Gardens and Landscapes in Historic Building Conservation (eBook)

Marion Harney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118508138 (ISBN)

Infos

This comprehensive guide on historic garden and landscape conservation will help landscape professionals familiarise themselves with what the conservation of historic gardens, garden structures and designed landscapes encompasses.

 

The aim of the series is to introduce each aspect of conservation and to provide concise, basic and up-to-date knowledge within five volumes, sufficient for the professional to appreciate the subject better and to know where to seek further help.

 

Gardens & Landscapes in Historic Building Conservation is an essential guide for everyone with an interest in the conservation of historic gardens and designed landscapes worldwide. The latest assessment of the origins, scope and impact of gardens and designed landscapes is vital reading.  Covering history and theory, survey and assessment, conservation and management and the legislative framework the book considers all aspects of garden and landscape conservation and related issues.  It explores the challenge of conserving these important sites and surviving physical remains and a conservation movement which must understand, protect and interpret those remains.

This book demonstrates how the discipline of the history and conservation of gardens and landscapes has matured in recent decades, recognising the increased participation of professional contract and curatorial managers in the management of these sites and in conserving and interpreting landscapes.

Drawing on a wide range of sources, combining academic and professional perspectives, the book provides information and advice relevant to all involved in trying to preserve one of England's greatest cultural contributions and legacy for future generations to enjoy. With chapters by all the leading players in the field and illustrated by copious examples this gives essential guidance to the management and conservation of historic gardens and designed landscapes.

Marion Harney

Director of Studies, MSc in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes, University of Bath

Devised and directs this postgraduate degree programme, which is taught by leading professionals, expert practitioners and academics and is open to graduates from most disciplines and other professionals with relevant experience wishing to gain a vocational degree.

Inhalt

Contributors vii

Introduction Marion Harney xv

Part I: History and Theory

1 What is it about gardens that you want to conserve? John DixonHunt 1

2 The National Trust approach to garden conservation Mike Calnan9

3 The nature of gardens and their signifi cance John Sales23

4 Some Olla Podrida from the diary of a garden historian RichardWheeler 31

5 On design and process William Martin Wood 47

6 Evolution of principles for the conservation of gardens anddesigned landscapes David Jacques 55

7 Conservation of garden buildings Michael Forsyth 67

8 'Perished Perches': historic garden furniture LisaWhite 79

9 The history and the future of public parks David Lambert91

10 The history and aesthetic development of the cemetery andrelated conservation issues Jonathan Lovie 101

Part II: Survey and Assessment

11 Researching historic parks and gardens David Lambert 117

12 Defi ning signifi cance and developing a conservationphilosophy Sarah Couch 129

13 Science and craft in understanding historic gardens and theirmanagement Peter Thoday 141

14 Garden archaeology Brian Dix 149

15 Conservation arboriculture: the natural art of treemanagement in historic landscapes Neville Fay 153

16 The use of aerial photographs for conservation and researchHelen Winton 163

Part III: Conservation and Management

17 Values in heritage management: conservation plans and beyondKim Auston 173

18 Developing a conservation management plan Sarah Couch 181

19 Public parks and their conservation Hazel Conway 193

20 Conserving historic parks and gardens in a changing climateJenifer White 207

21 Conserving the grey? Management of vegetation without anend-point in culturally important landscapes James Hitchmough219

22 'Plants are fashioned by cultivation, man byeducation' Robert Mattock 227

23 Costing and contracts for historic gardens and landscapesNigel Thorne 239

24 Constraints and working on site: some practical andcontractual problems Mike Ibbotson 247

Part IV: The Legislative Framework

25 Designed landscapes and national designation FridyDuterloo-Morgan 255

26 Conservation legislation in the UK Colin Johns 261

27 Historic parks and gardens: the planning system and otherconservation tools Jonathan Lovie 271

28 The role of the Heritage Lottery Fund in the conservation ofhistoric gardens and designed landscapes Drew Bennellick 283

29 Legal protection for structures, trees and wildlife CharlesMynors 291

30 Easy access to historic landscapes Heather J.L. Smith 301

31 The international context - the European LandscapeConvention Adrian Phillips 309

32 Cultural landscapes and the World Heritage Convention SusanDenyer 321

33 Why should there be any international law relating tomonuments and cultural landscapes? Malcolm Forster 331

Part V: Conservation in Action: Case Studies

34 '. . . with great art, cost, and diligens . . .'- the reconstruction of the Elizabethan Garden at KenilworthCastle Brian Dix 339

