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A FINE HALF-CENTURY Special anniversary edition celebrating 50 years of WMF 1

MESSAGE FROM JONATHAN FOYLE, IN THIS ISSUE... CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Autumn 2014 FEATURES World Monuments Fund Britain Ltd 70 Cowcross Street 50th Anniversary 2 London EC1M 6EJ Telephone: +44 (0)20 7251 8142 Fax: +44 (0)20 7490 4795 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wmf.org.uk Charity number: 1126578 Registered company number: 6730565

Staff

Dr Jonathan Foyle Chief Executive

Ewa Manias Finance Director Andrew Rye Development Manager Melissa Marshall Project Manager Sarah Meaker Outreach Manager WMF’s story is as compelling as the Sophie Buchanan Project Officer hundreds of sites it protects

Trustees

Mr Pierre Valentin, Chairman Ms Susan Daniels REGULARS Dr Lois de Menil Profiles 5 Dr Peter Frankopan Charities rarely stay the same, for they must respond to their 2 3 Mr William Loschert Ruthie Dibble Mr Richard Mansell-Jones own past, to present need and future opportunity. Staying vital Dr Christopher Tadgell Mrs Catrin Treadwell has forever been this way: Mary Beard talks of human ritual as

The Viscount of Norwich, Chairman Emeritus being “always a mixture of scrupulous attention to precedent,

Monumentum is generously supported convenient amnesia, and the ‘invention of tradition.’” by The Paul Mellon Estate A glance ahead to WMF’s 50th anniversary year reminds us Cultureshock Media that there is much work to address. We witness conflict tearing Art Direction & Production w w w.cultureshockmedia.co.uk down cultural monuments with a new ferocity, particularly in Africa, and the Middle East where the cultural heritage of Syria

was included on the 2014 Watch. The climate is changing, as Our 2014 Yale Scholar reports from extreme weather hurls new meteorological records at our fragile Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire historic environments. Meanwhile, much regular funding has 4 Project update 6 been withdrawn from the support of historic assets. The criteria for success from major funders are also tougher. Today, we expect business-ready solutions with guaranteed audiences. It’s not enough simply to repair a damaged roof so that untold people can share the pleasure of living within a pattern of crafted historic buildings. For buildings to stand, they have to be useful. To properly care for these ancestral gifts we ourselves need Cover image: to evolve and recast our own tradition to face new opportu- News from Zanzibar, Coventry Three of the seven Ahu Akivi moai which nities. To help us, we are delighted to welcome Andrew Rye and Newstead Abbey look out towards the Pacific Ocean on 1 Guests attending the Study Day at Hampton Easter Island. Photographed in c.1966 from the Royal Shakespeare Company as our new Development Court in April were treated to a day of Events 12 after conservation. expert talks and behind the scenes access. Manager. Now the 6- year project for Stowe House and its public Autumn/Winter events schedule 2 A week of 50th anniversary celebrations access is approaching completion we will be undertaking announced was rounded off by a dinner at Stowe House Photo Credits on 13th June. We welcomed many of those who original research on the state of the cultural environment for a Inside cover: (Image 2) © David Jensen had donated to Stowe and the craftspeople Page 1:(Jonathan Foyle) © Paul Clarke broad public audience, and in the coming months a refreshed and specialists involved with the (Moai) © Max Donoso/World Monuments Fund conservation process. Here Bonnie website will present a new portfolio of projects with opportu- Page 8: © Coventry Cathedral Burnham, President of WMF addresses the Page 9: (Fran Scargill) © Andy Marshall nities to profoundly engage communities and supporters. audience in the Music Room ahead of dinner (Richard Mansell-Jones) © Richard in the Marble Saloon. In this anniversary year, we hope you might join us in Holttum/WMF 3 The first of our ‘Architecture &…’ series Page 10: © Nottingham City Council whatever way you can to help us evolve, so that we can support kicked-off with ‘…Memory’ on 9th June. Page 11: (Quarr Abbey) © Quarr Abbey We welcomed William Dalrymple and John our historic buildings toward a better future. EVENTS Page 12-13: (Jung Chang) © Jon Halliday Julius Norwich whose dulcet tones were (Stowe Lion) © Andy Marshall enjoyed by the full-house at The May Fair (Gingerbread house) © Carrie Stephens Hotel’s Screening Room. on Flickr: http://bit.ly/1qjKQ5B 4 June was also the month we hosted our annual Mellon Lecture at the Art Workers Guild. We welcomed Architectural Advisory Committee member Stuart Tappin who spoke MONUMENTUM AUTUMN 2014 on the history and challenges of concrete use in buildings. REVIEW 1 COVER STORY TURNING 50 Over the past half century, WMF has supported more than 600 important and vulnerable heritage sites around the world, and the story of our history is just as compelling as the sites we are dedicated to protecting

