Tony Redman has spent five years surveying every stone-built building in Suffolk, and this talk will be based on his new book “The Buildings Stones of Suffolk, and the people who worked them”, recently published by the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Tony has identified 50 types of stone which are present in 700 […]
Dr Joseph Harley is a Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University and an expert in the history of poverty, welfare, material culture and domestic life. His most recent publications include Objects of Poverty: Material Culture in Britain from 1700 (2025) and At Home with the Poor: Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in England, […]
To List or not to List, that is the question – Dr Caroline Skinner What is ‘The List’ and what does it do? Why do some get added to the list and others don’t? Assessing a building for Listing has often been described as a dark art. This presentation explores the process for assessing buildings for […]
The Old Sun Inn is an enchanting and much-cherished Grade I-listed historic building in Saffron Walden, Essex displaying some of the best pargeting – external decorative plasterwork – in England. Originally medieval houses, then later an inn, the property has subsequently been in mixed commercial and domestic use. The Old Sun Inn is currently undergoing […]
Walpole Old Chapel - Katie Langridge, Cliveden Conservation Walpole Old Chapel began life as a late 16th century farmhouse, and from outside, very little has changed. However, its interior was transformed in the mid-17th century into a non-conformist chapel, one of the best preserved of its kind – SHBG held an AGM there a few […]