Historic Churches 2024

BCD SPECIAL REPORT ON HISTORIC CHURCHES 31st ANNUAL EDITION 1 CONTENTS THE BUILDING CONSERVATION DIRECTORY SPECIAL REPORT ON HISTORIC CHURCHES 31st annual edition ISBN 978 1 912747 21 4 PUBLISHED BY Cathedral Communications Limited High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Tel 01747 871717 Email admin@buildingconservation.com www.buildingconservation.com EDITORS Jonathan Taylor Robyn Pender PUBLICATIONS MANAGER Joanna Collie EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Emma Heard PUBLIC RELATIONS Elizabeth Coyle-Camp PRODUCTION & ADMINISTRATION Lynn Green Lydia Porter ADVERTISING Nicholas Rainsford Carla Winchcombe TYPESETTING xendo PRINTING Micropress Printers Ltd The many companies and specialist groups advertising in this Building Conservation Directory Special Report have been invited to participate on the basis of their established involvement in the field of building conservation and the suitability of some of their products and services for ecclesiastical buildings work. Some of the participants also supply products and services to other areas of the building market which have no application in the building conservation field. The inclusion of any company or individual in this publication should not necessarily be regarded as either a recommendation or an endorsement by the publishers. Although every effort has been made to ensure that information in this book is correct at the time of printing, responsibility for errors or omissions cannot be accepted by the publishers or any of the contributors. © Copyright 2024 Cathedral Communications Limited All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Cathedral Communications Limited. COVER ILLUSTRATION The pulpit at St Peter’s, Bournemouth – see GE Street article, page 37 (Photo: Jonathan Taylor) £7.50 3 NEWS REVIEW 6 GRINLING GIBBONS AND COLOUR Lee Prosser 10 WHERE SOME DOORS CLOSE OTHERS STAY OPEN Helen Richards 15 UNDER THE WEATHER Storm damage repairs and mitigation Richard Martin 17 SAVING THE GLASGOW NECROPOLIS Ruth Johnston 23 BIODIVERSITY IN CHURCHYARDS Autumn Barlow 27 CLOSURE AND REUSE The evolving procedures of the Church of England Adrian Browning 33 MOD CHURCHES Joanna Collie 37 GE STREET and the dawn of the Gothic Revival Jonathan Taylor 41 DECARBONISING CHURCHES Adele Walker 44 USEFUL CONTACTS 46 PRODUCTS & SERVICES 52 SPECIALIST SUPPLIERS INDEX

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