Opposite Conserving It begins back in 1965, when James A. Gray – a retired Leaning Tower of Pisa, before his fledgling organi- the rock-hewn Coptic churches US Army colonel with a keen interest in solving en- sation took on its first project at the deteriorating of Lalibela was gineering problems and a passion for ancient sites twelfth-century rock-hewn Coptic Christian WMF’s first- ever project in – founded the International Fund for Monuments, as WMF churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia. Gray was able to the 1960s. was originally known. Gray had no professional match donors to projects, and the challenges of experience in conservation, but having witnessed these early initiatives – technical issues, financial UNESCO’s international campaign to move the needs and a lack of public awareness – still drive Nubian Monuments at Abu Simbel before the con- WMF’s expertise today. struction of Egypt’s Aswan High Dam, he became The task at Lalibela was to find a method to convinced that far more could be done to preserve remove a bituminous wall coating causing the deteri- Colonel Gray cultural heritage if the private sector was engaged oration of delicate murals within the sanctuary. The examines one of the moai figures in the effort. US government funded five years of archaeological during its The creation of WMF stemmed from Gray’s survey and trained an Ethiopian work force to un- transportation to Washington DC powerful conviction that private interest and dertake the restoration – a project that ran until the where it was put on investment in conservation should support and country’s government fell to revolutionaries in 1972. display to raise public awareness of strengthen government resources to protect the In the late sixties, Gray successfully transported one the unique heritage historic environment. He began with feasibility of Easter Island’s 1000 year old Moai figures to the US of Easter Island. studies to address the progressive tilting of the in a promotional tour that brought the threatened site international attention and the funds to instigate a long-term conservation project. Although the same approach would never happen today, WMF’s work at the island continues, helping support conservation at Rano Raraku and Oronogo, two distinguished ar- chaeological sites in the Rapa Nui National Park. The campaign to preserve Venice in the aftermath of the 1966 floods was IFM’s focus throughout the 1970’s, and by 1980, the growing organisation began to apply its skills across Europe, with the support of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. In 1990, WMF presented HRH The Prince of Wales with its annual Hadrian Award in recognition of his efforts in ad- vancing the conservation of world architecture, and in his acceptance speech HRH called attention to the

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‘The ability to leverage local 50th priority projects investment in projects is a RUTHIE DIBBLE Five priority projects have been selected to celebrate defining characteristic of the 50th anniversary – learn more at www.wmf50.org As part of the 2014 Yale WMF’s success...’ Scholarship, History of Art PhD 1. , , 1 student Ruthie Dibble wrote a Restoration of the original planting research report on Sulgrave Manor schemes and water systems of two in Northamptonshire – a 2014 Watch riverfront gardens built by the Mughal site famed as the ancestral home Emperors – Mehtab Bagh (“the of George Washington. Here Ruthie Moonlight Garden”) and the Garden shares her experiences of the site of the Tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah – to support Agra as a sustainable tourist

