The 14th New Insights into C16th and C17th British Architecture conference
took place on Saturday 20 January 2024 at the Society of Antiquaries, London The programme is listed below. A pdf can be downloaded here. From 9:30
Registration 10:00 Introduction and welcome Dr Olivia Horsfall Turner and Dr Jenny Saunt CITIES IN TEXT 10:15–10:45 An Anonymous Diary on the Visit of King Christian IV of Denmark to England in 1606 Dr Patrick Kragelund 10:45–11:15 Architectural and Political Order in William Davenant's 'Burlesque on the Cities of London and Paris' Matthew Lloyd Roberts 11:15–11:30 Questions and discussion 11:30–12:00 Morning refreshment INHERITANCE AND INNOVATION 12:00–12:30 Investigating St Fagans Castle, an Elizabethan Mansion in Cardiff Bethan Scorey 12:30–13:00 Inigo Jones, Nicholas Stone and the Origins of the Open-Well Suspended Stone Staircase in Britain Dr Gordon Higgott and Dr Adam White 13:00–13:15 Questions and discussion 13:15–14:00 Lunch ARCHITECTURAL LIVES 14:00–14:30 '...nott as good arketechas as your worthy Grande Father nor never shall bee...': the Architectural Achievements of Sir Charles Cavendish Helen Hughes 14:30–15:00 New Views on Vanbrugh and his Drawings Dr Charles Saumarez Smith 15:00–15:15 Questions and discussion 15:15–15:45 Afternoon refreshment GARDENS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 15:45–16:15 The Botanical Paintings on the Panelling at Bramshill House, Hampshire Dr Ann Benson 16:15–16:45 ‘This great, and (in our time) unparalell’d piece of Work’: Reevaluating St Katharine CreeLuka Pajovic 16:45–17:00 Questions and discussion 17:00 Conference closes ***
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Image: Wall painting, about 1600, Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire. Photographed by Richard Ireland
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