NORTHERN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Programme 2017-18 Feb 2018 www.northernarchitecturalhistory.org.uk The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers The venue for our Christmas Event Images by Tom Yellowley
THE NORTHERN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY SOCIETY The Society was established in the 1970s. It aims to encourage the study and enjoyment of architecture, buildings, their contents and settings by organising lectures and visits. It usually holds its lectures in Newcastle upon Tyne and enjoys a close association with the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape of Newcastle University. THE LECTURE THEATRE Unless otherwise stated lectures are held in the Fine Art Lecture Theatre of Newcastle University. The location is marked by the blue oval. Doors open at 7.00pm, refreshments are usually available, and lectures start at 7.30pm. Disabled parking and easy access to the lecture theatre is available adjacent to the taxi bay and security cabin on Kings Road. St George s Church, Buxton Road, Heavily, Stockport, Cheshire. A major work by Architect Hubert Austin of Austin and Paley. Built 1891-8. Geoffrey Brandwood will talk about this practice in March.
The Art and Science of Bells and Bell Ringing Lecturer: Ron East Wednesday 18 October 2017 The Christian tradition of ringing for services is analogous to adhan, the Islamic call to worship. A monastic tradition of worship arose following The Great Synod of Whitby in AD 644 and bells came to be hung in the churches and monasteries. Over the centuries a unique style of ringing developed in England called 'full circle bell ringing' in which the bell is swung through 360 o. This lecture will explore the history of bell ringing, how bells are moulded, cast and tuned and how they are hung in towers for full circle ringing. Also, we will discover the mathematics of full circle change ringing, the music of bells and just how does someone ring a bell that weighs 4 tons? Wren's Architectural Draughtsmanship Lecturer: Anthony Geraghty Wednesday 15 November 2017 In this lecture, Professor Anthony Geraghty of York University will introduce us to Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and his team of assistants and draughtsmen. He will show how Wren went about designing one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, fifty parish churches, numerous royal palaces, and much else besides. Anthony will introduce us to Wren's architectural draughtsmanship, and show us the different kinds of drawing that were made in the Wren office, including initial pencil sketches, highly finished presentation drawings, and drawings made for the craftsmen. Anthony is the Chairman of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain.
Christmas Event The Mining Institute, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne Tuesday 12 December: cost and times to be confirmed. The Mining Institute owns one of the finest buildings in Newcastle, Neville Hall, a Victorian building from the time when high-gothic architecture was coming into fashion. Neville Hall houses the memorial to the Institute s first President, Nicholas Wood, and an outstanding library resplendent with exquisite carved stone, wood and paintings. Together with beautifully decorated ceilings, a vast glass roof and furniture designed for the library in 1872. Our evening will take the usual format of talk and tour, and a buffet followed by an art and architecture quiz. Further details will be circulated to the membership in October. Members Evening of Short Talks Organiser: Hugh Dixon Wednesday 17 January 2018 As an experimental alternative to a full lecture this evening will be devoted to short talks giving members an opportunity to address favourite subjects, share enthusiasms, outline early research or simply fly architectural-historical kites. So far topics range from the 18th century to our own times, from vernacular to highly formal and to the unexpected. If you have a concise tailpiece to get off your chest, it may not be too late. Contact Hugh Dixon E mail: hughdixon7@gmail.com This evening will be what members make it; please don t be shy.
The Building of Castle Howard Lecturer: Christopher Ridgway Wednesday 21 February 2018 Christopher will discuss the design influences on the Baroque house as it appeared in the early years of the 18th century under the auspices of Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor, how the house took shape, and the Palladian completion under Sir Thomas Robinson. Whilst not proposing a full chronology he will mention a few later important episodes - the chapel and work on the west roofline in the 19 th Century, and of course the fire and its aftermath. Christopher is curator at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire and is also Adjunct Professor attached to the Department of History at Maynooth University. Neo-Georgian Architecture 1880-1970: A Reappraisal Lecturer: Julian Holder Wednesday 21 March 2018 Julian will explore the construction, reception and historiography of 'the Georgian' throughout the late 19th and the 20th centuries, and most particularly its relationship to modernism, through discussion of a range of building types, planning and design generally. He will investigate how, where, when and why Neo- Georgian design has been represented over the course of the last century. He will assess its impact as a broader cultural phenomenon through a consideration of its buildings, objects, institutions, and actors. His contention is that this was not another dying gasp of Revivalism restricted to 1920s Britain, but a complex assertion of national image and identity with its origins before and its influence extending beyond this 'lost' decade, well into the post-wwii period.
John Evelyn s Garden at Sayes Court: A theatre of the Sun and Moon. Lecturer: Dr Juliet Odgers Wednesday 25 April 2018 This lecture will discuss John Evelyn s (1620-1706) designs for the now lost garden that he planted at his family home in Sayes Court, Deptford during the middle years of the seventeenth century. Juliet will be reconstructing the garden from Evelyn s drawings and, in dialogue with his draft for an all-encompassing book on gardening, Elysium Britannicum: or, The Royal Gardens and other texts, she will interpret its meanings. The garden will emerge as a harmonious microcosm - an image of what Evelyn saw as the perfect harmony of the divinely created universe - a theatre of the sun and moon, an idea elaborated through Evelyn's practice of gardening in accord with the celestial influences that is to say, his astrological gardening routine. Juliet has recently been appointed as a senior lecturer in architecture by Newcastle University s School of Architecture Planning and Landscape. Spring Day Trip The Howard Family in Cumbria Organiser: Ian Wells A Saturday in April 2018 Following on from this year s Castle Howard Lecture we will endeavour to explore a selection of the buildings in Cumbria related to and built by the Howard Family, the Earls of Carlisle.
Aberlour Parish Church Dallas Du Distillery Kinnaird Head NAHS SUMMER TRIP 2017 ABERDEEN, ABERDEENSHIRE AND MORAY Old Aberdeen Craigellachie Bridge Delgatie Castle Dovecote Photographs by Tom Yellowley Crathes Castle
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