Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Edited by RICHARD K. MORRIS Volume 56 2012 Ancient Monuments Society St Ann’s Vestry Hall 2 Church Entry London EC4V 5HB 2012 Reg. Charity No. 209605 Tel: 020 7236 3934 e-mail: [email protected] www.ancientmonumentssociety.org.uk [www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk] The Council of the Ancient Monuments Society wishes to make it known that the authors alone are responsible for the statements and opinions in their respective contributions to this volume. ISSN 0951-001X ISBN 0 946996 27 X 978 0 946996 27 8 ©Ancient Monuments Society 2012 Printed in Great Britain by Direct Offset, Glastonbury Contents Annual General Meeting 2011 Editorial Anniversary Address 2011 Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire: An Introduction to its Architectural History by Nicholas A. D. Molyneux 9 A Tale of Two Barns : Paston and Waxham by Anthony Rossi 33 Cardigan Castle : Rescue and Regeneration by Edward Holland 55 The Monument in the City of London : Repair and Discoveries by Judy Allen 69 Vernacular Stone Architectural Details of the Cotswolds and the Stamford Region compared by Stephen Hart 91 The Society’s Casework 2011 : Some Ecclesiastical Cases A Painting, a Butterfly, a Font and a (G. E.) Street by Matthew Saunders 105 Obituary : Judith Dorothea Guillum Scott OBE (1917-2011) 119 Review Article : Paul Drury, Hill Hall by John Bold 123 Review Article : Goodall, John, The English Castle by Richard K. Morris 131 Book Reviews Richard Fawcett, The Architecture of the Scottish Mediaeval Church 1100-1560 (Richard Halsey); Hilary Grainger, The Architecture of Sir Ernest George (Phil Thomas) 139 Officers of the Society 2011 - 12 Patron His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, K.G., K.T. President The Rt. Hon. Earl of Leicester, C.B.E., D.L. Immediate Past President Dr Ronald W. Brunskill, O.B.E., M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A. Vice-Presidents The Most. Hon. the Marquess of Anglesey, F.S.A., F.R.Hist.S., Hon.F.R.I.B.A., Hon.D.Litt. Lyndon Cave, M.Phil., Dip.Arch., F.S.A. Professor Gwyn I. Meirion-Jones, B.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., F.S.A. Sir Peter Moores, C.B.E. Anthony Swaine, F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A. Chairman Giles Quarme, R.I.B.A., F.R.S.A., B.A.Hons., Dip.Arch., Dip.Cons. Deputy Chairman Anthony Peers, M.A., F.S.A. Director J. Brian Blayney, A.R.I.B.A., F.I.L.A., Dip.Arch. Honorary Secretary Kathleen Fishwick, M.B.E., A.T.D., Dip.Con.Studies (York) Honorary Treasurer Simon Barnes M.A., F.C.A., M.B. Honorary Editor Richard K. Morris, B.A., Ph.D., F.S.A. Elected Members of Council Jill Channer, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S.A., I.H.B.C. Judith Cligman, M.A., I.H.B.C. Leslie Du Cane, B.Sc., A.C.A. Edward Impey, M.A., D.Phil., F.S.A., A.I.F.A. Paul Kefford, B.A. George Law, B.A., F.R.S.A. Richard Pollard, M.A. Anthony Rossi, C.B.E., K.S.G., Dip.Arch., Dip.Con. Studies (York), R.I.B.A. Carole Ryan, B.Sc., M.A.., M.I.F.A., M.R.I.C.S., I.H.B.C. Philip Thomas, B.Mus., Dip.Th.St., Hon.R.S.A.W. Roger Wools, B.Arch., Ph.D., Dip.Con. (York), I.H.B.C., R.I.B.A. Secretary Matthew Saunders, M.B.E., M.A., F.S.A., I.H.B.C. Assistant Secretary Alison Du Cane, B.A. Casework Secretary Lucie Carayon, M.A. Administrative Support Susan Dalton Annual General Meeting 2011 The 87th Annual General Meeting of the Society was held at 2.30pm on Thursday 7th July in the Great Hall of Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire, by kind permission of the Church Commissioners and at the invitation of the Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust. The meeting was chaired by the Earl of Leicester, President of the Society, and attended by 122 people. The weather was kind. There was an optional visit in the morning to the Old Bishop’s Palace in the centre of Worcester, led by Richard Morris, Frank Bentley and Chris Guy. After receipt of apologies for absence (from 27 members, including Professor R. W. Brunskill and Lord Cormack) and the signing by the President of the Minutes of the 2010 AGM (previously published in Volume 55 of the Transactions for 2011), the Secretary, Mr Matthew Saunders, summarised the events of the year, particularly the severe cuts in public expenditure, and, on the domestic side, the retirement of Frank Kelsall and the appointment as Casework Secretary of Lucie Carayon. The Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2010 were presented by the Society’s Treasurer, Mr Simon Barnes, and approved nem. con. by the meeting. He also nominated