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The Sevenoaks Society for the conservation and improvement of the town Winter 2017 www.sevenoakssociety.org.uk Registered Charity Number 094951 President Sir Michael Harrison Vice Presidents R Harcourt, E Keys, M Nairne, Mrs A Rogers, P Rogers, BA Walker Chairman’s report David Green.......... .................. 4 Committee NEWS Footpaths and Walks Nick White.................. ............ 7 2018 Walks Calendar Nick Umney ............................. 8 Chairman Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary Publicity Officer Trees and Landscape Keith Wade ........................... 10 DAVID GREEN RICHARD BAXTER TIM PEARCE KEITH WADE Frank Marshall Award John Stambollouian .............. 12 Hollow End, 7, The Drive Flat 3 Little Finches Residents Associations Meeting Tim Pearce............ ................ 13 Wellmeade Drive Sevenoaks Clarendon Court Morleys Road Townscape and Planning Group Report Tim Pearce .................. 14 Sevenoaks TN13 3AB Sevenoaks Sevenoaks Weald Salmon's Richard Baxter ...................... 15 TN13 1QA TN13 1ES TN14 6QY Drawing up a Local Heritage List David Dewar ......................... 16 01732 457143 01732 460326 01732 465110 01732 458456 TALKS Tim Pearce Chevening Chipstead and Bessels Green ...................................... 18 Committee Members Living in Knole in the 21st Century .............................................. 19 Roger FitzGerald RIBA The Impact of Driverless Cars on Sevenoaks ................................ 20 David Gamble Charles George Calendar for Sevenoaks Society & Historical Society .................... 21 Geraldine Tucker Membership Application form .............................................. 22 John Stambollouian Membership Subscriptions Tim Pearce ............................ 23 Nick Umney Sevenoaks Society Publications .............................................. 24 Roger Walshe Magazine Editor VICTORIA GRANVILLE 7, The Drive Sevenoaks TN13 3AB [email protected] The winner of our cover caption competition in the Summer 2017 issue is Nick 2 White, who came up with "The Arrival of the New Chairman". Award to follow. 3 cover photograph with kind permission of Graham Usher and the Sevenoaks Camera Club Thankyou for all your entries. Chairman’s Report David Green John Stambollouian announced the not, of course, share this information second tranche of properties to be ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING results of this year’s Frank Marshall with any third party without your prior included will shortly be going out to th The Annual General Meeting held on 4 award which went to the recent consent. I would ask you to do this AT public consultation. October was a full and eventful occasion conversion of the Barn at Knole House ONCE; if you leave it inevitably it will be attended by 75 members of the Society – into a conservation studio and store and forgotten! As a result of the Society’s involvement in the largest attendance for a number of the new Brewhouse café adjacent to it. It the Local List we have been invited to talk years. was fitting that Lord Sackville was present Finally on the topic of membership, we to the Maidenhead Civic Society at its and able to accept the plaque on behalf still need someone to take on the role of annual general meeting and to Civic Voice The evening began with the launch of the Membership Secretary. I am sure there at its 50th Anniversary Conference, the new book “Sevenoaks Forgotten Past – of the National Trust team responsible for the conversion work. must be one amongst or members who latter being clearly a significant occasion. Lodges & Coach Houses” written by two would be willing to take this on. If that I am grateful to John Stambollouian and of our members – Elizabeth Purves and Finally, Lord Sackville entertained those could be you please speak to Tim Pearce David Gamble for agreeing to attend the Geraldine Tucker. It is a most interesting present with a description of what it is who will be happy to explain exactly what events on behalf of the Society. history of the many former gatehouses like to live in Knole House in the 21st is involved. and lodges to the great houses and century, and what further changes and THE LOCAL PLAN estates in Sevenoaks which still remain improvements will be made to the WALKS notwithstanding the disappearance their The emerging draft of the Local Plan will showrooms as part of the ongoing £20 I am delighted to be able to announce be open for public consultation and associated estates. It is now on sale at million restoration scheme. A full report Sevenoaks Book Shop at the very that Nick and Lydia Umney have comment during the Spring of next year. of his talk appears elsewhere in this volunteered to take over the organisation Already the Society’s Townscape and reasonable price of £12. I commend it to magazine. all our members as a great addition to and running of the monthly walks