MARCH 2020 CelebratingourHeritage, EnhancingourEnvironment,ShapingourFuture DIARY OF EVENTS 2020 Salisburyisavibrantcathedralcity,surroundedbythebeautifulcountrysideandvillagesofSouth Wiltshire.Peoplevisititordecidetoliveherebecauseitisawelcomingcommunity,workingandtrading Wednesday marCh 18th Wednesday July 8th inamarvelloushistoricsetting.Thechallengestodayaretomaintainthoseattra ctivequalitiesandyet Film: The Great White Silence Visit to Melbury Vale Vineyard accommodatecontinuingchangesinpopulation,lifestyle,andtheeconomy. 6.30pm st John’s place, lower road, Aneveningvisit–detailsinJunemagazine salisbury, sp2 9nt TheSalisburyCivicSociety,foundedin1960,workstopromotehighstandardsofcontemporarydesign thursday august 6th (Walk) £6toall.Seepage23forfurtherdetails inallaspectsofthebuiltenvironmentwithinSalisburyandSouthWiltshire,whilstsafeguardingthe St George, Dragons historicbuildingsandlandscapesettingunderpinningthearea’sspecialcharacter. saturday marCh 21st and Medieval Salisbury Plaque unveiling: Herbert Ponting Overtheyears,theroleoftheSocietyhasexpanded.Today,itisnotonlytheprincipallocalorganisation ledbyDavidRichards 4pm 21 Oatmeal row, salisbury, sp1 1th andguardianforthebuiltenvironment,butalsocelebratesandpromotesthearea’srichheritageand DetailsinJunemagazine Seepage8forfurtherdetails culturallifethroughastimulatingprogrammeofactivities. thursday september 17th thursday april 30th Stonehenge: New Rocks, Salisburyfallsundertwoauthorities,createdin2009,SalisburyCityCouncilandWiltshireCouncil.We Planning Forum areabletocontributeeffectivelyinmanyare asandarerepresentedonseveralgroupsincludingthe Old Theories Theplanningsystem’sresponsetothe SalisburyConservationAdvisoryPanel.WealsohaveagoodworkingrelationshipwithWiltshire climateemergency byJulianRichards Council,SalisburyCityCouncilandCampaigntoProtectRuralEngland.Asanon-politicalorganisation, 6.30pm methodist Church, 6.30pm methodist Church, theSocietytriestomaintainanindependentstanceonallmatters. st edmund’s Church street, st edmund’s Church street, salisbury sp1 1eF Throughaseriesofawards,talks,forums,openmeetings,visitsandourwebsite,wepromoteand salisbury sp1 1eF Seepage21forfurtherdetails Freetomembers:Nonmembers£2.50 provideinformationonthearchitecture,historyandgeographyofthearea. Freetomembers:Nonmembers£2.50 tuesday 20th OCtOber Wednesday may 6th Open Meeting Our aims, as set out in our constitution: New Cathedral, New City: Subjectnotyetdecided Topromotehighstandards Toeducatethepublicinthe Tosecurethepreservation, What Happened 800 Years Ago 6.45pm salisbury arts Centre, ofarchitectureandplanning architecture,history, developmentandimprovement bedwin street sp1 3ut byTimTatton-Brown Opentoall inSouthWiltshire geographyandnaturalhistory offeaturesofhistoricorpublic 7pm the medieval hall, Cathedral Close, ofSouthWiltshire interestinSouthWiltshire salisbury sp1 2ey thursday nOvember 19th £7toall.Seepage7forfurtherdetails Out of the ruins: Fonthill houses Among the many activities of the Society we: Wednesday may 13th lost, recovered, rebuilt Visit to Wilbury House, byProfessorCarolineDakers Monitorandconstructively Maintainoursupportfor OrganisetheannualSalisbury 6.30pm methodist Church, commentonplanning theprojectspromotedbythe HeritageOpenDaysandthe Newton Tony st edmund’s Church street, applicationsanddevelopment formerSalisburyVision SalisburyBluePlaquesscheme, Seepage18forfurtherdetails salisbury sp1 1eF proposals celebratingouroutstanding Wednesday June 10th Freetomembers:Nonmembers£2.50 Protectandcelebratethe builtenvironmentandheritage Runanactiveandstimulating traditionalchequernames Plaque unveiling: Dorothy Brooke Fordetailedinformationon programmeofeventsfor Promotetheeconomic 2.30pm malmesbury house, theaboveeventsvisit: Runaprestigiousnew membersandthepublic vitalityoftheregion Cathedral Close, salisbury, sp1 2eb www.salisburycivicsociety.org.uk/events/ buildingsandconservation Seepage8forfurtherdetails Publishaquarterly awardsscheme Wednesday June 10th A Warm Welcome to our New Members magazineformembers AGM, followedbyatalkbyPhilHarding Wearedelightedtowelcomethefollowing Along the Line: A Life in Archaeology totheSociety: e-tenarchitects, RichmondBellArchitects, We welcome new members of all backgrounds 6.30pm methodist Church, SalisburyCityAlmshouseandWelfare st edmund’s Church street, Charities,JohnandMaggieWhite Cover: VCChapelandCloister,2019awardswinner,seepage14 PhotocourtesyofJohnSimpsonArchitects salisbury sp1 1eF Photosinthisissue,inadditiontothosecreditedindividually: RichardDeane 1 Editorial Chairman’s Report the december magazine’s cover, showing part of the nave roof at st thomas’s Church in the first quarter of 2020 has seen much activity in the city, starting with the society’s salisbury, illustrated some splendid work recently