Top destination. “This summer I set out to help Sulgrave Manor support for sites urgently in need of help – from the The recovery from the develop a cohesive and inspiring vision, which 1966 Great Floods in to Strawberry Hill and Machu Picchu to Venice was WMF’s focus 2. Phnom Bakheng Temple, Ankor, will enable them to take full advantage of their Gorton Monastery. The ability to leverage local in- throughout the 1970s. Cambodia nomination to the 2014 Watch. The property 2 vestment in projects is a defining characteristic of Bottom Training a team of conservators to restore has fallen on hard times in recent years. Despite WMF’s success, aided greatly by the philanthropy of HRH The Prince of Wales the late-ninth-century temple and sur- a thriving primary school programme, the was presented with the late Robert Wilson, who in 1998 offered a chal- the Hadrian Award in rounding shrines, and implement a building, collection, and grounds are suffering lenge fund of $100 million on the condition that 1990 in recognition well-managed visitor system to ensure from neglect brought on by lack of funding. of his commitment to WMF secure match funding from local partners. the conservation of minimal damage from tourism. I had the opportunity to live in the twen- This quest has increased the scale and impact of our international heritage. tieth-century wing of the house, and spent projects all over the world and generated some of our 3. Qianlong Garden in the Forbidden time in the archives getting to the root of the most memorable legacies, including Stowe House – a City, Beijing, China 3 Manor’s current identity crisis. I also went landmark achievement in WMFB fundraising over Phase two of a four-phase project at the on tours, walked the grounds, and shadowed the past five years, for which we generously thank late-eighteenth-century garden complex visitors, trying to get a sense of the Manor’s all those who donated. to continue WMF’s work supporting a con- current visitor experience. As we look to the next 50 years, with the era servation lab and training programme to I concluded that Sulgrave Manor should be of the Robert W. Wilson Challenge at a close and teach a new generation of artisans how to dedicated to the enjoyment, understanding, plight of St George’s Hall in Liverpool, describing it as without government funding nor an endowment, restore and maintain the buildings. and preservation of Anglo-American history and ‘one of the finest neoclassical buildings in the world’. WMF’s flexible approach – adapting to changing culture through its historic property, distinctive 4 The restoration of the Small Concert Room at St circumstances to find effective and meaningful 4. Farnese Aviaries, Rome, Italy collections, and related education programs. I George’s (2004-2006) was WMF Britain’s first project, solutions, build partnerships and raise funds from Restoration of the deteriorating six- have provided a plan for the Manor to reach out the London office having been founded with a gift of scratch – is becoming increasingly valuable. teenth-century aviaries to enhance the to the region and national and international $1 million and a bequest from one of America’s most visitor experience of the Palatine Hill and communities as a cultural resource. If Sulgrave Anglophile benefactors, the late Paul Mellon (1907- SUPPORT US adjacent Roman Forum. achieve this they will play a valuable role in 1999). WMFB has since completed projects at over 30 the interpretation and preservation of Anglo- UK sites – and established partnerships with many 5. Quinta de Presa, Lima, Peru American culture for future generations.” more on the Watch – to provide on-site conservation, With no government funding or endowment, we Conservation and adaptive re-use of the 5 educational resources, training and advocacy. This rely on the generosity of people like you to enable late-rococo style eighteenth-century villa year, WMF welcomes HRH as Honorary Chairman of our work. Join us in our 50th year and become part to secure the building’s future, increase the 50th anniversary. of our international heritage community. tourism and encourage community use. Amidst an ever-increasing demand for support, www.wmf.org.uk/involved WMF launched the World Monuments Watch in 1996, a biennial advocacy programme to attract To find out more about becoming a WMFB sup- international attention and secure financial porter, speak to our Membership and Events Manager Sarah Meaker on +44 (0)207 251 8142, COVER STORY or email [email protected]

