The Restoration of Blythburgh Church, 1881-1906 - The Dispute between the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and the Blythburgh Church Restoration Committee (Hardcover)

Edition of original letters and other documents sheds light on a major ecclesiastical controversy. In 1881, after decades of mouldering into ruin, the grand fifteenth-century church of Blythburgh, Suffolk, "The Cathedral of the Marshes", was closed as unsafe. The church was saved - but its rescue involved a bitter twenty-five year long dispute between Blythburgh vicars and committees, and William Morris and his Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, who feared that the medieval fabric would be over-restored and the character of the building lost forever. This volume presents an edition, with notes and introduction, of original documents from both sides - providing unique insights into a rancorous conflict, with vicars pitted against patrons as well as the Society.The need was local, but the significance national, with elites ranged against another. From a description of the Blythburgh committee headed by a royal princess, to accounts of lavish fund-raising fetes and garden parties, the story is vividly brought to life. Alan Mackley, an honorary research fellow at the University of East Anglia, studied history after a career as a scientist in the oil industry. He has lived in Suffolk for over 35 years.

General

Imprint:	The Boydell Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Suffolk Records Society
Release date:	May 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Alan Mackley
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	383
ISBN-13:	978-1-78327-167-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Religious buildings Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-78327-167-1
Barcode:	9781783271672

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