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Ecclesiology Today EC Today No 40 F/C 13/9/8 12:22 pm Page 1 Ecclesiology Today Issue 40 July 2008 Journal of the Ecclesiological Society ET No.40 Inside p1-128 (4) 13/9/8 10:45 am Page 1 Ecclesiology Today C ontents Journal of the Ecclesiological Society Articles Editorial: ‘Further thoughts’: about this edition by Richard Halsey 3 Further thoughts on ‘Sir Ninian Comper: an Introduction and Gazetteer’ by Anthony Symondson 6 Temple Moore revisited by Geoff Brandwood 12 Reflections on ‘The Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture’ by Malcolm Thurlby 20 Brompton Oratory revisited by Roderick O’Donnell 30 Church studies in transition by Paul Cattermole 36 Reflections on revising Pevsner’s Essex by James Bettley 42 On Victorian church building in London: a second bite at the cherry by Andrew Saint 48 Reconstructing a lost cathedral: York Minster in the eleventh and twelfth centuries by Stuart Harrison and Christopher Norton 53 Our parish churches: some reflections Issue 40 on the passage of time by Chris Pickford 60 published July 2008 Reordering the reorderings by Peter Howell 67 Revisiting the position of the altar in contemporary liturgical practice by Paul Velluet 72 ISSN: 1460–4213 The church of St Hilda, Crofton Park by Gavin Stamp 77 Appreciating Victorian and Arts and Crafts stained glass: a battle half won by Matthew Saunders 83 The Ecclesiological Society Keeping our parish churches: further thoughts 2008 by Trevor Cooper 92 All rights reserved Realising the inspiration by Richard Halsey 99 Regular Features Chairman’s Letter 2 Society website: Book Reviews 103 www.ecclsoc.org Church Crawler 121 Front cover:The Deposition from the east window of the church at Normanby- by-Spital, Lincolnshire (see page 85). Rear cover: Herbert Gribble’s scheme for the Charity No: 210501 sanctuary of the Brompton Oratory, from a watercolour of 1878 (see page 32). ET No.40 Inside p1-128 (4) 13/9/8 10:46 am Page 2 Chairman’s Letter This issue The guest editor of this issue is Richard Halsey.As you will see from the opposite page, he has chosen ‘Further thoughts’ as his theme, and I do not think I will be alone in thinking that this has led to a fascinating set of contents – a mix of personal viewpoints, updates on research and reflections of how things have moved on. We are grateful to Richard for such an interesting issue. Annual conference With this edition you should receive details of our Annual Conference, on Saturday 4 October, on the subject of Welsh Churches.We try and run conferences that deal with topics which have not been properly explored before, and this event certainly follows that tradition, as Welsh churches and chapels are far less well known than they should be. This is always a friendly and lively event, and I look forward to meeting many of you there. For those of you who like to look ahead, the 2009 conference will probably be on the subject of ‘Church Towers’. Do drop me a line if you might be interested in giving a talk on some aspect of this subject. The Spring 2009 issue and a call for case studies The Spring 2009 edition will be devoted to one subject – PEWS.Your Council felt that church and chapel seating is a subject which raises strong emotions, and that it would be helpful if the Society could produce a dedicated issue to aid – in an even- handed and dispassionate way – the debate about how pews and similar furnishings should be treated in future. This edition will be jointly edited by Sarah Brown and myself, and will contain much new material, some of it being specially commissioned. As well as sections on the history of pews, their typology,and matters related to their future treatment, there will also be a number of case studies. Sarah and I would therefore welcome suggestions for recent examples involving the alteration of pews and other seating, particularly where there were tricky issues involved.We would also like to hear of any general historical or typological research regarding church seating in local churches (though it is unlikely that research relating to a single church or chapel would be of interest, and the focus is on local churches, not greater ones). Sarah’s contact details are on the final page of this volume. Trevor Cooper Chairman of Council 2 ET No.40 Inside p1-128 (4) 13/9/8 10:46 am Page 3 ‘Further thoughts’: about this edition Richard Halsey WHEN I WAS invited to be the guest editor for this edition of Richard Halsey retired from English Ecclesiology Today, it was suggested that I chose a theme and worked Heritage in 2007 after nearly thirty years centred on the conservation of from there. Looking through recent editions, I realised how ecclesiastical buildings. He is a trustee of diverse the subject matter was: that, to