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Editor Rob Cowan Editorial Coordinator Michael Taylor, ihbceditorialboard@gmail.com Editorial Board Nigel Crowe Aimée Felton Peter de Figueiredo (book reviews) Rebecca Madgin Duncan McCallum Fiona Newton Jonathan Taylor Michael Taylor (chair) Cartoons by Rob Cowan Context is distributed to all members of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. © Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2023 ISSN 0958-2746 Publisher Cathedral Communications Limited, High Street, Tisbury,Wiltshire, England SP3 6HA 01747 871717 context@cathcomm.co.uk www.buildingconservation.com Non-member subscriptions to Context Context is available to corporate bodies at an annual subscription rate, including postage, of: United Kingdom £60.00 Elsewhere £90.00 Context on-line archive Past issues of Context can be viewed on the IHBC website. The archive provides a searchable database and reference for key articles. See www.ihbc.org.uk/page55/context_archive. The views expressed in Context are not necessarily held by the IHBC or the publisher. Neither the publisher nor the IHBC shall be under any liability whatsoever in respect of contributed articles. We gratefully acknowledge the support of firms whose advertisements appear throughout this publication.While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this issue of Context is current and correct, neither the IHBC nor the publisher can be held responsible for any errors or omissions which may occur. Context themes and copy deadlines Context is published four times a year in March, June, September and December. The next three themes and copy deadlines are: Built and natural environment interface , June, issue 180 (12 April) Urban housing , September, issue 181 (12 July) Heating and ventilation , December, issue 182 (11 October) Please contact Michael Taylor at ihbceditorialboard@gmail.com to discuss any editorial submissions or for information about the Context editorial board. 2 C O N T E X T 1 7 9 : M A R C H 2 0 2 4 Briefing Hadrian’sWall Whathappened to the stones? Cumbria’svernaculararchitecture RenovatingUnionChainBridge Bastleson theborder No179March2024 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: An artwork in Carlisle by the artist Smug features the Celtic god Belatucadros, whom the Romans adopted, and a Roman soldier – see page 15. (Photo by Zinnie Denby-Mann) Brighton Dome reopens Brighton Dome’s historic Grade I and Grade II listed Corn Exchange and Studio Theatre have reopened for live performances following a six-year refurbishment. The work is the first phase of a regeneration project by Brighton and Hove City Council, in partnership with Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival and Brighton and Hove Museums, to cement the Royal Pavilion Estate as a landmark destination for heritage and the arts. The refurbished spaces have been designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. The original wooden beams of the Corn Exchange’s timber frame have been repaired, strengthened and restored to designs by the building’s original architect, Brighton Dome: more extravagance by the Prince Regent (Photo: Andy Stagg)