Stories in Stone: History, Craft, and Conservation

Event Type: Local / Community

Takes Place: 1st May 2024

Time: 18:30

Venue: St Marylebone Parish Church

Description: This lecture will be a panel discussion with 3 speakers who have worked with St Marylebone on the recent conservation project. Each will share a different insight into St Marylebone's impressive stonework, focusing on the historical, architectural, and technical details of its craftsmanship, and how the stonework of urban churches can be preserved. Speakers: Dr Victoria Perry, Practice Director, Donald Insall Associates Dr Victoria Perry is a historian, architect and Practice Director at Donald Insall Associates, a company of architects and historic building consultants, whose clients include The Crown Estate and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, The Place of Westminster as well as other prominent national and international institutions. Tony Dyson, Consultant Architect, Donald Insall Associates Tony specialises in the design of urban hard landscapes to create the architectural settings for memorial sculptures in Conservation Areas. Professional responsibilities have included major repair and conservation projects at Trafalgar Square, SW1; Somerset House, WC2; Lincoln's Inn, WC2; Petworth House, West Sussex; Kew Palace, Richmond, Surrey, as well as providing advice and architectural services for sixteen memorial projects in conservation areas in central London. Fintan Morrison, Stone Mason, Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Fintan Morrison is a Stone Mason and conservator from London. He has worked across the country on Listed buildings and monuments and specialises in lime mortars/plasters, the replacement of decorative stonework and rebuilding of complex masonry. He works for Sally Strachey Historic Conservation who are multi award-winning specialists in the cleaning, repair & conservation of historic stonework, statuary, monuments & decorative surfaces.

How to book: Visit our website to book your place: https://stmarylebone.org/product/lecture-series/

Price: £5

Tel: 020 7935 7315

Email: events@stmarylebone.org

Website: https://stmarylebone.org/whats-on/

Organiser: St Marylebone Parish Church

Region: London

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