'Parish Church Interiors in Changing times' is a conference dedicated to the exploration and significance of the protection and management of 19th and 20th century Church of England parish church interiors. This will be a two-day conference hosted by the University of Leicester on 14-15 December 2015 at Stamford Court.
Parish Church Interiors in Changing Times Conference
Conference Programme
Monday December 14, 2015
9:30-10:15 am – Coffee
10:15-10:30 – Introduction and Welcome by Sir Laurie Magnus, Historic England, Chairman
10:30-11:30 – Setting the Context: The Church’s Perspective
Keynote Speakers
-The Right Reverend John Inge, The Bishop of Worcester
-The Right Worshipful Charles George, QC, the Dean of the Court of Arches
11:30-12:00 – Coffee
12:00-12:30 – Setting the Context: Listing and Significance
-Roger Bowdler, Historic England Director of Listing
12:30-13:00 – Panel of morning speakers chaired by Duncan Wilson, Historic England, Chief Executive
13:00-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-16:00 – The Radical Victorians: 19th century change national and local
-Dale Dishon, Historic England, Principal Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas – ‘A Church as it Should Be’: Understanding the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society on the Victorian parish church interior.
-Matthew Godfrey, Diocese of Lincoln, Historic Churches Support Officer – James Fowler: friend or foe of the medieval church.
-Richard Peats, Historic England Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas – The hardest working man in architecture, the godfather of Gothic: George Edmund Street.
16:00-16:30 – Coffee
16:30-18:30 – Rethinking Churches in the 20th century
-Brian O’Callaghan, Artemis Heritage/Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead – Contested significance and conflicts of interests: re-ordering the re-orderings of GE Street in Berkshire.
-Tim Stratford, Archdeacon of Leicester – The growing contemporary local church confined by a Victorian idea of worship.
-20th Century Society – 20th century perspectives on Church buildings
-Ben Stoker, Diocese of Lincoln, Development Officer – Architecture as theology in theory and in practice at the parish church of St John the Baptist, Lincoln.
18:30-19:30 – Free time, bar open
19:30 – Dinner.
Significance and Sustainability Keynote Speech
-Loyd Grossman, Chair of the Churches Conservation Trust
Tuesday December 15, 2015
9:00-10:30 – Workshops
A. Fixtures and Fittings
-Matthew Saunders, Director, The Ancient Monuments Society and Secretary of the The Friends of Friendless Churches.
-Trevor Cooper, Chair, Historic Religious Buildings Alliance – The pews in your church: a self-assessment questionnaire.
B. Revitalising and Rebuilding
-Andrew More, Mechanical Services, Historic England, and Geraldine O’Farrell,Electrical Services, Historic England, – An historic Perkins heating system re-used and expanded to meet modern heating requirements.
-Claire Strachan, Church Buildings Development Officer, Diocese of Coventry – From the midst of the Fire: rebuilding the architecture of worship after disaster.
C. Experiencing Change
-Eddie Tulasiewicz, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, The National Churches Trust – Community facilities for parish churches: The National Churches Trust and St Edburg’s Church, Bicester. Oxfordshire.
-Becky Payne, Independent freelance consultant – Never, Ever, Again! The challenges faced by congregations wanting to modernise their parish church.
11:00-11:30 – Coffee
11:30-12:45 – Debating Significance and Value
-John Scott, Victorian Society Southern Buildings Committee Chair and C. Costelloe, Victorian Society, Director – The Challenge of the 19th Century Interior (or “That bit doesn’t matter, its only Victorian”).
-Bridget Gillard, The Devonshire Association, Registrar – The importance of comparative assessments and public participation in determining the significance of Victorian and Early 20th Century restoration: Reflections from a PhD study.
12.45-13.00 – So what have we learnt?
13:00-14:00 – Close by Sir Laurie Magnus, Heritage England, Chairman and lunch
End of Conference
Further information: http://www.le.ac.uk/church-interiors-conference
Conference fees
For ease of booking please add to basket the Additional night(s) in accommodation first, if required.
- Conference attendance fee £50
- Conference attendance fee + dinner £73
- Conference attendance fee + dinner + overnight accommodation (Monday 14th December) £107
- Additional night in accommodation before conference (Sunday 13th December) £42
- Additional night in accommodation after conference (Tuesday 15th December) £42
Conference attendance fee subsidised by Historic England
