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GTNEWS17 Autumn 2021Research Conserve Campaign
GTNEWSFront cover image:Looking through pictures of thegarden in recent years, your editoris increasingly missing his family’sformer home in the south of France.The Corsican hellebore, growing inboth gardens, makes a direct linkbetween the two locations.As “winter is coming”, I am plungedinto the realisation that we may soonbe seeing snow in the garden again.All being well, we will be able toresume life as normal in the not toodistant future, although parts of ‘thecontinent’ are going back intolock-down as we go to press 17ContentsFrom the Garden Chairnews & campaignsAGM of the Gardens Trust 2021: reportVolunteer of the Year 2021 winnerUnforgettable Gardens is Go!‘Engaging With Our Future’Digital Engagement UpdateUpdate on Victoria Tower GardensHampton Court landscapeDevelopments encroachingon Registered Parks and GardensConservation Casework UpdateTelecommunications monopolesGT signs Climate Heritage Manifestofrom our contributorsA Reputation RestoredParlington, LeedsMonks to Microscopes46677101112Join UsIf you or someone you know isnot a member, please join us!Your support is vital in helpingthe Gardens Trust to protectand campaign for historicdesigned landscapes. Benefitsinclude GT News, our journalGarden History, and accessto exclusive member events.A special rate is availableto County Garden Trustmembers. Join today David Marsh The Shed online25GT Events26other news & events in brief44GT events 202235Study Tour to Palermo and the West of Sicily 42GT North Yorkshire weekend 202243Study Tour to France 202244The Gardens Trust OfficersGT events diary 2021–2022Autumn 20214647www.thegardenstrust.orgThe Gardens Trust head office:70 Cowcross Street,London EC1M 6EJphone: 020 7608 2409general email:enquiries@thegardenstrust.orgCompany number: 03163187Registered Charity number: 1053446Copy deadline for Spring 2022Copy deadline for issue 181 February 2022 for distributionin March 2022
From the Garden ChairPeter HughesIt has recently been reported thatthe Chancellor of the Exchequerhas been thinking of changing thebeginning of the tax year fromApril to January. It seems that thecost of this could be prohibitiveand so the idea might well bestillborn. It got me thinking,though, of just how manyannual beginnings there are. Theacademic year traditionally beginsat the end of Summer. For many,psychologically, Spring is a timeof new life and new beginnings.Our calendar year begins on the1st of January, but even that is notso simple. The Gregorian calendaris far from universal. Some stilluse the Julian calendar, and theChinese and Islamic calendars aretotally different again.In the garden, Autumn is notjust a time of preparation forwinter, taking in tender plants andprotecting others from wind andrain. It is also a time for planningahead, thinking of the year ahead,pouring over seed catalogues, andplanting bulbs for next Spring. Ihave been busy in our own gardendoing all of these things, and alsoordering some new trees to markthe Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in2022. For me, it also marks thecompletion of my first year asChairman of the Gardens Trust.A time to look back and to lookforward. What an eventful year ithas been, and certainly not whatI had been expecting before thepandemic struck. Life has seemedto comprise a constant round ofzoom meetings. One misses theinter-action of personal contactwith friends and colleagues. Mywife and I now fear that we are indanger of losing our social skills4GT NEWS 17 Autumn 2021and developing Fogo (a fear ofgoing out). As we plan ahead,there is a growing realisation,though, that the pandemic is notgoing away and may be with usfor some time to come. We willhave to learn to live with it andmake adjustments to try to keepourselves as safe whilst resuminglife as normally as we can.In July, I had a meeting withchairs and representatives ofCounty Gardens Trusts. Thepurpose was to discuss how wehad all fared over the last year.The meeting was well-attendedand most CGTs were represented.What came across was the sheerdetermination and resourcefulnessshown by everyone present to findnew ways to keep going. Some hadeven managed to increase theirmembership during the pandemic.We have very much appreciatedthe enthusiastic