How doctrine and practice shaped churches and their furnishings from the Anglo-Saxons to Charles III
Saturday 5th April 2025
Wolfson College, Cambridge CB3 9BB
We are pleased to announce details of our conference, which as usual we hope will be of interest to our members and others and will enhance their knowledge and understanding of church buildings in our county and elsewhere.
Programme
0930 Registration
1000 Welcome : His Honour Neil McKittrick, Chair of the Trust, a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
1005 The emergence of the parish church, St Augustine to 1200 – Richard Halsey, former Regional Director, English Heritage, former Chair of the Trust
1055 Coffee
1120 The high and late Middle Ages – Professor Paul Binski, Professor of the History of Medieval Art at the University of Cambridge.
1210 The place of the pulpit in the post-Reformation church – Dr Mark Kirby, Research Fellow in Architectural History at Lincoln College, Oxford.
1300 Finger buffet lunch, for those who have ordered
1400 The work of the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust – Nicholas Leigh-Smith, Vice-Chair of the Trust
1415 The Victorian Church: Gothic Revival and the Science of Ecclesiology – The Revd Canon Dr Nicholas Thistlethwaite, Trustee of Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust, Bye-Fellow of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
1455 From the Liturgical Movement to Fresh Expressions – nave altars and community uses – Dr Nigel Walter, Architect, Trustee of the National Churches Trust.
1545 Closing remarks
Our Speakers
His Honour Neil McKittrick is Chair of the Trust, a Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire and a former High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and former circuit judge.
Richard Halsey is former Chair of the Trust and formerly served English Heritage as lead officer on cathedrals and major churches and Regional Director for Eastern England.
Professor Paul Binski is Emeritus Professor of the History of Medieval Art at the University of Cambridge and author of numerous published books on the subject.
Dr Mark Kirby is a Research Fellow in Architectural History at Lincoln College, Oxford.
Nicholas Leigh-Smith is Vice-Chair of the Trust and Chair of its Executive Committee and former district judge.
The Revd Canon Dr Nicholas Thistlethwaite is a Trustee of Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust and Bye-Fellow of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
Dr Nigel Walter is a specialist conservation architect and a trustee of the National Churches Trust.
Our venue
The Lee Hall is a fully equipped purpose-built lecture hall. Lunch is served in the comfortable and attractive setting of the Combination Room.
Wolfson College is located just within the southwestern city limits of Cambridge, on the left of Barton Road A603, approaching Cambridge from M11 Junction 12. A map and directions can be found at www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/directions. Cambridge city centre and the railway station are each some distance away. For bus services with stops near the College, visit www.whippetbus.co.uk/times/universal/u1/. Otherwise, delegates arriving by rail are advised to hire taxis. There is parking in some nearby streets. If you have limited mobility, please indicate, as we have a very small supply of permits to park within the College. Otherwise, passengers can be dropped off at the front of the College, and the driver can look for parking on the street.
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Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust is a registered charity, number 287486.
