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Newsletter 2015-3A The national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment AUTUMN 2015 Jon Goodall — 1948-2015 This dummy page has been inserted to ensure that the following pages appear correctly as double spreads Jon Goodall in March 2010 If your version of Acrobat allows,outside select the “View” Lodge from off University the top menu, then “Page Display”,Road then “Two-up”which the or University “Two-up Continuous”.subsequently demolished. Photo courtesy Leicester Mercury As many of you know, Jon Goodall, Chairman of the Leicester Group of the Victorian Society, died in Leicester Royal Infirmary on 22nd May 2015, just after the previous issue of this newsletter had been posted. Jon was a native of Derby, and studied economics at Leeds University. After graduation he joined the East Midlands Gas Board, and after a brief spell in Sheffield he was transferred to Leicester where he settled for the rest of his life. Jon’s interests in Victorian architecture, transport and industrial history were wide-ranging and his knowledge of these subjects was impressive. Although outwardly unassuming, he cared deeply about the city's Victorian heritage and sat on a number of committees and advisory panels where his knowledge and judgement were valued and appreciated. He was a member of the Leicestershire Industrial History Society, the Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society, the Leicester Transport Trust and the Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, where he was a regular volunteer. He was a long-standing member of the Victorian Society and one of the early members of the Leicester Group, of which he became Chairman about 15 years ago. The national charity campaigning for the Victorian and Edwardian historic environment AUTUMN 2015 Jon Goodall — 1948-2015 Jon Goodall in March 2010 outside the Lodge off University Road which the University subsequently demolished. Photo courtesy Leicester Mercury As many of you know, Jon Goodall, Chairman of the Leicester Group of the Victorian Society, died in Leicester Royal Infirmary on 22nd May 2015, just after the previous issue of this newsletter had been posted. Jon was a native of Derby, and studied economics at Leeds University. After graduation he joined the East Midlands Gas Board, and after a brief spell in Sheffield he was transferred to Leicester where he settled for the rest of his life. Jon’s interests in Victorian architecture, transport and industrial history were wide-ranging and his knowledge of these subjects was impressive. Although outwardly unassuming, he cared deeply about the city's Victorian heritage and sat on a number of committees and advisory panels where his knowledge and judgement were valued and appreciated. He was a member of the Leicestershire Industrial History Society, the Leicestershire Archaeological & Historical Society, the Leicester Transport Trust and the Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, where he was a regular volunteer. He was a long-standing member of the Victorian Society and one of the early members of the Leicester Group, of which he became Chairman about 15 years ago. Jon was also a keen follower of sport, particularly cricket and football - there were more Wisdens than Pevsners on his bookshelves - and he remained loyal to his Derby origins to the end of his life. He is reputed to have played a mean game of croquet! He underwent major surgery at the beginning of March, a few days before his 67th birthday, and had seemed to be making a very good recovery. Jon, who lived alone, spent a couple of weeks convalescing in a nursing home after discharge from hospital, and was out and about in April when he was very optimistic about his future. He attended the Leicester Group meeting in April, and a committee meeting a week later, but then complications set in, and he was re-admitted to hospital where his condition deteriorated rapidly. His funeral took place at Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester, on 18th June, and was attended by many of his friends and colleagues from the organisations he supported. Jon is survived by his brother Richard. Chairmen’s Report Following Jon’s death, the committee agreed that Neil Crutchley and Peter Ellis should act as Joint Chairmen for the time being. Neither wishes to assume the role in the long term, and it hoped that a more permanent solution can be found by the time of the Group AGM in February 2016. For the moment, Neil is chairing meetings and introducing our speakers, and Peter has taken on some of Jon’s other roles including representing the Group on the City Council Conservation Advisory Panel (CAP). Peter also attended the national AGM in Cardiff in July, where the Society’s victory in the campaign to prevent demolition of large parts of Smithfield Market was a major cause of celebration, and was followed by the withdrawal of London University’s plans to demolish a row of historic buildings