involvement ofCGTs around the country in theUnforgettable Gardens onlinetalks. Over the next year andthrough to December 2022, wehave a full online programme andagain CGTs will be involved infeaturing Unforgettable Gardensfrom their area.In September we held ourfirst ever virtual GT AnnualGeneral Meeting. The obviousdisadvantage of online meetingsis the inability to meet everyoneface-to-face. It does, though,enable members from across thecountry to attend, who mightotherwise not be able to do so. Italso gave us the opportunity thisyear to put together a presentation,compered by our StrategicDevelopment Officer, LindenGroves, to introduce all the GTteam — Trustees and staff — andto explain through a series of shortvideo clips the work being doneby key parts of the organisation,our Conservation Officers, AlisonAllighan and Margie Hoffnung,our new Audience DevelopmentOfficer. Frankie Taylor, andTamsin McMillan, who providessupport and training for our CGTsand volunteers.This next year marks the 50thanniversary of Garden History,*The Journal of the Gardens Trust.Volume 1, No. 1 appeared inSeptember 1972. It was printedby offset lithography in blackand white with the pages stapledtogether – staples that are nowalmost fifty years later showingdistinct signs of age. The formatchanged to the one that we are allfamiliar with in, at first with plainblue covers with a photograph,or print, on the cover to enticeus to venture inside. The Journalhas a distinguished history andover the years has included many
From the Garden Chairimportant articles on gardenhistory and garden conservationby distinguished experts. It is averitable treasure trove. We intendto celebrate the milestone witha special anniversary edition.The plan is to select an articlefrom each decade of the journaland republish it together witha short follow-up piece. Thereis no shortage of candidatesfor inclusion, and a small teamcomprising the Editor of theJournal, Dr Barbara Simms,myself, and two of our Trustees,Dr David Marsh and Dr Sally Jefferyis about to embark on the difficulttask of selecting the chosenarticles. We hope to publish theanniversary edition in the Autumnof next year. Further details willfollow in due course.The Editor of the first issue ofthe Journal was Dr ChristopherThacker. His editorial on pageone began with a passage fromShakespeare’s The Tempest, followedby the observation that ‘We likeProspero have a lot to do.’ Plus çachange plus c’est la même chose. Fiftyyears on the Gardens Trust has a lotto do. The next year promises to beboth challenging and exciting as,Garden History, Vol.1, no.1with the assistance of our NationalLottery Heritage Fund grant, weseek to strengthen and broadenwhat we do and to reach a largerand wider audience. At a time ofgreat environmental uncertainty,and with the Governmentcurrently re-thinking its approachto planning policy and reform,our work at the Gardens Trust isall the more important. Studying,researching, and recording our richgarden and landscape heritage isas important as ever, but we alsoneed to be ever vigilant in ourendeavours to protect and preservethat heritage for future generations.September 1972Editorial“I’ll to my book;For yet, ere supper-time, must I performMuch business appertaining” - The Tempest, III.ii.* Strictly speaking there were also twopublished volumes of Occasional Papers,in 1969 and 1970, which spurred onthe creation of the Journal, some articleshaving outgrown their home in our thenQuarterly Newsletter. The first sevenvolumes of Garden History then fulfilledthe dual role of journal and newsletterbefore settling into the format wemaintain till today – allowing all volumesto be shelved within the same space. Thewhole run (save the last three years) isavailable as pdfs via our partner onlineacademic platform JSTOR. And allvolumes remain available, in some casesas new reprints, from our publishers, theLavenham Press. Ed.We like Prospero have a lot to do. Our Societygrows, and the Newsletter must grow with it to meetthe demand for a more comprehensive periodical. ThisJournal, Garden History, is to incorporate the functionsboth of the Newsletter and of the Occasional Papersissued in 1969 and 1970. In other words, Garden Historywill continue to report on the activities of the GardenHistory Society, on visits, on meetings, on