Our Events

Monthly events
 
Our meetings are held face to face at 7.30pm for 8pm at:
 
Room 5
Christ Church
164 New London Road
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 0AW
 
We also Zoom our meetings. If you are a member and want to receive the Zoom meeting invitation please email our secretary. Her information can be found here.
 
If you need help with Zoom please scroll down this page.
Our meetings in 2026 will be held on:
Friday 23 January  
Friday  6 March  
Friday 17 April  
Friday 29 May
Friday 17 July
Friday 11 September
Friday 23 October
Friday 4 December all 2026
 

Our Day School will be held on the 27 June 2026

At Anglian Ruskin University, Bishops Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1SQ

 

It will focus on

The vernacular architecture of eastern England: an exploration of the similarities and differences

 

The booking form can be found here and you can pay here.

 

The AGM is planned for Saturday,13/6/2026, location and date to be confirmed

Our Previous Meetings

 

5 December

Members evening

 

24 October

Recent research into the Sun Inn, Saffron Walden: Tim Howson and Douglas Kent

 

12 September

Bradgate House, Leicestershire. Lady Jane Grey's childhood home: Nick Hill

 

18 July

TBA

 

28 June

Day School: Maldon Town Hall

 

14 June

AGM: Venue to be advised

 

23 May

Excavations on Mayland Church by Burnham U3A: Sue Spiers

 

11 April

Mud and stud houss in Lincolnshire: Jennie Pape

 

28 February

Nether Hall, Roydon, Essex: David Andrews

 

17 January 2025

The ceiling of the Chapel Royal: Lee Prosser

 

6 Dec2024:

Members Evening

 

25 Oct 2024:

Anchor Beams with Needles: an East Anglian Mystery John Walker

 

13 Sept 2024:

tba

 

19 July 2024:

tba

 

15 June 2024:

AGM - Coggeshall Grange Barn

 

24 May 2024:

Historic Ironwork Repairs to Timber-Framed Buildings Barry Hillman-Crouch

 

12 April 2024:

Recent projects by Butler & Hegarty Architects Gary Butler

 

1 March 2024

Cecil Hewett   Brenda & Elphin Watkin

 

Friday 19 Jan 2024

Wharram Percy and its buildings David Andrews & Charlotte Harding

 

Friday 8 December 8pm

Members’ evening

 

Friday 3 November 8pm

Recent research into Creeksea Place, Burnham-on-Crouch Tim Howson

 

Friday 22 September 8pm
17th & early 18thC buildings around Hartford, Connecticut, USA Nevan Carling 

 

Friday 7 July 2023 8pm.
The Bishops of London and their Palace at Southminster Hall Keven Bruce
 
Friday 23rd Sept 8.00pm
Jonny Garlick talking about his work for SPAB

 

Friday 8th July 8.00pm

Halls of governance & community - a spatial analysis of public buildings in late medieval Essex - Harry Platts

 

Friday 13th May 8.00pm

The Alma – Harwich - David Martin

 

Friday 1st April 8.00pm

A 1291 building account for a Suffolk timber-framed building - Val Dudley

 Val Dudley will talk about her research and discovery of a rare survival, a building account for a timber-framed hall house from 1291. It contains a great deal of detail about the materials, sources and the people involved.

 

Friday 18th Feb 8.00pm

A Phoenix in the Waveney Valley - Rick Lewis

Revised date. Rick was unable to give this talk in October about the restoration/conservation undertaken by him of Popular Cottage, Oakley, a Suffolk Wealden house severely damaged by fire.

 

Friday 14th Jan 8.00pm:

A mid-14th century timber-framed house discovered in Barnet Lee Prosser

About a mid-14th century timber-framed house recently discovered in Chipping Barnet, North London (a taste of which can be found on https://youtu.be/U9YBXSS9FHk),

 

Friday 3 December 8.00pm
Inscribed dates and building rituals - David Clark - Inscribed dates and building riuals
 
Friday 29 October 7.30pm
AGM at 7.30pm
 
Monday 4 October 7pm
Joint SHBG/EHBG meeting
The widest spans: an investigation of medieval roof structures - Nick Hill     
 

Friday 23 July

Edward Martin - Great Bricett

 

Saturday 12 June

Online Day School

 

Friday 14 May

Philip Aitkens - The Development of the Peasant Farmhouse in High Suffolk 1300-1550

 

Friday 16 April

Gary Butler - the Do's and Don'ts of Repairing Floors (as in Newsletter)

 

Our YouTube videos of our meetings, where the presenter has agreed, can be found here.

Our Day School was held on:
 

29 June 2024:

Day School Maldon - The Aisled Hall Tradition: our oldest timber-framed buildings

Using Zoom

 

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