About Us
This committee has a broad concern for promoting an understanding of and active care for the significance and importance of cultural landscapes and historic parks and gardens. It has successfully campaigned for the signing, ratification and implementation in the UK of the European Landscape Convention and takes a particular interest in the cultural landscape dimension to World Heritage Sites providing the ICOMOS-UK representative on several World Heritage Site Steering Committees.
What We Do
The committee’s work is closely aligned with the objectives and mission statement outlined in the ICOMOS-UK ‘s Strategic Plan and seeks to:
- Promote greater awareness among communities, local authorities, agencies, and developers of the value of cultural landscapes and historic parks and gardens and the OUV (outstanding Universal value) of World Heritage Sites.
- Protect these values through actively concerning itself with development affecting them currently being involved in development affecting the Studley Royal with Fountains Abbey WHS, the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey WHS, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew WHS and Blenheim Place WHS.
- Encourage debate on current issues in cultural landscapes throughout the UK with particular reference to the European Landscape Convention and the promotion of its principles.
- Identify, promote, and adapt good practice in the recognition, conservation, management and promotion of cultural landscapes and historic parks and gardens, in partnership with other ICOMOS-UK Committees and like-minded organisations.
Membership
The Committee looks to bring together individuals from a broad range of backgrounds in the UK who have experience, knowledge, or a particular interest in the conservation of cultural landscapes and historic parks and gardens. Membership is open to all members of ICOMOS-UK.
Current members of the Cultural Landscapes & Historic Gardens Committee (July 2023):
Mr Paul Nicholas Walshe, Chair Landscape Architect, Architect and Environmental Conservationist. Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes.
Mr Doug Evans Cultural Heritage Consultant. Chair ICOMOS-UK Wood Committee. Expert Member, ICOMOS International Scientific Wood Committee. Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes.
Dr Kristof Fatsar Landscape Architect, Course Leader in Landscape Architecture, Kingston School of Art, Kingston University.
Mr Peter H Goodchild Advisor on the history, significance, conservation and care of gardens, parks, and amenity landscapes. Director and founding member of Garland (The Garden and Landscape Heritage Trust). ICOMOS-UK Representative on the Studley Royal with Fountains Abbey World Heritage Site Steering Group.
Professor Marion Harney Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Engineering and Design. Professor of Building & Landscape Conservation, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, University of Bath. Athena SWAN Leader. Visiting Professor University of Westminster. Member of the City of Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Board.
Dr David Jacques OBE Garden and Landscape Historian and Conservationist. Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. Member of the ICOMOS World Heritage Panel 2020-1 & 2022-3.
Mr Michael Lear Director of Lear Associates Limited, a Landscape Architectural practice based in Oxford working on heritage sites and curating plant collections. ICOMOS-UK Representative on the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew World Heritage Site Steering Group.
Ms Caroline Maguire Conservation Architect, NICS Department for Communities, Northern Ireland.
Mr Hal Moggridge, OBE, VHM, Architect and Landscape Architect, Past President of the Landscape Institute, Commissioner of the Royal Fine Art Commission, Founding Partner of Colvin and Moggridge, Landscape Architects.
Mr Terry Robinson Specialist in landscape conservation and interpretation having worked in National Park Authorities and the Country Commission and its successor bodies devising and implementing policies on designated landscapes, landscape characterisation practice and conserving local character in and around towns. ICOMOS-UK Representative on the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site.
London Views
Through the London Views project it has developed a photographic record of the principal and historic views in and out of the World Heritage Sites based in London.
In 2019, Hal Moggridge (OBE VMH PPLI FIHORT RIBA AADIP), Consultant from Colvin & Moggridge, prepared for the ICOMOS-UK Cultural Landscapes and Historic Gardens Committeee an analysis of views of Westminster WHS.Click here for the result of the analysis: Doc 1 and Doc 2
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In 2016 the committee organised a very successful international conference on Capability Brown.
Implementing the European Landscape Convention 2006
Following the great celebrations of the achievement of Capability Brown in last year’s tercentenary CB300 Festival, the Gardens Trust has felt it is important to remind everyone that many of Brown’s actual landscapes continue to be threatened or harmed. They have now published a report, Vulnerability Brown, to highlight this.
Vulnerability Brown – Capability Brown Landscapes at Risk
Chair: Paul Walshe
Contact: admin@icomos-uk.org