Engl Heritage Conserv Bull 22

Reports on progress with the Cathedral Repair Grants scheme, launched in 1991, and announces the grants for 1994-95. Some of the projects which have benefited from the scheme are noted, emphasising that the use of traditional materials is encouraged along with appropriate modern techniques. The special problems facing post-war structures are considered, with reference to Liverpool's Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. The findings of various surveys and conservation research projects are noted.

Provides an overview of the structure of European heritage management, noting the roles of the Council of Europe, the European Commission, and the European Parliament. World-wide organisations such as ICCROM, ICOMOS, and UNESCO are also mentioned. The place of English Heritage within this hierarchy is then examined.

Following delays in the Parliamentary progress of a Government Order restricting the scope of Ecclesiastical Exemption, and legal difficulties with the definition of a `principal place of worship', this article outlines the current procedure. Includes the text of guidance given in the recent case of St Helen's Bishopsgate.

Records that eighty three post-war buildings are now listed and that a study of commercial and industrial architecture is nearing completion. Publicity for the listing process has taken the form of an exhibition (The Age of Optimism, Post-war Architecture in England), and a seminar. Some case studies are noted, the issue of consent procedures discussed, and topics for future research into the documentation and conservation of modern buildings proposed.

After summarising the history of the development of the Common Agricultural Policy and of the Set Aside scheme for agricultural land, this article describes ideas for cooperation between English Heritage and other government departments, agencies, and landowning/farming associations to establish whether there can be an archaeological return from present-day methods of agriculture.

An account of the Committee's inquiries, held between March 1993 and February 1994, noting the organisations and individuals who gave evidence at the hearings.

Notes increases in English Heritage's funding from the Government and in income raised independently. Details figures for total expenditure, and provides a breakdown into the following headings: conservation, historic properties, development and promotion, and corporate services.

Remembers the career of the last Chairman (1978-84) of the former Ancient Monuments Board.