35 Paradise restored - a case study exploring therestoration of three of Hestercombe's period gardens PhilipWhite 345

36 Strawberry Hill, Twickenham Marion Harney 357

37 Stourhead - the conservation and management of a'Living work of art' Alan Power 371

38 Hackfall, Yorkshire Patrick James 377

39 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefi eld Patrick James 385

40 The Roof Gardens, Kensington, London Lynne Bridge 393

41 Lowther Castle & Gardens Dominic Cole 405

42 Monticello Marion Harney 413

43 The Gardens of the Alhambra Farhat A. Hussain 421

44 Central Park, New York City Michael Forsyth 431

Index

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"With an august roll call of contributors, Gardens and Landscapes in Historic Building Conservation fills a useful niche . . . Theory and practice are here combined in a rich mix." (Journal of Australian Garden, 1 April 2015)

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Contributors

Kim Auston

Kim Auston is a landscape architect with more than 20 years' experience of working in historic landscapes. He lectures and writes on the subject and has undertaken on-the-ground restoration projects. Formerly in private practice, for the past ten years he has been English Heritage's parks and gardens specialist for the West of England. In this role he comments on planning applications affecting registered parks and gardens, advises the Heritage Lottery Fund and Natural England on grant aid, and acts as an advocate for designed landscapes within English Heritage.

 

Drew Bennellick

Drew Bennellick is Head of Landscape and Natural Heritage UK, for the Heritage Lottery Fund. He joined the HLF in April 2009 and sits within the Strategic and Business Development Department alongside similar posts relating to museums/archives, the built environment, and participation and learning. Drew is the Programme Director for the Parks for People and Landscape Partnerships targeted grant programmes, and is responsible for providing expert advice to the HLF Board and regional/country teams on the designed landscape and natural heritage sectors. Drew studied at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh and is a chartered landscape architect with experience of both private and public sectors. Before HLF he was Deputy Director of English Heritage's London Region dealing with regional policy development and building partnerships with key organisations.

 

Lynne Bridge

Lynne Bridge is a landscape and garden designer with an international background in the corporate branding industry. A landscape design degree and MSc in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes from the University of Bath provide credentials to run her own practice based in Bath. She currently has clients in London and Edinburgh for whom she hand-renders her own designs and plans for their private historic landscapes and gardens, negotiates planning, installs and project manages a wide range of craftsmen and contractors. Lynne is also undertaking PhD research into the architectural and landscape practices of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

 

Mike Calnan

Mike Calnan is the National Trust Head of Gardens. Joining the National Trust in 1984, initially as a Gardens Adviser, he was appointment Head of Gardens (1999), heading up the NT's professional garden community. Mike has since led the organisation's approach to garden conservation in a changing climate, set up a national centre for managing the Trust's major plant collections and developed the NT Garden Academy training programme. In overseeing the NT's 200 gardens, he encourages the close involvement of head gardeners in conservation planning and in expressing their creative talent, to ensure each garden retains its individuality.

 

Dominic Cole

Dominic Cole is a qualified landscape architect and Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with some 30 years' experience. He is the designer of the Eden Project in Cornwall and was recognised for this through the Landscape Institute Peter Youngman Award 2006 and being granted Fellowship of the Institute of Horticulture. He is Chairman of the Garden History Society and Chairman of the National Trust Gardens Advisory Panel.

 

Hazel Conway

Dr Hazel Conway, an urban landscape historian, was formerly a technical journalist and lecturer in architectural and landscape history. She was a consultant on Crystal Palace Park, the National Maritime Museum and Greenwich Park and a number of West London parks. Her books include Public Parks, 1996; People's Parks, 1991; Public Prospects, 1993, with David Lambert and Understanding Architecture, 2005, with Rowan Roenisch. She was a member of the Urban Parks Panel of the HLF and gained her PhD for her study of Victorian parks.

 

Sarah Couch

Sarah Couch (MA RIBA AAGradDiplCons (gardens) HortCert (RHS)) is qualified in architecture, the conservation of historic landscapes and horticulture and specialises in historic landscape conservation. She has wide experience of working on landscape conservation projects and has written several conservation management plans (CMPs). She also lectures on landscape conservation and writing CMPs, and is a visiting lecturer on the MSc in Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes, University of Bath and the MSc in Sustainable Heritage at University College London. She has worked as a Conservation Officer for the Garden History Society and has undertaken work for English Heritage and the National Trust.

