SEPTEMBER 2017 Celebrating our Heritage, DIARY of EVENTS 2017/2018 Enhancing our Environment, Shaping our Future Salisbury is a vibrant cathedral city, Amongst the many activities of the Society Thursday 21st September April (date tbc) surrounded by the beautiful countryside we: THE SECRET GARDEN PLANNING FORUM and villages of South Wiltshire. People Monitor and constructively comment visit it or decide to live here because it is a on planning applications and develop - by Becky Twigg 6.30 pm Methodist Church, St Edmund’s welcoming community, working and ment proposals 6.30 pm Methodist Church, St Edmund’s Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EF trading in a marvellous historic setting. Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EF Free to members: Non members £2.50 The challenges today are to maintain Run an active and stimulating Free to members: Non members £2.50 those attractive qualities and yet programme of events for members th accommodate ongoing changes in and the public Wednesday June 6 population, lifestyle, and the economy. Publish a quarterly magazine for Tuesday 21st November A G M , f o l l o w e d b y a t a l k o n S u b u r - members OPEN MEETING ban Salisbury, by Hadrian Cook The Salisbury Civic Society, founded in Maintain our support for the projects 1960, works to promote high standards of The Maltings Redevelopment 6.30 pm Methodist Church, St Edmund’s promoted by the former Salisbury contemporary design in all aspects of the 6.30 pm Alamein Suite, City Hall, Vision Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EF built environment within Salisbury and Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 7TU South Wiltshire, whilst safeguarding the Protect and celebrate the traditional Open to all historic buildings and landscape setting chequer names June (date tbc) underpinning the area’s special character. Run a prestigious new buildings and Back by popular demand, another Over the years, the role of the Society has conservation awards scheme 2018 visit to NORRINGTON MANOR expanded. Today, it is not only the Organise the annual Salisbury Historic See June 2017 magazine for details of how principal local organisation and guardian th Open Days and the Salisbury Blue Thursday 11 January to book for visits for the built environment, but also Plaques scheme celebrating our NEW YEAR PARTY AND ANNUAL celebrates and promotes the area’s rich outstanding built environment and AWARDS PRESENTATION heritage & cultural life through a heritage stimulating programme of activities. Promote the economic vitality of the Guildhall, Salisbury SP1 1JH A Warm Welcome to our Salisbury falls under two authorities, region Application forms will be in the December New Members created in 2009, Salisbury City Council magazine and Wiltshire Council. We are able to Our aims: We are delighted to welcome the contribute effectively in many areas and To celebrate & commemorate the following to the Society: th are represented on several groups area’s rich heritage & cultural life Thursday 8 March including the Salisbury Conservation Arundells, David and Heather Balston, To enhance & protect the built THE QUAKERS IN SALISBURY Advisory Panel. We also have a good Tim and Cathy Brown, Bruce and Jane environment & landscape setting of working relationship with Wiltshire by Rosalind Johnson the area Court, Ed Esdon, Shirley Evans, Oliver Council, Salisbury City Council and 6.30 pm Methodist Church, St Edmund’s Gale, Rory and Mira Guinness, Phil Campaign to Protect Rural England. As a To encourage & promote high stan - Church Street, Salisbury SP1 1EF Harding, Graham and Christine Jagger, dards of design, management & non-political organisation, the Society Free to members: Non members £2.50 Brian Munday, Patricia Phillips, John maintenance tries to maintain an independent stance and Val Potter, Dan Roycroft, Barrie on all matters. To provide a stimulating programme Cover illustration: The Faulston Dovecote , and Cary Sinclair-Kemp, Stephen Sykes of activities for our members. Through a series of awards, talks, forums, Bishopstone (p.2). and Josephine Ings, Peter and Patricia open meetings, visits and our website we van Os, Denis and Barbara Watson, We welcome new members of all ages Photos in this issue: James Woods, Richard promote and provide information on the and backgrounds. Jamie Wright, Jillian Wright. architecture, history and geography of the Deane area. 1 EDITORIAL CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Drawn from AGM Address to members This issue of the magazine has been project. Page 24 has an explanation of produced on the same basis as the two why there’s still an element of uncertainty I hope all are enjoying the summer and revised version of a new Constitution will previous ones, with an editorial co- about the topic. welcome to you all and thank you for be circulated for comment and ultimately ordinator rather than an editor outright. attending on such a warm summer’s be proposed for adoption formally at next The June issue contained the good news One of several new members who joined evening with many other distractions! year’s AGM. that an editor had finally been found, in as a result of Civic Day is Oliver Gale, who at 14 can reliably be described as the the person of Society member John Elliott, Our thoughts are now very much with the It has been another busy year with Society’s youngest member, probably by but unfortunately John has had to stand families of those affected by the Grenfell various talks and lectures, activities, and the proverbial