Section Secretary |
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 2008 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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A date for your 2009 diary! The Vernacular Architecture Group (of England and Wales) which is the national academic group studying ancient houses, will be holding their Easter Conference in Jersey from 14th-18th April, 2009. You will be invited to attend after VAG members have had first refusal. Accomodation will be at the Ambassadeur Hotel or by private arrangement and during the course of the conference, as in 1993 in Guernsey, we shall be visiting upwards of 30 houses as well as having evening lectures. Anyone able to drive a minibus will even get a discount on conference fees! 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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Candie Gardens, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1UG, Channel Islands.
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