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Commissioning Conservation Projects in Churches: planning, management and ethics.

Commissioning Conservation Projects in Churches: planning, management and ethics. Andrew Argyrakis Senior Conservation Officer Structure of the Church of England THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCIL Was established in 1921 to co-ordinate the works of the Diocesan Advisory Committees.

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Commissioning Conservation Projects in Churches: planning, management and ethics.

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  1. Commissioning Conservation Projects in Churches: planning, management and ethics. Andrew Argyrakis Senior Conservation Officer

  2. Structure of the Church of England Church Buildings Council

  3. THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCIL • Was established in 1921 to co-ordinate the works of the Diocesan Advisory Committees. • One aspect of the Council’s work is to give advice regarding Conservation, usually in connection with the Faculty Jurisdiction System • Balances between the Conservation and the need for Worship and Mission • Is not a decision-making but an advice-giving-body Church Buildings Council

  4. THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCILConservation Committees • In 1953 a committee of the Council was formed with representatives from the National Museums and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings • In the late 1950s the Council established specialist Conservation Committees. • There are currently six Committees that meet annually to discuss matters of common concern in their fields, policy and to make recommendations over applications for grant aid. Church Buildings Council

  5. Paintings: Paintings on Canvas and Wood; Wall Paintings Sculpture & Furnishings Monuments, Metalwork, Decorative Plasterwork, Timberwork, Churchyard Monuments and Historic Churchyard-Walls, Books & Manuscripts, Textiles Bells Clocks Stained Glass Organs THE CHURCH BUILDINGS COUNCILConservation Committees Church Buildings Council

  6. Exton SS Peter & Paul Lady Bruce of Kinlosse ,1627 Robert Kelway, 1580 Church Buildings Council 3rd Viscount Campden, 1683

  7. Bottesford, St Mary 6thEarl of Rutland Church Buildings Council

  8. East Ham, St Mary Edmund Nevill, 1647 Giles Breame 1621 Church Buildings Council

  9. Lacock, St Cyriac Redcliffe, St Mary Sharington Tomb,1553 William Penn, 1670 Church Buildings Council

  10. Rule 15Faculty Jurisdiction Rules 2000(Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2047) • Rule 15 concerns consultation with the Church Buildings Council. It requires the Chancellor to consult the Council, unless he is satisfied that the CBC’s advice has been sought, when a petition for a faculty • (a) concerns an article of particular historic, architectural, archaeological or artistic interest, and involves the introduction, conservation, alteration or disposal of that article (b) involves the movement or removal or any such article, which in the opinion of the advisory committee may be adversely affected thereby unless specific precautions are taken Church Buildings Council

  11. The Parish should: Consult the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC) who might recommend seeking advice from Church Buildings Council The Council will: Send a delegation Discuss Send Advice in writing PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN A FACULTY FOR CONSERVATION WORK Church Buildings Council

  12. Ask for appropriate procedure to be started: DAC informed, application for Faculty to remove/do conservation, Referral to Council, grant aid for conservation. The Conservator should visit the church to inspect the object in context and produce a conservation report Expectations: Enquire about what the interested parties want to achieve through this exercise Communicate Conservation: what is objectively feasible/acceptable within the code of Conservation Practice and Ethics Check if the permission and approval to go ahead and the money is in place before starting Enquire about insurance and liability, safe storage for object/s Allow for the work to be scheduled outside worshipping hours, if conservation is carried out in situ. Look out for: Church envelope and environment (Rh, heating, condition of building structure, ventilation, rising water, dampness, pests) whilst preparing the conservation report Consider closely the function of the object (religious/aesthetic/mechanical) Commissioning Conservation in ChurchesThe Conservator should: Church Buildings Council

  13. PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN GRANT AID FOR CONSERVATION WORK The Parish should: • Contact CBC Conservation Staff for advice • Send available information • Commission a Conservation Report • Submit application form with supporting information • The relevant Committee will meet and decide to allocate money on basis of urgency, importance of the object and funding available • The Council will consider the Committee’s recommendations and approve the grants • The CBC will write back with grant offer and conditions if successful. Remember: a Faculty is needed to do the work Church Buildings Council

  14. Senior Conservation Officer Church Buildings Council Church House Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ enquiries.ccb@c-of-e.org.uk 020 7898 1866 To contact the Church Buildings Council: Church Buildings Council

  15. www.churchcare.co.uk Church Buildings Council

  16. New ChuchArt website to commission new art in Churcheswww.churchart.co.uk Church Buildings Council

  17. CBC GUIDELINES ON CONSERVATION REPORTS • Good Summary • Brief • Description of the History of the Building • Description, history and significance of the Monument • Condition Assessment • Causes of Deterioration • Recommendations For Conservation • Future Care Church Buildings Council

  18. THANK YOU Church Buildings Council

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