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 2025 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 £65.00 Elsewhere £100.00 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: Leaders of conservation thought, June, issue 184 (11 April) Technical: roofing, September, issue 185 (11 July) Infrastructure, December, issue 186 (10 October) Please contact Michael Taylor at ihbceditorialboard@gmail.com to discuss any editorial submissions or for information about the Context editorial board. 2 CONTEXT 183 : MARCH 2025 Briefing Institute of Historic Building Conservation No 183 March 2025 Cover illustration by Rob Cowan. Heritage Fund winners The National Lottery Heritage Fund has granted £27 million to what it describes as ‘saving seven lesser-known UK heritage treasures’, and £1.25 million to eight church projects with ‘innovative people-centred plans’. Edinburgh’s Old Royal High School on Calton Hill has been given support of up to £5 million. The building, designed by Greekrevivalist architect Thomas Hamilton, was built in the 1820s as the Royal High School. Vacant and at risk for over 50 years since the school’s relocation, the building is to become a venue and catalyst for music and culture. £4.7 million will support the restoration of the Grade II* listed Canada House in Sheffield’s The Old Royal High School, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, receives funding to become a centre for music and culture (Photo: Mike Wilkinson) Canada House in Castlegate, Sheffield, set to become a music venue (Photo: Vox Media)
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