Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust - Annual Conference

Materials and Working Methods – Annual Conference 2024

April 13 @ 09:30 - 16:00 BST, £10.00 – £29.50

Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust are pleased to announce details of their conference, which as usual they hope will be of interest to their 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: From tracing floor to finished structure – how medieval masons used geometry to create church buildings – Dr Alexandrina Buchanan FSA, Reader in Archive Studies at the University of Liverpool
• 1055: Coffee
• 1120: History of building stone use in south Cambridgeshire churches – Dr Nigel Woodcock, Emeritus Reader in the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Cambridge.
• 1210: Production and trade of the glass for medieval church windows – Professor Ian Freestone, Emeritus Professor of Archaeological Materials and Technology. Institute of Archaeology
• 1300: Finger buffet lunch, for those who have ordered
• 1400: The work of the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust The Revd Canon David Pritchard, Vice-Chair of the Trust
• 1425: Timber, its sources and its use in the construction of churches – Julian Munby FSA, former head of Buildings Archaeology at Oxford Archaeology.
• 1515: Closing remarks

Further Information, Speakers and Booking your place

• Please visit the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust for further information on this event and how to book your place - https://camhct.uk/event/materials-and-working-methods-annual-conference-2024/