eventsand developments, and on publications related to oursubject; to present “notes and queries” furthering theexchange of views and information, and short pieces todo with aspects of garden history. Now we shall alsopublish more extensive articles, previously restrictedto the two Occasional Papers. When necessary, and whenpossible, illustrations will be included.We welcome contributions to do with any partof garden history: notes, observations, queries andstatements, short articles or long ones. Though wecannot promise to print everything which is submitted,this expansion is, we hope, a sound and sensibleresponse to the mounting flow of material which comes in,both from members of the Society and from interestedoutsiders. In its way, the expansion matches our risingmembership, and the widespread growth of interest in thewhole subject of garden history.There is “Much business appertaining”. Let us geton with it.Christopher ThackerGT NEWS 17 Autumn 20215
news& campaignsAnnual General Meetingof the Gardens Trust 2021The Gardens Trust’s seventhAGM was held on3 September 2021. Due to thecontinued uncertainty causedby the pandemic, the AGM washeld by Zoom and Memberswere encouraged to attend andvote at the meeting. 61 Membersattended the meeting and votingwas carried out using Zoom polls.A total of 50 Proxy Forms werereceived: 45 from IndividualMembers and five from CGTs.The deaths of the followingmembers since the previous AGMwere noted with sadness including:Miss Enid Cassen;Mrs Fiona Garnett (nee Crumley);Miss Sonia Crutchlow;Mrs De Ferranti; Dr F Harris;The Hon Lady Roberts;Dr Mary Swan;and Dr Anne Tupholme.The Minutes of the sixth AGM(held on 5 September 2020) andthe re-appointment of Averillo& Associates as IndependentExaminers were agreed and theAccounts for the year ending31 December 2020 were received.Alan Baxter and Susan Campbellwere re-elected as Vice Presidentsfor a further term of five years.Virginia Hinze and David Lambertstepped down from the Board atthe conclusion of the AGM, havingcompleted six years as Trustees. Inaddition, Thadian Pillai decided6GT NEWS 17 Autumn 2021Your new Board, 2021Peter Hughes QC – Christopher Blandford – Lisa Watson – Maureen NolanSarah Dickinson – Dr David Marsh – Rachel Savage – Chloe Bennett – Joanna DavidsonDr Marion Harney – Dr Sally Jeffrey – Peter Waine – Paul Titcombeto step down from the Board atstaff and activities of the GT overthe AGM. The Trust is grateful to the last year.all of them for their contributionsMaureen NolanHonorary Secretaryduring their time as Trustees.In line with the retirementprovisions in the Articles off you were unable to attendAssociation, Peter Hughes retired andthis year’s AGM on Fridaywas re-elected a Trustee for a term ofthree years. Rachel Savage and Paul 3 September, you can still watchTitcombe, who were co-opted to the the presentation given by LindenBoard in March 2021, were elected as Groves, and the team, about thework of the Trust over the pastTrustees for a term of three years.year online, using this link:Following the formal votinghttps://youtu.be/y4RnJUvY4r8section, Linden Groves gave aninformative presentation on theI
Gilly Drummond Volunteer of the Year 2021Our congratulations go toMarcus Batty of SussexGardens Trust who was named asthe Gilly Drummond Volunteerof the Year at the Gardens TrustAGM. Volunteers are at the heartof what we do, and this awardrecognises their invaluable workfor the Gardens Trust and CountyGardens Trusts around the country.Each year, the Gardens TrustBoard appoints a Judging Panelthat includes an external judge,a previous award winner and aBoard member. This year, theJudging Panel members were:Jenifer White (Chair); KateHarwood; and Maureen Nolan.The other volunteers who werenominated for the award were:Jane Bradney of Gloucestershire GT;Gwen Miles of Buckinghamshire GT;Sarah Rutherford of the Gardens Trust;Peter Woodrow of Norfolk GT;and Thomas Yellowley ofNorthumbria GT. All thenominations were of a high standard,but Marcus Batty was recommendedunanimously by the judges.Marcus was selected for hiscontribution to the Trust overthe past decade, as Director,Trustee and Council memberand recent Chairman. He helpeddevelop a strategy for the Trustthrough a series of workshops,and guided Sussex GT throughconstitutional and organisationalchanges. Marcus