Mausolea and Monuments Trust 2018 Symposium: Resurrecting the dead
When
Where
The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd, 77 Cowcross Street
London
Mausolea and Monuments Trust 2018 Symposium: Resurrecting the dead – Saturday 13 October
The theme of the symposium is the maintenance and/or restoration of
funerary architecture and/or sculpture. We will explore the field
through a range of approaches, with papers from some of the country’s
leading curatorial and architectural professionals, showcasing a variety
of significant subjects from their differing perspectives.
Thanks to generous support from the Society of Architectural Historians
of Great Britain, we are able to offer 8 free places to current
university students (at any point in their education). To apply please
send a short explanation of your current studies to fsands@soane.org.uk
TO BOOK PLEASE VISIT: WWW.MMTRUST.ORG.UK/EVENTS/VIEW/45
VENUE: The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd, 77 Cowcross Street, London
TIME: 10.30 – 16.30, Saturday 13 October
PROGRAMME:
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Welcome
BERNADETTE GILLOW, National Trust, Ightham Mote Portfolio: ‘Darnley
Mausoleum, Cobham – A Phoenix from the Ashes’
PAUL HARRISON, Harrison Design Development Ltd: ‘Restoration at West
Norwood Cemetery’
AMY FROST, Museum of Bath Architecture and Beckford’s Tower; Bath
Preservation Trust: ‘Landscape as Monument: The Suffragettes Wood in
Bath’
13.15-14.15 Lunch
CHARLES WAGNER, Built Heritage Consultancy; TOM DRYSDALE, Historic
Royal Palaces; GABRIEL BYNG, Cambridge University: ‘Just how important
is that pile of stones? Or how do you convince charitable funders that
it is worth spending £¼ million on the ruins of a building of
absolutely no practical use?’
CHRISTOPHER RIDGWAY, Castle Howard: ‘The Castle Howard Mausoleum:
Form, Function and Future’
Closing remarks
15.45 Tea
16.30 Depart