Notes & Queries
A Symposium in Honour of Richard Hewlings
co-hosted with the Cambridge Architectural History Seminars
FRIDAY, 15 MARCH
Howard Building at DOWNING COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
This symposium is organised in honour of Richard Hewlings. Through his work as an Investigator of Historic Buildings at the Department of the Environment (DoE), Inspector of Ancient Monuments for the Historic Building Council (HBC, later English Heritage) and numerous local authorities, longstanding editor of The Georgian Group Journal, and author of over one hundred publications on a staggering range of topics, Richard’s contribution to English architectural scholarship of the Early Modern period has been tremendous and worthy of celebration. His knowledge of post-Medieval English architecture is unrivalled.
This event will host a gathering of scholars whose careers have been inspired by Richard’s work. Through a series of ‘Notes & Queries,’ they will offer new revelations in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British architectural history. It is hoped that this event will mirror Richard’s own approach to our discipline – one that combines deep erudition, serious discussion, and very good humour.
Programme
9:30 Welcome coffee in the Howard Drawing Room in the Howard Building, Downing College
10:00 Introduction by Frank Salmon, CSCA Director
10:10 Opening remarks by Matthew Walker
10:30 Session I: Notes & Queries on people
Chaired by Jeremy Musson
- ‘Chiswick, Burlington, Hewlings, and Architectural Meaning’, by David Hemsoll
- ‘William Franks: ar[chitect] or ar[miger]?’, by Frank Kelsall
- ‘The Eighteenth-Century Stone Mason: hidden in plain sight’, by Christine Casey
- ‘William Thornton: Ledston and Bramham’, by Pete Smith
- ‘Some Huguenot Surveyors and Cartographers in Hanoverian times from Charleston, South Carolina to London’s Covent Garden Peter Chassereau (1711-1765). John Rocque (c.1704-1762) and John Palairet (1697-1774)’, by Tessa Murdoch
Chaired discussion
11:30 Coffee and tea break
12:00 Session II: Notes & Queries on paper
Part A: Chaired by Elizabeth Deans
- ‘Further Thinking about John Thorpe and Somerset House’, by Manolo Guerci
- ‘A Source for the River Front of John Webb’s Greenwich Palace’, by Charles Hind
- ‘‘…built by Turkish Merchants’: a set of drawings for the seventeenth-century Bagnio in Newgate Street, London’, by Olivia Horsfall Turner
- ‘The Soane Scamozzi: an unpublished English translation and a possible translator’, by Ian Campbell
- ‘Bacon’s Mount and the seventeenth-century garden structures of the Inns of Court’, by India Wright
Chaired discussion
13:00 Buffet lunch in the Howard Drawing Room (ground floor)
14:00 Session II: Notes & Queries on paper
Part B: Chaired by Frank Salmon
- ‘Hawkmoor’s Design for a New Parliament House, c. 1732: new discoveries’, by Anthony Geraghty
- ‘Sketching on the Strand: unpublished drawings of Gibbs’s earliest church interior’, by Jeremy Musson and William Aslet
- ‘Some Chambers’ Chimneypieces’, by Timothy Clifford
- ‘Thomas Trotter (1756-1803): Engraver turned antiquarian draughtsman’, by David Alexander
- ‘Richard, Powderham and Saltram’, by Daniel Maudlin
Chaired discussion
15:00 Cofee, tea, and cake break
15:30 Session III: Notes & Queries on buildings
Part A: Chaired by Jana Schuster
- ‘New Light on Castle Ashby: placing Balthazar Gerbier in the frame’, by Richard Garnier
- ‘Rococo Madness at Horton Park’, by Julian Munby
- ‘Clandon: Was Leoni really responsible?’, by Richard Peats
- ‘Work in Progress: Clandon Park’s construction and its contractors’, by Sophie Chessum
Chaired discussion
16:15 Comfort break
16:30 Session III: Notes & Queries on Buildings
Part B: Chaired by Matthew Cooper
- ‘The York Assembly Rooms: a newly discovered source’, by Alexander Echlin
- ‘The Ceramic Palace: A Hypothesis for a Mysterious Georgian Masterpiece’, by Max Bryant
- ‘Lady Harriett’s Ferme Ornée at Rookesbury, Hampshire’, by Rosemary Baird Andreae
- ‘The Afterlife of the London Pantheon: a Georgian-modernist composite’, by David Adshead
Chaired discussion
Closing Remarks
17:30 – 19:00 Sparkling wine reception in the Howard Drawing Room (ground floor)
Registration
The cost to attend includes entrance, welcome coffee, morning coffee and tea, a buffet lunch, afternoon tea, and a sparkling wine reception. This is an in-person event only.
General attendance £50
Student attendance £35
Practical information
Accommodation
If you are staying overnight in Cambridge and require hotel accommodation, there are two hotels nearby: the Regency Guesthouse, an independent boutique hotel and the University Arms, a luxury hotel located directly across Regent Street from Downing College. There is also the Ibis Hotel at the Cambridge Rail Station, which is about a 15-minute walk to Downing College. Please kindly note that the conference is not holding rooms for attendees.
Parking
If you are planning on arriving in Cambridge by car, there are public parking facilities available in Cambridge. Click here for more information. Please note that unless you are a member of Downing College, no parking is available on site.