supportedtheir conservation group,contributed to education as aconference speaker, and conductedindependent research. His impacton Communications as a frequentcontributor to Sussex GTpublications was noted, andparticularly his original andsubstantive contribution of aregular series of Corona Bulletinsfor the edification, education andamusement of Sussex GT members.Maureen NolanHonorary SecretaryUnforgettable Gardens is Go!WWe know of two CGTsplanning a twinning event forUnforgettable Gardens. The firstis being arranged by Avon GT.The new Chairman of Avon GT,Kay Ross, has had a long-terminvolvementwith therestoration andpromotion ofWilliam Champion’s Gardenjust outside Bristol at Warmley.Kay Rosse are delighted that despitethe challenges of the pastyear, our collaborative theme ofUnforgettable Gardens has grownwings and is soaring!This theme runs from 2020–23and has been carefully chosen tohelp us all raise awareness of theimportance of historic parks andgardens, the threats that they face,and the ways that we can all getinvolved in helping to protect them.We have become rather fond of ourshorthand version of its key message:the 3 Vs — Value, Vulnerability andVolunteering and, of course, we’renot just focussing on the big nationalstars, but are just as interested inthe lesser-known heroes, be theyworkhorse local parks or overgrownforgotten treasures.You will not be surprised to readthat County Gardens Trusts haveswung into action!The grotto at William Champion’s Garden at Warmley.GT NEWS 17 Autumn 20217
Champion was a successful 18thcentury industrialist who createdhis own fantasy-style garden nextto his house and brass millingworks which included a grotto andan 8-metre-tall statue of Neptunestanding in a lake. Around thesame time the impressive gardens& grotto at Goldney Hall inBristol, were built by ThomasGoldney, a business associateof William Champion. AvonGT propose to hold a twinningevent which will highlight thetwo gardens to a new audience,and they hope this will resultin volunteers to support one orboth gardens. The second gardentwinning event is between twonon-conformist cemeteries —The Rosary in Norwich (the firstnon-conformist cemetery builtoutside London) and Histon RoadCemetery in Cambridge (designedby J. C. Loudon). Gin Warren ofCambridgeshire GT is going todeliver an online talk to membersof both Cambridge and NorfolkGTs, as well congregations of theassociated churches in both cities.Gin also proposes to lead exchangevisits to both sites for anyonewho’d like to visit and learn more.Throughout 2021, HertfordshireGT members have been takingphotographs of their county’sgardens in order to select13 images for a calendar ofHertfordshire’s UnforgettableGardens to celebrate their30th anniversary in 2022.Buckinghamshire GT have comeup with a similar idea to celebratetheir 25th anniversary!Meanwhile, Sussex Gardens Truststarted a new Twitter account andhave been posting some of theircounty’s Unforgettable Gardens,often in collaboration with the ownersor head gardeners. Berkshire GT is8GT NEWS 17 Autumn 2021revisiting their ‘Ribbon of GreenWalk’ across Reading, linkingup several parks and other greenhistoric places. Apart from beingan educational leaflet, it forms partof the ‘Ribbon of Green’ mentalhealth walks initiative.Several county gardens trusts areusing the Unforgettable Gardenstheme to undertake new researchand recording projects. Forexample, Kent GT is researchingsites in Swale District Council, toform an inventory to be sharedwith this district council’s planningand conservation officers, as wellproviding heritage information fordevelopers and other interestedparties. London GT is now inthe process of recruiting newvolunteers to research or updateentries for their inventory, thistime in the Borough of Lewisham.Berkshire and BuckinghamshireGTs are researching public parks.The results of their research maybe published on their websites orin pamphlets to distribute locally.Additionally, Buckinghamshireare researching the many artists’gardens in their county.Norfolk is mid-way throughdigitising town garden surveyscarried out in the 1990s butuntil now, not easily accessible tothe public. Using 21st centurytechnology, a Norfolk GTmember, who flies a drone camera,is recording many of their county’sgardens and public parks from