ECCLESIOLOGICAL SOCIETY e.uutitfor af d}t Cambrib11t Cambtn e.ocittp of 1839 PRESIDENT: S.E. Dykes Bower, M.A., F. R.l.B.A., P.S.A., Surveyor Emeritus of Westminster Abbey NEWSLETTER Number 36 April 1992 NOTE FROM THE TREASURER As members have received their cards of introduction with their January Newsletter, they are asked to send their subscriptions for 1992 to the Honorary Treasurer as soon as possible if they have not already done so . ••••••••••••••• SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 1992 Annual subscriptions became due on l st January and, if not already paid. should be sent to the Honorary Treasurer. Miss Moira Thomas, whose address is 45 Victoria Court, Hereford Road. Abergavenn y, Gwent. NP7 5PW. Members are reminded that the following new rates of subscription are applicable for 1992. Category London Country £ £ Ordinary 6 4 Additional household 4 3 Uncler 25 4 3 Corporate 5 5 Retired 4 3 Life 75 75 Subscriptions from members residing outside the United Kingdom are detennined individually, and such members are being infonned separately of the new rates applicable to them in 1992. The "additional household" rate applies to the second and subsequent members in a household; the first member subscribes at the full rate. Very Imnor(Qnl - Members who pay their subscriptions by Banker's order will need to give revised instructions to their banks as early as possible if they have not already done so. A new banker's order fonn is not required for this alteration but covenant fonns may be obtained from the Honorary Treasurer upon request. If your subscription was paid by banker's order at the previous rate on January !st. 1992, kindly send a cheque for the additional £1 to the Treasurer and ensure that your banker's order is amended for 1993 . ••••••••••••••• INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR TO BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31DECEMBER1991 31 DECEMBER 1991 1990 1991 31.12.90 31.12.91 £ Income £ £ £ 1,497 Subscriptions 1,452 44 (Projector at cost less amount written ofO 106 Donations 160 10,623 Investments at market value 10,151 1,884 Dividends and interest 1,981 3,411 Stock of publications at cost 3,066 Surplus from tours 221 7,975 Deposit with Central Board of Finance of the 169 Profit from sale of publications 160 Church of England 9,266 ----- 1,412 Cash at bank and in hand 3,165 3,656 3,974 £ Less Expenditure £ £~ £~ 1,492 Administrative expenses 1,896 Represented by: 55 Hire of rooms 90 90 Loss on Ann ual Service 116 General Fund: balance at l. l.91 22,157 69 (Loss on Tours) Add surplus for the ye:1r 1,559 46 Depreciation of projector 44 Increase in market value of investments 330 Payment for architectural plans 118 ----·- ·- --·-·-- 22,157 24,046 1752 2264 R H Harrison Fund: R H Harrison Fund: Balance at 1.1 .91 1,308 156 Income reinvested 151 Add income reinvested 151 .... __ --·--- Increase in market value of investment 143 1,908 2,415 ·- ............ -------· 1,308 1,602 £1..H..8 SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR £1..lli ------- £23.465 £~ Note:The Society held the following investments at 31Decemher1991: Market Value £125 .51 31/2% War Stock 46 2,976 £1 ordinary shares, National Westminster Bank p;c 8,244 Auditor's Report 129 25p ordinary shares, Electra Investment Trust pie 259 I have examined the books and vouchers of the Ecclesiological Society and the foregoing 8,549 Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31 December 1991. 1,129 £1 shares in the Central Board of Finance of the In my opinion the accounts show a true and fair view of the Society's state of affairs at 31 Church of England Fixed Interest Securities Fund 1,602 December 1991 and of the income and expenditure for the year then ended. £J..QJ..5l F C Goodger, FCA, Hon Auditor Michael J Peel, Chainnan of the Council Moira Thomas, Honorary Treasurer ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE EVENSONG This year's service is to take place in London on Wednesday 13th May 1992. It will again be held at St. Mary Abchurch, which is in Abchurch Lane, off King William Street. (The nearest ttibe stations are Bank and Monument). The service begins al 1.00 p.m. Our preacher is The Reverend David Meara, MA, STh, Vicar of Basildon with Aldworth and Asharnpstead, and Rural Dean of Bradfield, Berkshire. He is an authority on 19th and 20th century brasses, and his latest book A.W.N. Pugin and the Revival of Memorial Brasses appeared last year. A Choir from King's College, conducted by David Trendell, will lead the singing. The service will be conducted by The Reverend Oswald Clarke, MA, the priest-in-charge of SL Mary Abchurch . ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 1992 NOTICE is hereby given that, in accordance with Law VII, the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of members of the ECCLESIOLOGICAL SOCIETY will be held on Wednesday 3rd June 1992 commencing at 6.00 p.m., in the Guild Church of SL Mary Abchurch, London E.C.4, to transact the business on the agenda set out hereunder. Linslade Vicarage MICHAEL J. PEEL Bedfordshire Chairman of the Council 2nd April 1992 AGENDA 1. To approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting which was held on l Sth May 1991. 2. Introduction by the Chainnan of the Council. 3. To receive the accounts for 1991 and the report of the Honorary Auditor thereon. 4. To receive the repon of the Council for the calendar year 1991. 5. To elect a President and Vice-Presidents for the ensuing year in accordance with Law III and Law VII. The following nominations had been received by 3lst March 1992: President: S.E. Dykes Bower, Esq., MA, FRIBA, FSA Vice-Presidents: J.C. Mervyn Blatch, Esq., Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, Esq., CBE, MA, FSA, Hon.DSc. D.R. Buttress, Esq., MA, Dip.Arch., FSA, ARIBA J.P. Foster, Esq., MA, FSA, ARIBA Sir John Summerson, CBE, BA, FBA, FSA, ARIBA The Venerable G.B. Timms. MA 6. To elect honorary officers and members of the Council for the ensuing year in accordance with Law IV. The following nominations had been received by 3lst March 1992: Honorary Director of Meetings: Mr. Paul Velluet, BA, BArch, MLitt, RIBA Honorary Director of Visits: Mr. Jonathan Fryer Honorary Secretary: Professor Kenneth Murta, BArch, Dip.Arch, FRIBA Honorary Treasurer: Miss Moira Thomas, BA Honorary Membership Secretary: Mr. John Henman Honorary Curator: Mr. Cecil Chapman Honorary Assistant Secretary (Correspondence): Mr. Kenneth Richardson 7. To appoint an Honorary Auditor under Law XV. The following nomination had been received by 3lst March 1992: F.C. Goodger, Esq .• OBE. FCA 8. To consider the following resolution from Mr. Kenneth Richardson, on behalf of the Council: That Law IV be amended to provide that the elected Council may appoint an Executive Committee comprising not less than three of its members to act on its behalf in conducting the business of the Society between Council meetings. 9. To transact any other business. 10. Vote of thanks to the Priest-in-Charge and the Churchwardens of SL Mary Abchurch. Light refreshments will be available before or after the fonnal part of the Meeting, and members will be addressed by Mrs. Bridget Cherry, Editor of THE BUILDINGS OF ENGLAND series. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1991 The Council reports that during 1991 the Society operated a programme of tours and visits, published the usual three editions of the NEWSLETTER, reissued to members Dr. Cope's booklet ECCLESIOLOGY THEN AND NOW, and held the Annual Service and the Annual General Meeting. Plans were fonnulated for the provision of improved facilities for the housing and study of the Society's collections. Membership rose for the tenth successive year. Elections to membership totalled 48 (against 27 in 1990). The net gain was 32 (19), bringing the total number on the roll to 414 and continuing the annual trend of increases which has been unbroken since 1981. There were four resignations and six removals from the roll. The Council regretted to record the deaths of two members. Canon David Rutter. MA. FSA, a Vice-President of the Society since 1965 and a member since 1945, died in lune 1991. For ten years he was a minor canon of St. Paul's, and in 1965 he was appointed to Lincoln Minster as Precentor. He preached to the Society at the Annual Service in 1982. Lawrence E. Jones, FSA, who had been a member of the Society since 1962, died on 24th February 1991 . He was Honorary Lecturer for the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, and was the writer of several books, including ENJOYING HJSTORIC CHURCHES, A GUIDE TO SOME INTERESTING OLD ENGLISH CHURCHES, and THE OBSERVERS' BOOK OF OLD ENGLISH CHURCHES. Five tours in the London area were organised and/or co-ordinated by David Vinnels. In February, the Society made a special visit to the W.D. Caroe exhibition at the R.I.B.A. Heinz Gallery. The exhibition was organised by Jenny Freeman, to coincide with the publication of her book on the architect In M.a!:d!. Mrs. Freeman led a tour of Caroe's churches in and around north and east London. Starting at The Working Men's College, Camden Town (1904-06 and extended in the 1930s by his son Alban Caroe), the tour included St. Michael's, Mill Hill (built cl921 to designs of 1911 for a church in Gloucester which was not built, and fini shed in the 1950s by Alban Caroe); the Church of SL Peter-le-Poer, Friem Barnet (1907); St.