 

Susan Denyer

Susan Denyer, FSA, is World Heritage Adviser, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites which advises UNESCO) and Secretary-General, ICOMOS-UK. She is involved in the evaluation and state of conservation of World Heritage properties and has undertaken international missions for ICOMOS in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. She is an occasional lecturer at the Universities of Bath and York, and at the Architectural Association. She previously worked for the National Trust, in museums, and as lecturer, including six years in East and West Africa, and was formerly Chair of BASIN, an international network for low-cost housing. She has published widely on cultural landscapes.

 

Brian Dix

Brian Dix was Chief Archaeologist and head of Northamptonshire Archaeology before leaving in 1997 to specialise in the archaeology of historic parks and gardens. He has worked extensively throughout mainland Europe in addition to undertaking projects at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Gardens, among major British sites. He contributes analysis and assessments to aid interpretation and protection, as well as carrying out detailed investigation and recording for reconstruction schemes. He lectures widely and was course tutor on the former Landscape and Garden Conservation course at the Architectural Association Graduate School, London.

 

John Dixon Hunt

John Dixon Hunt is Emeritus Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape at the University of Pennsylvania, the author (most recently) of A World of Gardens (Reaktion, 2012), and a member of the editorial board of the new preservation journal, Change Over Time, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

 

Fridy Duterloo-Morgan

Fridy Duterloo-Morgan was born and educated in the Netherlands where she completed her Art History and Classical Archaeology Degree at the University of Nijmegen. In 1992 she received an Erasmus scholarship to study at the Dutch Institute of Art History in Florence, where she was able to research an Italian Baroque garden for her Dutch MA dissertation. In 1993 she won a Dutch VSB Bank scholarship and was able to do her MA in Landscape Conservation at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, part of the University of York, where she developed her interest in post-war landscape design and theory. Subsequently she worked freelance as a garden historian and research assistant, before joining English Heritage in 1996 where she currently works as a Designation Adviser advising the Secretary of State on the inclusion of heritage assets on the National Heritage List for England.

 

Neville Fay

Neville Fay (MA (Hons), MICFor, MArborA, FLS, FRGS, FRSA) is an Institute of Chartered Foresters chartered arboriculturist and principal consultant at Treework Environmental Practice. A past chairman of the Ancient Tree Forum, he is founder of the charity Tree Aid and chaired the National Tree Safety Group drafting subcommittee. In 2009 he was honoured with the Arboricultural Association's Award for Services to Arboriculture. A Fellow of the Linnean Society, he lectures internationally and writes on conservation arboriculture, tree management and public safety. He co-authored ‘The Specialist Survey Method’, the national standard for surveying veteran trees.

 

Malcolm Forster

Malcolm Forster was formerly a partner in the international commercial law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and remains a consultant with the firm. He has also acted as a Visiting Professor of International Law at University College, London and is a Visiting Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He has acted as a specialist consultant on legal matters for a wide range of international organisations.

 

Michael Forsyth

A chartered architect, Michael Forsyth graduated at the University of Liverpool and was awarded the Rome Scholarship in Architecture and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He now directs the University of Bath's postgraduate Conservation of Historic Buildings course. His books include Buildings for Music: The Architect, the Musician, and the Listener from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day (MIT Press and Cambridge University Press, 1985), Bath: Pevsner Architectural Guides (Yale University Press, 2003) and, with Ahmet Ertug, Palaces of Music: Opera houses of Europe and Domes: a journey through European architectural history (Ertug & Kocabiyik, 2010 and 2011).

 

Marion Harney

Dr Marion Harney is Director of Studies for the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.4.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Historic Building Conservation
• Reihe/Serie: Historic Building Conservation
• Reihe/Serie: Historic Building Conservation
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: application • Architecture • Architektur • Book • Chapters • conservation • Cultural • Denkmalpflege • encompasses • enjoy • familiarise • Field • Future • Garden • Gardening / Landscape & Lawns • Garden structures • Generations • Guide • Historic • historic preservation • Interdisciplinary • Landscape Design • Landschaftsarchitektur • Landschaftsgärten u. Grünflächen • Landschaftsgärten u. Grünflächen • leading players • lifestyle • lifestyles • Managers • Nature • Professionals • Themselves • Work
• ISBN-13: 9781118508138 / 9781118508138