Messrs Blease Lloyd as the Society’s auditors and their re-election was confirmed nem. con.. The meeting then proceeded to the elections. A list of those standing had been issued as part of the AGM Notice and brief biographies had been available on request during the preceding month and were provided for the meeting. All Officers and Trustees standing had been proposed and seconded before 31st March in accordance with the Constitution. The President then put the election of Officers and Members of Council to the meeting in two separate blocs. They were all elected nem. con.. After the closure of formal business, with a vote of thanks from the Chairman, Giles Quarme, to the President, there was an address on the building by Nicholas Molyneux of English Heritage, and an explanation by Alison Brimelow of the plans of the Trust to save the Castle by buying it from the Church Commissioners and opening it to the public. There then followed tours of the building (and the County Museum) and tea. Editorial It would appear that fate has caught up with me as I start as the new Editor of your Transactions. In the mid-1980s, if I remember correctly, I was flattered to be invited by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas to become editor, but I put him off because of my existing academic commitments at the University of Warwick. Now, in my retirement, events have come full circle. I think that it was Gwyn Meirion-Jones who took over then, and several other outstanding editors have followed since: it goes without saying that they will be hard acts to follow. I am grateful to fellow Trustee, Jill Channer, who has volunteered to be Assistant Editor, in case back-up is required, though it has not been needed for this volume. I am also grateful to Matthew Saunders for standing-in as editor of Volume 55 last year, and for providing me with much assistance with the content of this current volume; and also to Murray Wallace of Direct Offset for accommodating any differences in working methods that come with a new editor. I have several ideas for the Transactions, the first one of which I have been fortunate enough to implement in this volume – namely the revival of the tradition of printing the Anniversary Address. The last one to appear in the Transactions was that of Christopher Stell in Volume 38, 1994. I have always felt that the Address fills a gap for members unable to attend the AGM as well as providing a useful record for those who did, and I am most grateful to Nicholas Molyneux, the speaker in 2011, for the extra work involved in seeing his talk into print. The contents of your Transactions reflect the offerings I receive. I am always on the look-out for new articles, and even more so currently on ecclesiastical topics. So keep sending me your ideas and manuscripts for consideration. My contact details are inside the back cover. RICHARD K. MORRIS 8 Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society Anniversary Address 2011 Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire: An Introduction to its Architectural History1 by Nicholas A. D. MOlyNeux Hartlebury has been the site of a palace of the bishops of Worcester almost continuously from the middle ages until 2008 (Fig. 1). The castle’s fabric still retains outstanding interiors from the 15th and 18th centuries, in the form of the great hall, the chapel, the saloon and the Hurd library. The life of the medieval bishops was peripatetic. They had a house in Worcester close to the cathedral, usually described as the Palace, which has substantial fabric dating from the later 13th century.2 They had houses across the rest of the diocese, in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. There was also a house on the way to London at Hillingdon, Middlesex, and a house on the Strand, demolished for the construction of Somerset House in 1549. Gloucestershire became a separate diocese in the mid-16th century so the bishops no longer had most of those houses at their disposal. A late 16th century document lays out an ideal sequence of visits to their three remaining houses: Worcester Palace from 31 October until April, Grimley (Worcestershire)3 until June and Hartlebury Castle ‘all Sommer’.4 The most important documentary sources for the history of the castle are the 1647 Parliamentary survey, a number of court cases culminating in the Court of Delegates in the 1670s and the accounts for rebuilding in the early 1680s.5 THE MIDDLE AGES The bishop of Worcester was given land in Hartlebury by the king of Mercia in the 850s, but the earliest mention of an episcopal house there is in 1268.