Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
University of Lincoln
Charles Winston and the development of conservative restoration
Context
The article builds on material researched for Stained Glass of Lincoln Cathedral (2012).
Research resides within the processes of:
Examining the extant remains of a medieval stained glass window; examining the archival records of the window's conservation in the 1990s; establishing what was done during the Victorian restoration of 1855-6; assessing the significance of this restoration in the context of the emerging discourse of restoration in the mid Victorian period
Insights:
The historian Charles Winston presided over a series of important stained glass restorations in the mid Victorian period; the restoration of the North Transept Rose of Lincoln Cathedral in 1855 was a landmark in conservative restoration; Winston's written accounts of this and other restorations at North Moreton and Gloucester demonstrate that he made the retention of medieval fabric a priority; Winston's institutional base in the Archaeological Institute constituted an important secular pressure group that promoted conservative restoration.