on The Strand, close to Somerset House. This scheme, approved by English Heritage (as it then was) provoked outrage in the press, and the Victorian Society was in the forefront of successfully mobilising public opinion against it. We were delighted to see that Michael Hall, who spoke to the Leicester Group in March 2015, was this year’s winner of the prestigious Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, awarded by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, for his superb book on George Frederick Bodley. This award is given annually to the author of a literary work which, in the opinion of the SAHGB award committee, provides an outstanding contribution to the study or knowledge of architectural history. Previous winners have included Andrew Saint, whose talk on Richard Norman Shaw got our 2015-16 meeting series off to such a splendid start in October (see review on page 10). A fascinating talk on ‘Joseph Carey Merrick, Leicester’s Elephant Man’ followed in November. We have recently opened a Twitter account - @LeicVicSoc - so that members and others can be more easily informed of topical issues as they arise. 2 Buildings Sub-Committee Report 53 Oxford Street - architect and date unknown This modest un-listed building is now almost the only remnant of Oxford Street’s industrial past. Plans had been submitted to demolish and replace it with a block of student flats of almost unimaginable dreariness. The Conservation Advisory Panel, supported by the Society, asked the developers to think again, and new proposals have now been submitted incorporating most of the existing building, including its facade, into the new structure, with the old cart opening to be used as the main entrance to the block. Former hosiery factory - 53 Oxford Street. Former Savings Bank - Grey Friars / St Martins This building has been empty for some time, but plans have been submitted (and approved) for conversion into a restaurant and delicatessen. The only external alteration will be the lowering of the ground floor window sills to facilitate pedestrian ‘window shopping’, and assurances have been given that this will be done in keeping with the existing fabric. Former Savings Bank Grey Friars / St Martin’s. St Peter’s, Highfields The Leicester Mercury recently reported that St Peter's is to receive a development grant of £29,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This will, apparently, enable it “to apply for a further grant ... to undertake urgent structural repairs to the church tower and tower roofs, stabilising the stonework and removing the risk of further damage. The grant will also enable the church to develop heritage education work with children and families.” 3 A Leicestershire Victorian Alphabet Zachary Merton Zachary Merton was born in Germany in 1843, into a family of Anglo- German industrialists and philanthropists. By 1881 he had become a British subject and was described as a General Merchant. He married Rosalie Antoine in 1899 and the 1901 census shows him living in Westminster, by then a Metal Merchant. He was also a mine owner, his businesses flourished and he became a wealthy man. It is said that Zachary and another wealthy man were in the Middlesex Hospital London, awaiting serious operations. Zachary vowed that if he recovered, he would build six convalescent homes and his fellow patient said that he would furnish them. This probably happened around 1911 when Zachary made a will and set up a trust fund of £350,000. He died in 1915 and six homes were built after the death of his wife in 1930. The other patient reneged on his part of the agreement! The Leicestershire Zachary Merton Convalescent Home was built in the peaceful and healthy setting of Woodhouse Eaves. World War I veterans and post-operative patients from Leicester hospitals were cared for by the trust. In 1987 the home was taken over by the NHS, but by the end of the century it was closed and the building sold to a care home company. It re-opened as Bradgate Nursing Home, but was closed and abandoned in 2006. This fine functional building was badly vandalised and finally demolished in 2014 to make way for luxury homes. The site developers were contacted, and given a brief history of Zachary Merton, with the suggestion that his name might be remembered in some way. However, it appears that the name ‘Lady Martin Drive’ had already been chosen by the parish council. At least one of Merton’s endowments does still survive - The Zachary Merton Hospital at Littlehampton, West Sussex. Former patients who enjoyed their convalescence in the peace and tranquillity of Woodhouse Eaves, can only remember with gratitude their generous benefactor, the Victorian philanthropist Zachary Merton. Carole Face Further to my article ‘Y is for YMCA’ in the summer newsletter, I omitted to mention that grade II status was only awarded to the YMCA building in 2001 due to the hard work and perseverance of Rowan Roenisch.
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