Section Secretary
John McCormack

Contact
720303

Please note: it is regretted that the Historic Buildings Section are presently unable to receive or respond to e-mail requests. All enquiries should be sent by post to the address below.

Sections

Historic Buildings


The aims of the section are as follows:
  • To understand and study all our built heritage, parish churches, castles, and houses, but in particular the vernacular buildings of the period 1100-1800;

  • To examine their siting, methods of construction and plan-forms, relating these to their social context and noting alterations and developments over the centuries;

  • To record all such buildings as opportunity allows, especially those that are under threat from redevelopment or decay; those where current building work allows features of historic interest to be temporarily exposed to view; or those where access to the public is not normally possible;

  • To provide house-owners and others who have an interest in and responsibility for ancient buildings with as great a knowledge as possible of the historic structure that concerns them, so that decisions affecting it may be made from an informed basis of historical facts;

  • Where appropriate, to become involved in campaigns to prevent unnecessary loss of our interesting houses and other buildings.
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PROGRAMME

All Winter, Spring and Autumn meetings begin at 7.30p.m. and will be held at Candie Museum Lecture Theatre or in the adjoining Section Room. New members or visitors are always welcome to attend, but should contact John McCormack, the Section’s Secretary, on 720303, beforehand, in case of alterations or final instructions. An annual charge of £10 is due at the beginning of the year, payable by those who expect to attend regularly.

Vaulting in Channel Island Churches
Saturday 25th February 18:30
John McCormack will speak about the origins and dating of the strange vaulting in Channel Islands Churches 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

Herm Chapel
Saturday 10th March 19:30
A general meeting, to which all sections are invited, given jointly by Christopher Mauger, who was in charge of the rrecent work to the fabric and who will detail the findings, and Johnn McCormack, who will try to put the Chapel into an island and an international context. 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

The Nunnery, Alderney
Saturday 24th March 19:30
John McCormack will revisit this important fortlet, taking into account recent analysis of the fabric in the context of the wider Roman Empire. 7.30 at Candie HQ.

Alderney Houses
Saturday 28th April 19:30
John McCormack will detail the evolution of St Anne's from a farming village of the medieval period onwards. 7.30pm at Candie HQ

Visit to St Pierre du Bois
Saturday 12th May 14:30
This visit will include La Couture, Le Haut Chemin and the Coach House Galleries, St Pierre to Bois, beginning at 2.30pm. Parking arrangements not yet made.

Trip to France
Friday 15th June
This trip will be from 15 - 17 June to the Cotentin, with venues to be arranged in collaboration with Julien Deshayes of Valognes. Exact timings will partly depend upon Condor and Aurigny. Please contact the Secretary (mrjam@cwgsy.net or 720303) for more details.

Preaching boxes of the 19th century
Saturday 14th July 14:30
John McCormack will lead a visit to some preaching boxes of the early nineteenth century. A look at Torteval Church, La Villiaze Chapel and the Church of St. James-the-Less. Meet at Torteval at 2.30 pm.

Stucco and brick
Saturday 11th August 14:30
John McCormack will lead a walk looking at the stucco and brick nineteenth-century facades in St Peter Port, probably targeting Hauteville. Probably meet at the top of Cornet Street, but confirm with the Secretary (mrjam@cwgsy.net or 720303) beforehand.

Kingpost roofs
Saturday 22nd September 19:30
John McCormack will look at Kingpost roofs in Winchester, Fareham, Jersey and Guernsey: a typology from the thirteenth century onwards. The date of this meeting is liable to change. 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

La Seigneurie, Sark
Saturday 13th October 19:30
A look at the completed restoration of this important house. 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

Social structure & housing, 1650-1850
Saturday 27th October 19:30
Richard Hocart will take a look at social structure and housing between 1650 and 1850. 7.30pm at Candie.

Chimney pots
Saturday 10th November 19:30
A typology of chimney pots. When did they first appear and where were they made? 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

Jethou
Saturday 24th November 19:30
Jethou, its houses and terraces. 7.30 pm at Candie HQ.

Ornamental plastering
Saturday 8th December 19:30
John McCormack will take a look at ornamental plastering and plaster mouldings. 7.30pm at Candie HQ.

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For further information about the section:-

a) Bailiwick residents may telephone the Section Secretary.

b) All other enquiries should be sent by post to:-

The Secretary
Historic Buildings Section
La Société Guernesiaise
Candie Gardens
St Peter Port
Guernsey
GY1 1UG

 








 
   
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