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the most visible marker at the site, and designated an historic monument. Architecturally it is a re- markable piece of design, fusing stylistic influences ZANZIBAR from Zanzibar and the Middle East with Victorian Stephen Battle, WMF’s Program Director Gothic and Arts and Crafts decorative motifs. But for Sub-Saharan Africa, reports on our time and Zanzibar’s harsh tropical climate have reaped a toll. When WMFB became involved in the project in Zanzibar at 2014 Watch site project the cathedral was in danger of collapse. A Christ Church Cathedral and the former large structural crack ran the entire length of the Slave Market in Stone Town barrel vault roof continuing down the west gable wall, the roof leaked and historic plaster inside and For centuries, Zanzibar was the epicentre of political outside the building was severely eroded. In 2013, and economic power in East Africa. Stone Town, the WMFB successfully applied for a grant from the EU to oldest part of the capital Zanzibar City, was listed as a carry out conservation at the cathedral and create a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, and its unique Heritage and Education Centre at the site telling the cultural heritage reflects the diverse origins and story of slavery and its abolition. great wealth of its inhabitants – combining influ- Work commenced in October 2013. The most ences from Arabia, the Gulf and Western India with urgent structural repairs were completed in European and Swahili architecture. February this year – ten stainless steel tie rods Zanzibar was also the site of East Africa’s most were installed underneath the barrel vault to tie notorious slave market. Slaves captured on the the main walls of the nave together. Exterior work mainland were brought to Zanzibar in chains, often commenced with the severely-damaged west gable enduring horrific hardship on their journey, and wall to grout, pin and re-plaster the structural sold in the city’s slave market. It is because the cracks. The team then began conserving the rose island was so central to the slave trade that it played window, one of the most important features of the Left to right such an important role in the abolition of slavery in Cathedral – its stained glass dates to the building’s poorest countries. Tourism accounts for 80% of The rose window prior to its conservation. East Africa. The market was closed on the orders of construction and is rare in Africa. The window was Zanzibar’s GDP, and it is estimated that over 70% of Stained glass is rarely the Sultan on June 6, 1873. In 1878 a cathedral was suffering from cracked tracery and deteriorating Zanzibar’s inhabitants, most of who survive on low found in Africa making this work even more completed on the site, and the altar stands over plaster, and weather damage had further under- incomes, earn their living in some way from the vital. the original location of the whipping post at the mined its structural integrity. tourism sector. Stimulating tourism creates jobs The rose window during centre of the former market. The site is of immense The painstaking conservation of the rose window and wealth, and helps to tackle poverty. But com- conservation: Local cultural, historic and moral significance. was completed in July 2014, the work ably guided by memorating this dark period in the region’s history craftspeople learn about the conservation Today almost nothing commemorates what Tony Steel, a master Stonemason originally from and creating an education facility is important for process alongside occurred at this place. Christ Church Cathedral is Yorkshire, who has worked in Zanzibar for nearly another reason. Intolerance is a scourge in all soci- masonry specialists.

twenty years and brings skills learnt conserving Brit- eties. The abolition of slavery is a moral statement The repair of the roof ain’s great cathedrals. A key component of the project about our shared humanity, and this message is as was a priority. is training and capacity building for craftspeople, relevant today as it was in the nineteenth-century. and Tony is assisted by a skilled local team. As the former gateway to East Africa, Zanzibar has The other component of the project is to create always welcomed a kaleidoscope of cultures, and a Heritage and Education centre at the site, which this rich and diverse heritage is the source of its will include an exhibit telling the story of slavery modern-day cultural vibrancy. Commemorating in East Africa, and the history of the last open the abolition of slavery, and creating a Heritage slave market and its abolition. The objective is to Centre is an opportunity to reaffirm this principle, improve the site as a visitor destination. Not only celebrating diversity and tolerance. will the revenue earned by the church from visitors help to cover future maintenance costs, stimu- To find out more, or to pledge your support for our project in Zanzibar, please con- lating tourism in Zanzibar it also has an important tact WMFB’s Development Manager Andrew Rye on economic goal. Tanzania is one of the world’s Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 8142 or email [email protected]

