Mary, Devon (East Devon DC substituted for the 17th century “contemporary design” was judged to be 16/0888/FUL & 16/0889/LBC) mullioned windows with authentic oak “out of keeping with the low key facsimiles, together with retention of the collection of buildings at Bank Farm”. In October 2015 East Devon builder Barry new bressummer beam, external re- In summary, the inspector concluded Anthony Wright pleaded guilty at Exeter rendering, replacement staircases, floors that significant harm would be caused to Magistrates Court to a total of seven and chimney stack alterations.
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