Heritage Now

ISSUE 01/2021 CONTENTS HERITAGE NOW THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS & PLACES Historic Buildings & Places St Ann’s Vestry Hall 2 Church Entry London EC4V 5HB Historic Buildings & Places is the working name of the Ancient Monuments Society, registered charity 209605 Contact us Telephone 020 7236 3934 Email office@hbap.org.uk www.hbap.org.uk Twitter @hbap1924 Instagram hbap1924 Join us For membership enquiries contact membership@hbap.org.uk Heritage Now is distributed to all members of Historic Buildings & Places Editor Paul Holden Email magazine@hbap.org.uk Editorial Board John Bold Lucie Carayon Jill Channer Martin Cherry Bob Kindred The views and opinions expressed here are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Historic Buildings & Places or the publisher. Publisher Cathedral Communications Limited High Street, Tisbury, Wiltshire England SP3 6HA 01747 871717 www.buildingconservation.com ISSN 2754-4192 Patron His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, KG, KT President The Rt Hon Lord Inglewood, DL, MRICS Chairman Giles Quarme, BA, Dip Arch, Dip Cons (AA), RIBA, FRSA Cover image: A section of the high street in Hastings. A wonderful coastal town, ripe for regeneration. (Historic England) Image left: St Mary and St Nicholas, Wilton, 1841-5. Julian Orbach discusses his revised Pevsner on page 24 (Yale University Press) 2 4 8 12 16 18 24 27 28 29 31 From the director Evolution, not revolution Lucie Carayon reflects on an exciting new future for the society A future for Methodist chapels? Peter Forsaith on the challenges ahead for Methodist chapels High street heritage action zones Hannah Hamnett looks at how this Historic England initiative will reinvigorate our historic high streets All hands to the pumps Amber Patrick gives an insight into her role as indus- trial caseworker Casework reviews by Ross Anthony and Matthew Saunders Books and publications Julian Orbach talks about his new revision of Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings of England: Wiltshire Comment Can the Church of England achieve net-zero emissions by 2030? Meet the team Meet the new boys, Ross Anthony and Paul Holden The young ones Felix Charteris maps out his route to being awarded the prestigious Institute of Historic Building Conservation Gus Astley Student Award From the sector and diary