from Planning Group has spent much time the history of our town. MEMBERSHIP Nick White, whilst Nick will continue to considering the response to be made by supervise the sale of the Walk Books the Society to the Council’s Issues and There then followed the AGM itself In my report in the June edition of the through the several outlets from which Options paper. It will be interesting to see chaired with his usual aplomb by our magazine I mentioned the need to recruit they can be purchased. We are most what emerges. President, Sir Michael Harrison. more members, and although we have grateful to Nick and Lydia for Following the election of officers and had a number of recent additions to the volunteering; I think they have ideas for HERITAGE BUILDINGS EXHIBITION committee the meeting approved the membership we would still welcome some changes in arrangements which Plans for this exhibition are proceeding, committee’s recommendation that more. So if you know anyone who would may hopefully increase the number of although at present we await a final subscriptions be increased with effect be interested in the work of the Society participants. decision of the venue for it. In the from 1st April 2018 – single membership do encourage them to join. It is also right that I should take this meantime work is in hand on the from £10 to £12, joint membership from preparation of the book which we intend £14 to £18, single Oak (20 years) Nick Umney has kindly agreed to lend his opportunity to thank Nick most sincerely expertise to facilitating a revision of the for all his efforts over a number of years to publish for sale alongside the membership from £85 to £100 and joint exhibition. Oak Membership from £120 to £135. membership lists in order to make the which have seen every walk checked out administration of the Society easier and and the sale of the books increase Many of you pay your subscriptions by BUCKHURST 2 CAR PARK standing order, so may I ask you to less time-consuming. To assist in this significantly. He has done a great job. process may I ask all of you who are on As predicted in my previous Report, the amend your own order IMMEDIATELY; THE LOCAL LIST this will save much time and effort on the email to send your email address to Tim District Council has applied to itself for part of the Treasurer when next year’s Pearce ([email protected]) I am pleased to report that the wording planning permission to build a new multi- subscriptions fall due. A full Minute of together with your telephone number of the Article 4 Direction referred to in storey car park with associated dwellings the meeting will appear in the June 2018 and an indication of whether you are my previous report has now been settled on the Buckhurst 2 car park site. Whilst 4 edition of the magazine. willing to receive the magazine online by the Council’s legal team and its effect this latest scheme is considered to be 5 (this will save the Society a not- will shortly be circulated to the owners of aesthetically an improvement on the After the business part of the evening inconsiderable sum each year). We shall those properties affected by it. The previous one, serious concerns still exist Chairman’s Report (cont’d) Footpaths and Walks Nick White over the issue of vehicular access and the me or Tim Pearce for more information After organising the Society’s walks for the keep the remaining stocks and continue to likely increase in traffic flow at the junction about what is involved. past five years I have decided that the time sell them to the seven existing outlets and to of Suffolk Way and the High Street where has come to pass the baton. I am very anyone else who wants to buy them. When I pedestrian safety remains a major concern SEVENOAKS SUMMER FAYRE pleased to report that Nick and Lydia Umney took over the walks section there were four have agreed to take on this role from the volumes, each containing eleven walks. I have and appropriate representations have been As in previous years the Society had a stall in start of 2018. They are very keen walkers and updated the original 44 walks and added a made to the Council. We await the outcome this year’s Summer Fayre, but on this occa- full of enthusiasm. I wish them every success. fifth volume all of which are produced in a with considerable interest. sion it was located in an alleyway well away state of the art format thanks to the artistic from the main event which was far from COMMITTEE MEMBERS The Sevenoaks Society has been organising skills of Victoria Granville Baxter and the satisfactory. On raising our concerns with walks for 45 years. The first of these started expertise of Sevenoaks Print Studio. As indicated in my June Report, at the AGM the Town Council we learned that it is the from the Hole-in-the Wall in Seal Hollow Road we said farewell to John Edge and Maree Council’s intention to hold next year’s Fayre in or about January 1972.

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