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6 7 PROJECT UPDATE COVENTRY ON COURSE Richard Mansell-Jones Stabilising the evocative ruins of Coventry’s medieval cathedral is a major part of WMFB’s on-going project at the site, and repair work has WMF Britain is delighted to introduce trustee Richard Mansell-Jones who continued throughout summer 2014 joined us in March 2013. Richard has been a committed supporter of WMFB since 2002. He brings with him a wealth Scaffolding rose in the centre of Coventry of financial experience and a passion in autumn 2011 when an alarming crack for cathedrals suddenly appeared in the south-west corner of the medieval ruins of St Mi- Richard Mansell-Jones read “Greats” chael’s Cathedral. This crisis blocked off (Classics) at Oxford and qualified as a Bayley Lane and brought a 2012 Watch Chartered Accountant with Price Water- listing. A fuller programme of repairs was house. His career was spent in finance rolled out in June 2012 to replace decayed and industry, as Chairman both of a stonework and defective drainage around merchant bank and of an international the landmark steeple. The Dean and industrial conglomerate. Chapter increased the contract to include In the voluntary sector, he was the north wall and north-west corner, Opposite Treasurer of the Royal Hospital for Neuro- where work was completed in Spring 2013. complete, the collection remains in safe is now complete and her iconographic The removal of disability and is currently Chairman of vegetation from FRAN SCARGILL Watch sponsor American Express storage at the cathedral as we help the analysis will be published in 2015 the stonework the Finance Committee of the Burlington In 2012 Fran joined the Crick-Smith University of Lincoln extended their support for Coventry, Dean and Chapter to achieve the best alongside George Demidowicz’s research prevented swelling Magazine and a Trustee of the British roots from bursting team to conserve over 12,000 fragments of Coventry’s allowing the scope of work to increase and scenario for its public display. WMFB in a new book, Old Coventry Cathedral. We the masonry apart. Sporting Art Trust. He is also an active medieval glass. Trained at York, Fran brought valuable ex- tackle repairs to the north wall in March is exploring this next stage of the glass are also discussing how best to make the supporter, at Patron level, of the British Above perience to the WMF approach of public-facing conservation this year. Contractors are currently on-site, story as part of our project to inspire extensive glass catalogue available as a The scaffold Museum, the Wallace Collection, the V&A work, which allowed people to watch the process at the city’s and this phase of the work has included fresh interest and support for the ca- valuable public resource. The feasibility encasing the ruins and the Art Fund. He has been a Capital of Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery. Fran went on to work as a stained glass rebuilding the parapet wall (which was thedral and Coventry’s historic quarter study is now being concluded and the medieval cathedral Supporter of WMF since 2006. conservator at Frankfurt’s Derix Glasstudios Taunusstein found to be unstable and in a much worse more generally. Medieval Stained Glass recommendations will be taken forward will soon be Richard has a broad general interest removed to reveal and is now employed at Svensk Klimatstyrning in Sweden, condition than anticipated) stabilising the specialist Dr Heather Gilderdale Scott’s as a central element of the cathedral’s exemplary work. in the arts and collects French eight- caring for the stained glass windows at Uppsala Cathedral. first bay of the east wall, removing plant catalogue of the collection and report forthcoming funding applications. eenth-century drawings. In this context We wish Fran every success in her future career. in-growth, removing and replacing the he is in regular contact with auction failing concrete capping to the parapet “We are the custodians of one of the region’s most houses, dealers, galleries and museum with lead capping, and replacing the grills curators. His interest in architecture across the windows. Less than three years iconic buildings, one which evokes profound emotion arose from childhood visits to cathe- after the cracks in the ruins first appeared, drals. As churchwarden of a Lincolnshire work to fully repair and stabilise St Mi- and creates lasting memories for the visitors who village church he became acquainted chael’s is set for completion by the end of with the practical aspects of caring for 2014 – a milestone achievement in WMFB’s travel from all over the world to see it.” historic buildings. project at Coventry. With the cleaning and conservation The Very Reverend John Witcombe, Dean of Coventry. of Coventry’s medieval stained glass

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8 9 PROJECT UPDATE Deptford Dockyard, Battersea Power Station, Q u a r r A b b e y, 2014 Watch 2014 Watch 2012 Watch SHOW OF SUPPORT