country mile. We’re down from taking on the role for the Tower disaster earlier today in North West involvement with various outside groups. delighted that Oliver has given his own September issue for health reasons. So London and I am sure we would all wish The Development Committee has perspective on one aspect of the current the previous pattern has been reverted to, to remember them in our prayers. continued to engage with various search for further housing sites, which with the significant difference that rather promoters of new developments such as appears alongside Elaine Milton’s account than Salisbury Printing taking on the I will keep my report brief and enable us the Quantum Group who are developing of that whole process on page 5. layout and graphic work, this has been to pass through the formal business and the Old Manor Hospital site, and recently done by member Hugh Synge. Hugh has then you can relax and enjoy Richard The cover photograph shows Faulston McCarthy & Stone who propose to build experience of producing small magazines Deane’s talk on the ‘History of the Civic Dovecote at Bishopstone, one of the retirement and assisted living apartments in the past, and kindly stepped into the Society Awards Scheme’. many buildings which have won awards in Castle Street and Endless Street. breach when John had to withdraw. or commendations from the Society’s So much happens during 12 months that Both organisations have presented their awards scheme since its inception in As usual, the material within is a mix of this address is only a very small reference ideas and architecture to the 1993. Its use here reflects the topic for looking ahead to future events, reviewing to some of the many activities of the Development Committee, and took away this year’s AGM talk, as described by Judy past ones, updates on planning cases, Society, but first I must mention that the feedback suggestions on how they might Howles on page 10. A medley of other and the odd piece which steps back a bit proposed adoption of the new improve on their initial concepts. Some winning buildings appears on the centre from the here and now. Into that category Constitution for the Civic Society will not comments have been taken on board, page spread. Stone boxes in the falls my own contribution on the multi- formally take place tonight, even though it particularly with regard to McCarthy & dovecote’s internal walls attest to the faceted pronunciation possibilities of the is shown on the agenda. Following recent Stone’s first design approach, though on accuracy of that description for it, but name ‘Caen’, only loosely tied to any consultations with the Charity the Old Manor Hospital site the Society some external features, in particular the definition of the Society’s remit. In more Commission it would appear that some still has major reservations. orthodox terrain, Civic Day on June 17th blocked doorway, suggest some more further changes are required to our new was a major event from the Society’s complicated history. The listings draft Constitution and it would not be It is sad these days that most Planning perspective, and it is of course covered description (it’s Grade II*) says ‘according possible to make those changes, circulate Applications are determined with only here. The effort that went into it was to local legend and John Aubrey there the new version and have suitable notice limited attention to architectural detailing considerable, but amply rewarded by were once four such towers around the period in advance of the AGM. and materials, and it is good that our Civic something which all who experienced it moated Faulston House, but this has not Society does, to some extent, have its In essence, the Charity Commission feel seem to have regarded as a definite been substantiated’. A challenge for some voice listened to, and that we take a keen that our existing Objects are more in line success, with a very positive feel inside historian or archaeologist in our ranks, interest in making observations. with the charitable aims of the Society the Guildhall while it was on. Some perhaps? There may not be that many of and therefore we shall probably retain On that topic, but not exclusively down to excellent posters were produced, some at the latter (but see the welcome to new them as existing with some minor us in the Civic Society, Wiltshire Council least of which will be used again for the members box...). amendments only. In due course, a have rejected the idea of housing Open Meeting in November, probably but Richard Deane not absolutely definitely on the Maltings Magazine co-ordinator 2 3 development on the Britford Lane fields. running from the 7th September when we Old Sarum – Old or New? They are outside the housing allocation will be unveiling the Civic Society plaque plans for Wiltshire Council and that is at the Rai D’Or public house on Brown Although I am only 14, I can remember to Ford, to Bishopdown and the northerly great news. However, we must all remain Street to commemorate Agnes coming along the A345, down the hill tip of Salisbury, which would have been vigilant in case the owners, the Longford Bottenham, who was an owner of that from High Post towards Old Sarum just awful! Estate and St Nicholas Hospital, decide to property and was founder of Trinity without seeing any houses, all you could challenge the Wiltshire decision, and this Hospital. Phil Harding, a notable see was the Cathedral poking out over the I must admit I find the name of the ‘new’ might occur during the public enquiry archaeologist and now Deputy Lord hill and the city hidden behind it. But now, Old Sarum a little frustrating. The true Old which will follow next year. I am delighted Lieutenant for Wiltshire, will be our guest only in the last two years, that view has Sarum is the old original Salisbury that the Civic Society with other lobby of honour for the unveiling. On the changed, dramatically; 673 houses are settlement, and I feel it is a shame that it groups have succeeded in their efforts. subsequent days for the Heritage Open now being built at Old Sarum, most of has to share its name with a new housing Days Weekend, we are working in development (this partly originates from The first Salisbury “Civic Day” is on which can be seen from the road. Not association with CAMRA on a wide variety Old Sarum Airfield which the industrial Saturday, 17th June 2017 starting at 10am only is it a shame for people travelling in of programmes focusing on the historic area took the name of and now the much at the Guildhall. We have brought that direction who no longer have the pubs and inns of Salisbury, their history, larger housing area). I know that if together many local groups magnificent uninterrupted view, it must architecture and much else beside. If you someone said: “I live in Old Sarum”, they representative of Civic life and activities in also feel very different for those living in look up the recent quarterly magazine, mean the new one, however if someone and around Salisbury and Mr John Glen, Longhedge House (a listed building), you will see all of the details on offer. said, “I’m going to Old Sarum”, you could our recently re-elected MP, will open opposite the new development. quite easily get confused. I still think that proceedings with an address at 10.30am. I Later in the proceedings this evening we The houses are not only visible from the the new estate’s name should be hope you will all come along to support shall elect our various Officers and road but also from Old Sarum castle, and I changed, or at least not let it get any the day, even if it is just for a short while. Committee chairmen but we are still feel they ruin the ancient roman view of bigger, because we should respect the (Post AGM / Civic Day note: over 300 looking for a volunteer to take on the role Salisbury Plain. I was studying Wiltshire heritage and history of Salisbury and not people attended and the day was a great of the Society Secretary. (Post AGM Note: I Council’s Housing Allocation Plan and dilute its significance. Added to which, it success!) am delighted to announce Barrie Sinclair- noticed that some proposed sites, that now means that New Sarum is older than Kemp has agreed to take on the post of had been dismissed as they would have Old Sarum. I would like to welcome all new members Secretary as a new joining Member gone through a conservation area, would to the Society and I do hope you have together with his wife Cary.) enjoyed participating thus far in our have joined the Old Sarum development Oliver Gale activities. The Society has much to offer, Finally, I would like to thank all of you who but please do not hesitate to make your participate in the organisation of events own ideas and suggestions known if you and serve on our Committees to give the Draft Wiltshire Housing Site Allocations Plan feel so inclined. We welcome in particular members of the Civic Society such a wide a new corporate member, Woolley & variety of programmes and activities. This long awaited document has finally which sets this out forms part of the Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, and we thank been published by Wiltshire Council and is planning policy framework against which Thank you for your support of the Civic them for sponsoring the publicity leaflets open for comments now until the 22nd future planning applications will be Society. associated with the Civic Day on Saturday. September 2017. assessed and is known as a development plan document (DPD). The DPD is We also look forward to the Heritage Peter Dunbar By law the Government requires every organised into the Council’s community Open Days in early September 2017 Council to produce planning documents areas, with the Salisbury Community Area which allocate enough land to allow the covering the settlements of Salisbury and building of homes to meet the area Wilton. Initially 74 strategic housing land needed for housing objectively assessed availability assessment (‘SHLAA’) sites on a rolling five-year basis. The document, 4 5 were considered in and around Salisbury. end of the matter: The owners may These are sites put forward by decide to submit representations in a bid landowners and third parties to the to have the site reinstated into the plan. It Council. One of these was Britford Lane, is perfectly within their rights to do so, as which the DPD confirms was rejected would be the submission of an after the first stage of consideration due application for the site for planning to its perceived lack of sustainability when permission. evaluated against a set of objective criteria. Only four SHLAA sites are now Following the consultation, the Council being proposed for the Salisbury area, will consider the comments received potentially providing around 850 new before submitting the draft DPD and homes. Three of these were on the initial supporting evidence to the Secretary of list, namely Hilltop Way (approximately 10 State for examination. All comments houses), land at Netherhampton Road received during the consultation will be Above, No 47 Blue Boar Row in 1838 (central there was a map showing the locations of (approximately 640 houses), and Land at passed on to the appointed independent building) and (right) how the 17th C building the 72 conservation areas in the Society’s Rowbarrow, Odstock Road (approximately Planning Inspector at that stage. The at the rear might have looked. district. 100 houses). One site not on the original inspector has a duty to consider whether list has been added, North of the plan has been prepared legally and on collaboration. Stephanie Siddons Three posters dealt with the Salisbury Netherhampton Road (approximately 100 a sound basis, as prescribed by the Deighton added additional colour to the gasometer, including the image used on houses). The Civic Society will make Planning regulations. The current day by procuring and distributing yellow the front cover of the June magazine. Four representations on the proposed sites, a timetable on the Wiltshire Council website helium filled balloons outside. Woolley & covered activities undertaken by the summary of which will be provided within indicates submission and examination of Wallis Salisbury Salerooms, who are now Society’s General Purposes Committee – a future Quarterly. At this stage it is likely the DPD in Spring 2018, with adoption in corporate members of the Society, talks, visits, plaques and Heritage Open the site North of Netherhampton Road Winter 2018. generously sponsored publicity for the Days. There was a poster telling the story could be considered contentious due to event. of the new sheep above 51 High Street, Any member wishing to submit individual the potential impact of housing on the one dealing with the Society’s vetting of comments can do so via http://www. The day was themed on heritage and important landscape setting of the City. planning applications, and one covering wiltshire.gov.uk/planninganddevelopment/ open spaces, with the list of contributing open meetings, focusing on public art and While Britford Lane is no longer being put planningpolicy/wiltshsgsiteallocationsplan. organisations, 16 in total in addition to the Maltings. One set out the Society’s forward by this plan, this may not be the htm the Society, ranging from the Salisbury position on the Britford Lane fields, and Elaine Milton Museum to local environmental and there was one produced by Gerald Steer, building conservation groups, a local architect with a longer connection Civic Day in the Guildhall archaeology and local history groups. to the Society than most, having been a There was an architect’s surgery, courtesy stalwart of its predecessor body, the Salisbury Civic Society supported and Robin McGowan of Salisbury Business of Paul Stevens. The central part of the Salisbury and District Preservation Trust. organised our first ever Civic Day on Improvement District; these contributions Banqueting Hall was taken up with a This dealt with a fascinating 17thC Saturday 17th June. This was part of the perfectly set the tone for the day. We display showing the full range of the building, in very poor condition at the 2017 National Civic Day programme, counted over 300 participants, many of Society’s activities with attractive images back of 47 Blue Boar Row. It is now the sponsored by Civic Voice. The event, whom spent considerable time looking at focusing on the awards scheme (originally property of the City Council, and the which had an exhibition format, was the displays, talking and networking produced for an exhibition outside Society will be trying to encourage that opened by John Glen MP (Parliamentary (photos on back cover). The exhibitors in Waitrose last September). Several new body to make the most of it. Under-Secretary of State for the particular welcomed the rare opportunity displays were designed specifically for Department for Culture, Media and Sport) to meet each other and discuss areas of Civic Day. For example, four explained We combined our poster exhibition with and there was a talk at mid-day from common interest, and possible future what conservation areas are about, and an animated screen display featuring the 6 7 conservation areas of Salisbury and South heritage of Salisbury and its Conservation Areas. The competition A lot of work, by various people, went into Wiltshire. The display was arranged as a neighbourhood. The selection of pictures required entrants to match eight the posters, and getting them all tour starting in The Close and moving reached from Mere in the West, to photographic views within the City of produced for the day was a tight-run thing through a selection of 20 listed buildings Newton Tony in the East. Salisbury Conservation Area to locations – the last one was collected from in Salisbury as well as a further 14 marked on a map of the designated area. Salisbury Printing three minutes before The leaflet publicising the event contained buildings in 12 outlying villages. The tour Three winners were drawn at random they closed for the weekend. A few will be a competition relating to the national provided a synopsis of the rich and varied from the almost 40 correct entries overtaken by events, like the gasometer theme of this year’s Civic Day – received; winning 1st to 3rd prizes of £50, ones, but most will remain perfectly valid Below, the prize competition a copy of the Civic Society’s publication beyond Civic Day, and the Society will be Salisbury in Detail, and a year’s free looking for opportunities to bring them 8 88 membership of the society respectively. out again in the future. 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