theair, to form a record of how theylook and are faring today.Lastly, Essex GT, as wellas starting to research for aninventory of parks and gardensin Thurrock District, have alsobadged lots of their talks andevents as Unforgettable Gardens.Another great initiative is theirappointment of an Artist inResidence, Jane Fredrick, who isrecording their UnforgettableGardens over a year and leading‘tour n draw’ events for membersand guests in some of Essex’sbeautiful landscapes.Heritage Open Days haveadded Unforgettable Gardens totheir event ‘flavours’, and we areworking together to help CGTsand others to run events in thenext couple of years.English Heritage welcomedCGTs with our travellingUnforgettable Gardensexhibition to their ‘BloomingGardens’ weekends this June.These took place at Belsay Hall,Northumberland; OsborneHouse, Isle of Wight; BrodsworthHall, Yorkshire; Wrest Park,Bedfordshire; Audley End, Essex;Witley Court, Worcestershire;and Walmer Castle, Kent and atwhich the local CGTs ran stallsto share information about theirwork and gardens in that county.Each CGT was given two pull-updisplay banners by the GardensTrust, based on the UnforgettableGardens messages. We hold theartwork for these banners and arevery happy to share them for freewith anyone who might want toprint copies for their own pop-upexhibitions.We are particularly pleased thatHistoric Houses are keen to getinvolved too, and we are currentlyworking on a range of digitalcollaborations, including blogposts and regular social mediacontent. All of this will be fantasticfor raising awareness that eventhe most beautiful of gardens arevulnerable to threats and requirecareful care and conservation.Another exciting collaborationis for the 2021 Loyal Johnsononline exhibition, in partnershipwith RHS Libraries. Loyal andhis friend Sam undertook animpressive 1500-mile journey in1928. They arrived in Liverpool,from The States, and visited 60gardens of note; most of the route
Isle of Wight Gardens TrustVolunteers from the Isle of Wight Gardens Trust looking after their stallat the Blooming Gardens weekend at Osbornewas completed by bicycle. Loyalwanted to collect information tofurther his Landscape Architectstudies and he kept a fascinatingdiary of his observations toaccompany the many photographshe took. The county gardens trustswere invited to a meeting withFiona Davidson, RHS Head ofLibraries, so that they could learnhow they can contribute theirresearch and take advantage of thisfantastic audience developmentopportunity. As I write, therelevant diary entries are startingto be sent out to the CGTs sothey can read what Loyal thoughtabout some of the gardens in theircounty — in what was a period ofdecline for many landscapes afterthe First World War.At the Gardens Trust itselfwe’re delivering a huge onlinelecture programme crammedwith Unforgettable Gardens,with weekly lectures looking atgardens across the country. Tobook, please visit our Events Page:thegardenstrust.org/eventsWe are highlighting an‘Unforgettable Gardens of theMonth’ in our digital activity.Do get in touch if you wouldlike to suggest a landscape forany of these. Gardens featuredso far are Princess Gardens,Devon; Denmans Garden,West Sussex; Painswick Garden,Gloucestershire; AberglasneyGarden, Wales; Villandry, France;The Laskett, Herefordshire;Campbell Park, Milton Keynes;The Plantation Garden, Norfolk;Hestercombe, Somerset.We hope that you will thinkabout organising somethingyourself as part of UnforgettableGardens, or at least using itsbranding for a pre-planned activityso that our collective messages canhave maximum impact.Do please let us know what youhave in mind — we can offer itpublicity and a place on our eventslisting. And don’t forget to use thelogo, which can be downloadedfrom the Resource Hub URL.Also, let us know if you are goingto post social media messagesusing #Unforgettable Gardens,so that we can share them with ourfollowers too.Sally Batesallybate@thegardenstrust.orgCalling Our Gardens Trust MembersMany of you are already enjoying our e-Bulletin and online lectures. But we still would like to contact youby email from time to time and need to ensure our Membership database is up to date.We would be very grateful if you would confirm your current email address by emailing us at:enquiries@thegardenstrust.org including your name and postal address. Thank you very much.GT NEWS 17 Autumn 20219