FOR NEWSTEAD Dr Patrick Candler, Chairman of the The future of Byron’s ancestral home looks bright with the establishment NAP addresses the new of the Newstead Abbey Partnership committee. In March 2014 a representation hearing Back in June new signage appeared on Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight is one of was held at City Hall by the Mayor of the exterior scaffolding of the power the most important twentieth-century London to determine planning per- station announcing the start of work on religious structures in the UK, and the mission for the proposed Convoy’s Wharf the chimneys. Demolition of the south- home of an active monastic community. development on the site of Deptford west tower is now well underway, having When it was Watch listed in 2012, much Dockyard and Sayes Court Garden. The begun in mid-July. Earlier in the summer, of the site was in need of repair, in- Mayor granted developers Hutchison the Watch nominator, Battersea Power cluding the modernist buildings, and Whampoa planning permission subject Station Community Group, (BPSCG) met the remains of the ancient, now-ruined to a section 106 legal agreement, which with Wandsworth Council to discuss the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary’s. The Watch specifies two conditions relating to the legal and financial agreement attached generated much-needed publicity for the community group projects associated to the planning permission concerning abbey, and strengthened a successful with the 2014 Watch nomination. The the reconstruction of the chimneys. application to the Heritage Lottery Fund developers must secure a viable project BPSCG is unconvinced that sufficient for £1.3 million. The grant has helped to for the Sayes court Garden Community legal safeguards are in place to ensure complete essential conservation work – Group, who hope to create a world class that the chimneys are rebuilt should the consolidating the medieval ruins – and Romantic poet Bryon. It was included garden and centre of horticultural in- developer default. English Heritage have create a new visitor centre in the part on the 2012 Watch due to the vulnerable novation on the site of John Evelyn’s advised that the matter is the concern and of the monastery open to the public. condition of the abbey and wider estate, seventeenth-century garden at Deptford. responsibility of the Council, to whom The new centre was officially opened the substantial cost of repair work They must also fund and produce a fea- they have emphasised the need for legal on September 2nd, and visitors are now required and the ongoing challenge of sibility study to propose clear options for safeguards to ensure that there will not welcomed by new interpretation boards enabling public access. the Lenox project, the campaign to build be any lessening of the protection for the and signage, improved access, and family At the time of our last update in autumn new members invited to join. Chairman WMF Britain is supporting the NAP a replica of the Restoration warship Lenox designated site during the removal and activities including woodland trails. 2013, Newstead Abbey’s fledgling friends Dr Patrick Candler praised the work of the in its vision to increase opening hours, in the original dockyard site. WMFB con- reconstruction process. WMFB continues group was busy recruiting a founding steering group: refresh interpretation, improve the tinues to lend advocacy support to these to monitor any developments.

committee following two public meetings visitor experience and attract new users local campaigns to ensure Deptford’s 2014 WATCH DAY to bring together local supporters. In less “The passion and enthusiasm for to increase revenue to the site. In an im- history is recognised and protected. Battersea is hosting a guided walk in the ‘Vauxhall, Battersea & Nine Elms Opportunity Area’ on September than a year, with WMFB’s continued Newstead Abbey remains undimin- portant first step, the group is currently STUDY DAY 27th, which will take in historic buildings along the support and a grant of £40,000 via The ished. There is a tremendous wealth supporting the City Council’s efforts to Due to popular demand we are running a second Study Thames and the emergence of new buildings, including Day at Deptford and Greenwich. Further details on the US embassy. For more information contact Sarah Paul Mellon Estate, the Newstead Abbey of experience, skills and knowledge prepare an updated Condition Survey page 12. Meaker, email: [email protected]. Partnership (NAP) is now formally estab- in our new Committee and we now of Newstead. They are also focusing on MORE DETAILS lished. The group will help to promote have the challenge of coordinating our setting up a website and seeking chari- 2016 WORLD To find out more about the planning process, visit: Newstead’s significance, encourage ideas so that we can confirm Newstead table status in order to be eligible for www.london.gov.uk/priorities/planning/public- MONUMENTS hearings/convoys-wharf tourism and secure new funds for nec- as the jewel in Nottinghamshire’s certain funding. WATCH essary conservation work. cultural and heritage crown”. If you would like to find out more about the Newstead At the NAP’s initial meeting, held in Abbey Partnership, or are interested in joining the group, please contact WMFB Project Manager Melissa Newstead’s historic orangery on June 25, Newstead was founded in the Marshall on email: [email protected]. You can also Nominations open for the 2016 committee members were formally ap- twelfth-century as a priory and is best keep updated with the group via their new Twitter Watch in October. To learn more account: twitter.com/NA_Partnership. pointed, the constitution adopted, and known today as the ancestral home of about how to nominate a site and to receive updates register your PROJECT UPDATE PROJECT UPDATE interest with Melissa Marshall, email: [email protected] 10 EVENTS

Capital Supporters and International Councillors’ AUTUMN/ event programme Meet the Makers

