The Victorian Society is urging supporters to sign a petition to government to forestall Cardiff Council’s plans for the Coal Exchange and set up a public inquiry into the current situation.
The Civic Trust for Wales
The Civic Trust for Wales promotes civic pride as a means to improving the quality of life for all in the places where we live and work, and encourages community action, good design, sustainable development and respect for the built environment amongst people of all ages.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Goodbye (from us) to Open Doors
Many of those involved in the annual Open Doors/European Heritage Days programme have been contacting us with enquiries about this year’s programme, usually launched on 1st March each year. The Civic Trust for Wales has organised Open Doors since it began…
Tagged with: European Heritage Days, Open Doors, The Civic Trust for Wales
Posted in heritage, information, magazine, news
Posted in heritage, information, magazine, news
Nairn’s vision
Ian Nairn died in 1983, but for twenty years he was a blunt critic of the tawdriness of post-war development in British towns and cities. He criticised the emergence of ‘subtopia’ — the blurring of town and country, and the way towns were coming to seem drearily alike.
Charlotte Square
Rhiwbina and District Civic Society is producing a character study of this large Cardiff suburb. This report on Charlotte Square illustrates the approach they have taken to the project.
Plenary debates heritage next steps
This week’s Welsh Assembly plenary session debated the government’s historic environment strategy and its intentions for the way forward following the recent Future of our past consultation.
Tagged with: assembly, civic society, heritage, rhiwbina
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, news, policy
Posted in conservation, heritage, information, news, policy
Historic Coal Exchange under threat?
Allegations have been made this week in Private Eye that the core of Cardiff’s historic Coal Exchange could be demolished without listed building consent being sought. The grade II* listed Cardiff Coal Exchange sits in Mount Stuart Square, and is…
Rebuilding a civic society
Anna Lermon explains how the Abergavenny Civic Society transformed itself into an effective organisation with a diverse range of activities Link
Sense of place: Victorian Penarth
The Trust moved its offices to Penarth last summer. What a change from central Cardiff! Nowadays, Penarth is virtually a commuter suburb, but it retains a very distinctive sense of place that was shaped in later Victorian and Edwardian times. It’s been fun — even in a miserably wet winter — exploring its streets and discovering some of the features that make this town special.
Characterisation, Conservation and Urban Design in Wales
The RTPI is holding a conference on the above topics in Cardiff on March 25th. Chaired by Prof John Punter the afternoon session focuses on conservation and urban design practice. Contributors will be Steve Smith (Swansea), Claire Hamm (Bridgend), Niall…
Tagged with: characterisation, conservation, planning, urban design
Posted in conservation, heritage, planning
Posted in conservation, heritage, planning
Celebrating the Chartists
The February edition of the Celebrating the Chartists newsletter leads with the Welsh Government’s call for Newport to ‘fully recognise and develop’ the Chartist contribution to British democracy and the response from the city’s Business Task Force to this approach to regeneration.…
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