The 12th New Insights into C16th and C17th British Architecture conference
takes place on Saturday 15 January 2022 in person at the Society of Antiquaries, London, and online via Zoom webinar The programme is listed below. A pdf can be downloaded here. 10:00
Introduction and welcome Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner and Dr Jenny Saunt SCULPTURE AND ORNAMENT 10:15–10:45 Words into Stone: Amplificatio and some Tudor to Early Jacobean architecture Lucy Gent 10:45–11:15 Professional Specialisms: the case of sculptor-designers in the late seventeenth century Charlotte Davis 11:15–11:30 Questions and discussion 11:30–12:00 Pause for morning refreshment ADMINISTRATION AND ARCHITECTURE 12:00–12:30 The Architecture of Administration: reconstructing the Exchequer of Receipt, 1548–1600 Kirsty Wright 12:30–13:0 Scottish Secretaries in Whitehall: the history of Lord Melfort's house in the Privy Gardens Rory Lamb 13:00–13:15 Questions and discussion 13:15–14:00 Lunch STAIRCASES 14:00–14:30 New Light on Hardwick Hall Dr Adam Menuge 14:30–15:00 Building the Roman Stair at Burghley: statement and mason craft in the late sixteenth century Dr Jennifer S. Alexander 15:00–15:15 Questions and discussion 15:15–15:45 Pause for afternoon refreshment BEYOND WALLS 15:45–16:15 The Seventeenth-Century Iron Balcony or 'Pergola' Pete Smith 16:15–16:45 'Lether Gilt and Red': Gilt Leather Hangings in Seventeenth-Century Britain Dr Clare Taylor 16:45–17:00 Questions and discussion 17:00 Conference ends ***
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Image: Wall painting, about 1600, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire. Photographed by Richard Ireland
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