carried out there. a visit to look at the new year party and architectural awards ceremony, held at the arts Centre and a roof, the cleaned and conserved doom painting, and other refurbishment and re-ordering, resounding success. is highly recommended. Thearchitecturaldetailingofnewbuildingswashighlightedingreatclaritybythelargescreen, Thiseditionofthemagazinecoverssomething Anotherthemeofrecenttimeshasbeenall andexcellentprojectionandsound,witheverythingintroducedbythechairofthejudging whichisactuallynownolongerthere,asmall theworkputin,muchofitatthebehestof panel, Councillor Pauline Church from Wiltshire Council. Some very original ideas were illustrated,showingbrilliantdesignconceptsexecutedtoaveryhighstandard.RichardDeane lectern which had on it a rather curious WiltshireCouncil,toidentifywaysinwhich worked tirelessly arranging the whole programme of vetting potential candidates, and notice. Alan Crooks, a retired chemistry Salisburycanbeimprovedandrevitalised. organisingthevisitsbythejudges. lecturer and Salisbury Museum volunteer, ThiswascoveredatthePlanningForumlast hasbeenledbythenoticeintouncoveringa April, and again at the Open Meeting in WewerehonouredthisyearbythepresenceoftheMayorandMayoressofSalisburyandthe MayorandMayoressofWilton,togetherwithourMPforSalisburyJohnGlen,TheDeanof little-known story from Salisbury’s C16th November,whichJamesWoodsdescribeson SalisburyCathedral,andAndyRhind-Tutt,thePresidentoftheChamberofCommerce.My past,whichhe’swrittenaboutonpage16. page4.Therearesignificantuncertainties sincerethankstoallthosewhoassistedwiththejudgingofthevariousentries,andthe about how the ideas presented there are Hereferstothedisappearance,in1835,ofa volunteerswhohelpedonthenightanddistributedrefreshmentstotheattendees,who formernorthporchatStThomas’s,andthe actually going to be realised, but the numberedover160. development of them is certainly to be lossofoldbitsofSalisburyisathemewhich Wearethisyearmakingadeterminedefforttoattractmorecorporatememberstothe applauded.Fundingisapparentlyavailable popsupelsewherethistime.FroggMoody’s Society,aswefeelitisauniqueplatformforthemtoengagewithourobjectstopreserveand for a significant part of the River Park talkonthehistoryoftheatreandcinemain enhancethebuiltenvironment,andalsoenjoysomeoftheculturalpursuitsandeventswhich Salisbury,lastNovember,iscoveredonpage concept,akeyelementintheproposals,but areonoffertomembers. 20,andt wophotos,evenatsmallscale,bear otherwisealotseemstorestonasuccessful Recentmonthshavealsoseenthepublicationofwhatislikelytobethefinalformofthe outthetruthofoneremarkhemade.The outcomeforthecity’sbidtotheFutureHigh “SalisburyCentralAreaFramework”whichhasthestrapline“Salisbury…Ourplaceinthe StreetsFund,whichhassignificantamounts Palace Theatre, on the corner of Endless future”.TheSocietywillbynowhavepresenteditsfeedbackcommentsonthevariousideas ofmoneyatitsdisposal. Street and Chipper Lane, was a splendid setout.TheCAFdocumenthasbeenwidelydistributed,andwehopetherehasbeenagood edificeofthelateC19th,butinthesecond Thisyear’sPlanningForum,onApril30th,will publicresponseaswell.AsignificantdeficiencyintheCAFisaclearstatementofmethodology halfoftheC20thitvanished,tobereplaced turnitsattentiontotheclimateemergency, forimplementation,andalsothefundingproposalswhichwouldbenecessarytocarryout by the present ‘building of incredible andhowarchitectsandtheplanningsystem theseaspirations. mundanity’.Onpage10wecoverahistoric respondtoit.It’smentionedinthisissue,and OneconcernIamfollowingupisthelackofprogresswiththenewdevelopmentatthecorner buildingssurveyof1967,whichtakentoits further details will be sent to members ofFishertonStreetandMalthouseLane,wherethenewlibraryandTravelodgehotelare logical conclusion could have seen a nearer the time. This will also apply to plannedtobebuilt.IfthisfirstphaseoftheMaltingsdevelopmentisstallingbecauseoflack multitudeofmundanestructurestakeover informationonhowtobookfortheSociety’s ofinformationaboutexactlyhowthelibrarywillbefittedoutandoperate,thenweshallhave centralSalisbury.Withinamajorportionof tolooktoWiltshireCouncilformorepositivesignsofengagement,tofulfilthenecessary contribution to the Cathedral’s 800th that area, the survey only identified 20 ambitionsforSalisburyinitsregenerationprogramme. anniversaryyear,atalkonMay6thatthe buildingswhichitreckonedhadadefinite MedievalHall,intheClose,byTimTatton- Dopleasekeepup-to-datewiththeforthcomingeventscurrentlybeingplanned,asposted caseforbeingretained.Thefailureofevents Brown,coveredonpage7.Timisasplendidly onyourwebsiteandlistedinthismagazine’seventsdiary,includingamostinterestingtalk toalwaysfollowlogicalcourseswascertainly onthefoundationofthenewcathedralin1220,tobegivenbyTimTatton-Brownatthe enthusiasticspeaker,andticketsforthiswill ablessinghere.Wealsohaveareturninthis