RCAHMW — Forensic Institutional Review

page · Updated 2026-10-10T04:41:04 · Original source

Chronology and catalogue links — assessed 10-10-2026: Use the Institutional Involvement Roadmap (1877–2026) for the date-ordered institution/people/evidence sequence. The reported 1988 Cadw-to-Minister spot-listing letter has its own catalogue placeholder at GHF-E152; the original has not been attached to that page as at 10-10-2026. A placeholder records an evidence gap; it does not establish the letter’s contents or misconduct.

Forensic Institutional Review — RCAHMW

Scope: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales as the principal architectural/heritage record custodian.

Established role

RCAHMW holds the H. J. Thomas survey material for Great House Farm, including a 1974 architectural survey/floor plan documenting a sub-medieval/late-seventeenth-century building, and related photographic/record evidence.

Forensic control test

Determine what RCAHMW held by 1988, what was made available to Cadw, whether the demolition was notified, and what further photographic or survey records survive. A statement that an item exists today does not by itself prove who saw it in 1988.

Current finding

As at 10-10-2026, the material reviewed does not establish wrongdoing by RCAHMW. This is not a finding that RCAHMW had no involvement; the page addresses the particular custody and heritage-record questions identified. The key issue is whether surviving survey material can prove what heritage information was available to decision-makers before demolition.

Human action

Order the identified free scans, capture metadata and establish the 1988 availability/communication trail. Compare the 1974 survey against Cadw’s 1988 assessment.

Acceptance: survey, plan, photos and 1988 availability evidence are catalogued and linked to the Cadw control point.

Institutional appearance timeline — linked source index

Coverage rule: this is a chronological navigation map of published Wiki source pages found by searching the current site index for “RCAHMW”. Every event label links directly to the page containing the source. It avoids duplicating source narratives. It records mention/appearance, not culpability. Dates are transcribed from page titles where available; “Date not explicit in title” means the linked source must be consulted. Search indexing is a discovery aid, not proof of exhaustive external coverage. ^{🕒10-10-2026}

Date shown by source title	Event / source — open evidence	Record class
16 April 1974	GHF-E090-N03 — “‘Open day’ to save ancient Welsh house” (Daily Telegraph, 16 April 1974)	Published Wiki evidence page
16 April 1974	GHF-E090-N03 — 16 April 1974: “‘Open day’ to save ancient Welsh house” (Daily Telegraph)	Published Wiki evidence page
1974	GHF-E137 — 1974 H. J. Thomas architectural survey and floor plan (RCAHMW / National Monuments Record)	Published Wiki evidence page
29 July 1988	GHF-E144 — 29 July 1988 Cadw inspection photographs and the 5 December 1988 listing decision record	Published Wiki evidence page
29 September 2026	GHF-E106-R01 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW) reply RC26-0375, 29 September 2026	Records-access response
Date not explicit in title	Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts	Published Wiki evidence page

Records-access register appearances — direct row links

Rows below match the institution’s name or an alias in the reply register. A match establishes an appearance in the records trail, not necessarily a substantive act by the institution.

Date	Correspondence / register item (click to open)	Reading rule
28 May and 10 Jun 2026	R40 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW). RC26-0205 .	Name/alias match in the reply register; open the row to distinguish sender, recipient and incidental reference.
8, 16, 17 and 21 Sep 2026	R22 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW) NMR enquiries.	Name/alias match in the reply register; open the row to distinguish sender, recipient and incidental reference.
29 Sep 2026	R01 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW), National Monuments Record enquiries. RC26-0375 (covering RC26-0353, -0368, -0371). Reply in Welsh.	Name/alias match in the reply register; open the row to distinguish sender, recipient and incidental reference.
6 Oct 2026	R43 — Royal Commission (RCAHMW), further response under RC26-0375	Name/alias match in the reply register; open the row to distinguish sender, recipient and incidental reference.