‘Engaging With Our Future’Digital Engagement UpdateIt’s been a very exciting and busyfirst few months for me at theGardens Trust. As I explore whatwe can achieve on the EngagingWith Our Future project over thenext year, I am very much lookingforward to working with you all tofind ways to reach new audiencesthat will help the Trust become amore resilient organisation thatsurvives long into the future. I hopeto help start us off on that journeyby delivering a series of pilot projectsthat aim to increase membership,improve our wider communityengagement and expand our reachto new audiences digitally.I’ve begun by reviewing theGarden’s Trusts social mediaplatforms to see how we canimprove our digital engagement;looking at what we currently doand how our online audience havebeen responding. We can do thisquite easily by looking at analyticsdata from each of our social mediaplatforms, each of which giveus an idea of how many peopleviewed, liked or interacted witha post. I’m happy to report thatwe are doing well across all ourplatforms (Twitter, Instagramand Facebook) and from thedata we can easily see some pathsahead that will hopefully lead toan improved digital engagementstrategy and more peoplediscovering us online.You may have seen in July wetook part in this year’s #LoveParksmonth, a campaign which aimsto encourage people to value theirlocal parks and share what theylove so much about them. Weshared a listicle (content shared asa list of individual posts) whichwas successful across all threeplatforms: some of these tweets10GT NEWS 17 Autumn 2021were viewed almost 2000 times,our post about playgroundswas one of our top three postson Facebook and amazingly, ithelped increase interactions onInstagram by over 1000%! It’sclear from this success that preplanned, consistent content basedaround a theme is how we canbest improve our online presence.It’s also shown us that the GTWeekly List is a popular feature— we see an engagement rate ofaround 10% on these posts whichis huge considering that averageengagement online is between2/3% (engagement is measured asa proportion of people who liked,retweeted or commented on apost). This also demonstrates howimportant it is to our audienceThe appointment of Frankie Taylor,our Audience Development andEngagement Officer, has been madepossible as part of our Engaging withour Future project, thanks to Lotteryplayers. This project is focussedon growing the GT’s resilience,particularly by improving our abilityto reach new people from a broadrange of backgrounds.Also underway as part of the projectare market research, the developmentof audience development andfundraising strategies, expansion ofour digital activity, and a review of ourinternal organisational structures.It’s a busy and exciting time, andwe are so grateful for our members’support and enthusiasm as weprogress and grow.that we continue to share theimportant work that we do andinvolve them in that process.Social media analytics also giveus a great insight into who ouraudience actually is online. It isinteresting that over 70% of ourfollowers are women and thatwe reach different age groups ondifferent platforms — on Instagramour audience is largely agedbetween 35 to 44 (those aged 25to34 come second) and on Facebook45 to 54. This clearly shows us thatif we are to reach out to youngeraudiences in particular, Instagramwill be our preferred platform.By using this data we canbegin to plan what the future ofour digital platforms will looklike and test out some ideas. Asentertaining, witty and quirkyposts also tend to get moretraction, we’ve begun celebrating#TopiaryTuesday on Twitterwhich, although not a totally newidea, aims to insert us into somefun conversations and increaseengagement. We’re also lookinginto ways we can create a contentbank of amazing photographs thatwill be visually appealing, as it isno surprise that these tend to workvery well on Instagram.We were also experimenting thisOctober by taking part in BlackHistory Month, highlighting thehistories of Black figures involvedwith or inspired by gardens andhorticulture in the past. Througha series of informative stories onInstagram and posts on Twitterthat focused on a different figureeach week — some of these mayalready be familiar to us butcrucially some of these won’t be toa new, wider audience. By takingpart in Black History Month we