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WINTER 2014 In the first of our ‘Meet the Makers’ series, Events Schedule: Supporters enjoy priority, friend of WMFB and talented craftsman, Mark Ossowski opens the doors of his everyone is welcome eighteenth-century mirror restoration workshop in the heart of Pimlico. Join us for an exclusive tour of his gallery, and see behind the scenes as his shares his passion for looking-glasses and the me- ticulous attention to detail required to ensure any restoration fits in harmoni- Study Day: Study Day: A rchitec tu re &... Food ously with the rest of the piece. Stowe House and Gardens Ossowski’s, 83 Pimlico Road, London SW1W 8PH Deptford Dockyard & National Wednesday 26th November, 7pm Maritime Museum, Greenwich TICKETS Wednesday 29th October, 10.30am-4pm This is a complimentary event for Capital October, date to be confirmed. Contact Sarah Meaker Supporters and International Councillors. (Tel: +44 (0)20 7251 8142) to express interest. Latest ‘Ace caff with a museum attached.’ Our details can be found at www.wmf.org.uk/activities Stowe House is nearing the end of a £20- need for sustenance has a strong in- million, 10-year restoration project. The fluence on the way historic buildings Supper Club focus has now shifted to the North Hall were designed- and how we use them Wednesday 5th November Deptford Dockyard was included in the where the painted ceiling is the work of today. Loyd Grossman and Marc Mel- 2014 World Monuments Watch due to the eighteenth-century architect William tonville discuss restaurant design, Back by popular demand, we revisit the outstanding global significance of the site Kent. This day combines glorious land- medieval etiquette, farmers’ markets, home of celebrated chef and culinary both historically and archaeologically and scape with art-historical richness and cooking in Henry VIII’s kitchens, and anthropologist, Anna Colquhoun for Jung Chang: the threat of unsympathetic development. conservation expertise in the house – a more. Audience participation is very an authentic Italian supper to launch th Empress Dowager Cixi In 1513 Henry VIII founded the Royal Naval ‘behind the scaffold’ view of conservation much welcomed. Further guests to be WMF’s 50 Anniversary Trip to Rome in Dockyard at Deptford, and the King’s Yard work in the North Hall will be a par- announced. 2015. Anna is a fan of simple and seasonal Wednesday 19 November, 7pm became the foremost Royal dockyard of the ticular highlight of the day, as well as a 7pm for complimentary drinks. cuisine and has travelled far and wide to Event starts at 7.30pm Tudor period. Hundreds of warships and review of the plans for the new Interpre- learn her craft. She is a regular contributor Jung Chang is the best-selling author said of herself: “Although I have heard trading vessels were built here, including tation Centre. The May Fair Hotel to BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet and Stratton Street, London W1J 8LT of Wild Swans, which The Asian Wall Street much about Queen Victoria, I do not ships for exploration, science and empire. TICKETS is the author of Eat Slow Britain. As the icing Journal called the most widely read book think her life is half as interesting and The Mary Rose was launched from Deptford in WMFB Supporters/members £50 TICKETS on the cake, we are delighted to welcome Full price £60 WMFB Members/Supporters £15 about China, and Mao: The Unknown eventful as mine.” 1517, and the dockyard remained a naval pow- Full Price £25 WMFB’s Chairman Emeritus, John Julius Story (with Jon Halliday), which was Royal Geographical Society, erhouse for another 350 years. The history Norwich to this event who will share some 1 Kensington Gore, SUPPORTED BY described by Time as “an atom bomb of a London SW7 2AR of Deptford as the lost piece of the Thames of his own stories on Italy’s magnificent book.” She speaks on her newest book, jigsaw will be explored in the comfort of capital city. TICKETS Highbury, London Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who WMFB Members/Supporters £10 the Master Shipwright’s house which sits Launched Modern China, an eye-opening Full price £15 alongside this threatened site and an af- TICKETS account of imperial life in the Forbidden ternoon trip to the archives of the National SUPPORTED BY HOW TO BOOK The ticket price for this event is £75 per head. City in Beijing, the site of a World Monu- Maritime Museum in Greenwich will follow. Places ONLY available to Capital Supporters and TICKETS International Councillors. ments Fund 50th Anniversary project, www.themayfairhotel.co.uk at the latter end of the nineteenth and WMFB Supporters/members £50 Call +44 (0)20 7251 8142 Full price £60 w w w.symm.co.uk dawn of the twentieth-century. As Cixi or book online at www.wmf.org.uk/activities EVENTS

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