my mind at least, was one the Friends of Friendless Churches, of the journal’s strengths (a view the recent questionnaire shows is chairman of the Cambridgeshire shared by many other members). I began then to think about how Historic Churches Trust and a member of the Ely DAC, but still hoping to a number of shorter pieces might be marshalled together. retrieve his academic interest in twelfth- The greatest dilemma of academic study – at least in the arts – century architecture. is to know when (and how) to conclude. Peter Lasko, my professor at the University of East Anglia, used to say ‘publish and be damned’, as indeed he was by some of his colleagues after the publication of his Pelican History of Art volume, Ars Sacra. Human artistic endeavour comes about for a huge variety of reasons that can be frustratingly difficult to discover and evaluate. The further back one goes in time, the greater the loss of hard evidence: inevitably, familiarity with the character of the society also diminishes.That is when an intelligent or ‘educated’ guess has to be made and where contemporary opinions can then diverge. The public ‘disputation’ was at the heart of the mediaeval university higher degree, where candidates had to stand and defend their findings and theories to their peers (and until quite recently, anyone had the right to attend an Oxford doctorate viva). I suppose that the twenty-first century equivalent is the website and especially,internet blogs and chat rooms, but the very nature of that medium discourages mature reflection. Many learned journals have a waiting list for well presented articles and a healthy number of publishers are prepared to promote single subject books, which then receive reviews: this Society, through Ecclesiology Today and its occasional publishing ventures is a shining example! However, there are very few places for an author to come back on those reviews, to make a small but important amendment or addition to their original piece or even to air further or second thoughts. Prompted by these notions, I therefore invited a large number of authors in the ecclesiological world if they would like the opportunity to revisit recent work. I asked for short pieces that expanded the evidence or argument already presented, responded to reviews or reflected on the way their work had been received or progressed since publication. I was looking for ‘concise, succinctly argued, even passionate’ pieces and so set a short deadline, which was too tight for about half the potential authors I approached. 3 ET No.40 Inside p1-128 (4) 13/9/8 10:46 am Page 4 ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY 40 · JULY 2008 The fifteen contributions here cover a greater range of ‘further thoughts’ than I had imagined and so I have attempted to group them according to their approach as much as their subject matter. Some of the opinions expressed are indeed ‘passionate’ and approach the French concept of l’espirit d’escalier, the riposte that only occurs to you after the meeting has ended. I sincerely hope that all are not just of interest to members, but that some of you will feel moved to write a response (equally short) to be considered for publication in the next edition (in about six months time), though I am not suggesting that we return to the vituperative character assassinations that were the hallmark of the letters page of our predecessor Society’s journal in its first twenty or so years! Updating the story The first four contributors look at the reception of their books (and essay) and also rectify or complete the story.And each author explains the circumstances in which their work came to be published, as that had some influence on their writing. Anthony Symondson experienced unsubstantiated, anonymous criticism through a website, demonstrating that medium’s worst aspects. Geoff Brandwood tells us how he came to his subject and brings us up to date with new information. Malcolm Thurlby has long followed the advice of Peter Lasko (also his professor at UEA) and far from being damned, his publications have often elicited academic debate. Finally, Roderick O’Donnell puts matters right by delineating the history of the High Altar omitted from the Oratory Centenary volume. Issues raised The next four contributions also start from a publication (though for two of them, it is not theirs) and consider some of the issues raised by revisiting it, as much as the factual subject. Paul Cattermole is one of those school teachers who enrich the lives of people beyond their pupils and warns us of the new approach to building archaeology that can gloss over the facts in favour of an ideology. We are all in debt to James Bettley and his colleagues who revise the revered Pevsners.
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