Conservation matterswill not only reach out to a wholenew audience online but alsodemonstrate how diverse, variedand relevant garden and landscapehistory is to us all, no matter whowe are or where we are from. Ifthrough events like Black HistoryMonth we can show people justhow much of a welcoming andinclusive organisation we are,this may have the added effectof attracting a much wider,more diverse and larger rangeof members and volunteers;something which can only makethe Gardens Trust and CountyGardens Trusts stronger.I look forward to updating youon the results of this in the comingmonths as well as the many otherprojects I’ll be involved in onthe Engaging With Our Futureproject over the next year.If you aren’t already following uson Facebook, Twitter or Instagram,please give us a like, share or follow!Frankie TaylorUpdate on Victoria Tower Gardensthe fight goes on he London Gardens Trust(London GT) has beengranted permission by the HighCourt to pursue its appeal againstthe Minister of Housing’s decision,following an inquiry before aPlanning Inspector, to approveconstruction of the HolocaustMemorial and Learning Centre inVictoria Tower Gardens.Permission to appeal was grantedfor a full hearing to consider thefollowing points 1. The correct legal way ofevaluating harm to heritage asset.2. Whether the Planning Inspectorwas right to require objectors tocome up with detailed proposalsfor alternative locations – whichthe judge thinks put them into“an almost impossible position”.Both are points of importancenot only in relation the VictoriaTower Gardens but to theplanning system in general. It isto be hoped that the appeal willprovide the opportunity for judgesto give guidance which will be ofvalue for the future in relation tosensitive applications which mayharmfully affect heritage assetsincluding our parks and gardens.The Gardens Trust, in its roleas statutory consultee, hadrecommended that the proposalto site the Holocaust Memorialcourtesy of Linden GrovesTVictoria Tower Gardens being enjoyed by 1920s Londoners.on Victoria Tower Gardensbe refused, and the PlanningCommittee of the local authority,the Westminster City Council,unanimously refused consent onthe grounds of the damage to part,the setting of the listed buildingsand its status as a World HeritageSite. The Government then ‘calledin the decision’ and the applicationwas referred to a planning inquiry.The Inspector recognised that hisdecision was finely balanced butin the end came down in favourof the proposal rather than thepotential alternative site at theImperial War Museum.The Gardens Trust welcomesthe initiative taken by LondonGT and the opportunity whichthe judicial review will nowprovide for this highly contentiousproposal to be further consideredand for clarification to be givenon the wider issues that the caseraises.Peter HughesGT ChairmanGT NEWS 17 Autumn 202111
GT protectsHampton Court landscapeDamage to Hampton Courtbroader settingIn February historic environmentconsultant Dr Sarah Rutherfordprepared a historic impact12GT NEWS 17 Autumn 2021Birds eye sketch of proposed development at Hampton Court showingthe existing railway station surrounded by the proposed new buildings.assessment (HIA) pro bono, towhich we gave our full support.The assessment set out in detailthe impact of the proposeddevelopment on each of theheritage assets that would beaffected. It concluded that thedevelopment would result insubstantial harm to the settingof twelve significant heritageassets, including Hampton CourtPalace, its garden, park and theThames landscape, as well ascausing some harm to a furtherten assets. It also pointed out thatthe building would exceed the50ft limit imposed by the 1913South Western Railways Act,and would be visible through thetrees, as well as greatly increasinglight emissions, when seen fromHampton Court Palace.HCRC/Piotr Hennighe Gardens Trust conservati
Parlington, Leeds 23 Monks to Microscopes 24 David Marsh The Shed online 25 GT Events 26 GT events 2022 35 Study Tour to Palermo and the West of Sicily 42 GT North Yorkshire weekend 2022 43 Study Tour to France 2022 44 other news & events in brief 44 The Gardens Trust Officers 46 GT events diary 2021-2022 47 Front cover image:
