The 2nd Edward Roberts Memorial Lecture
Thursday 30th October 2024 at 7.30 pm In the Lecture Theatre at the Hampshire Record Office, Sussex St, Winchester
Edward was a founder member of the Historic Buildings Section Committee and served on it until his recent death.
Dr Nat Alcock on: Cruck Framed Buildings.
2025 Annual General Meeting
Date:Thursday 9th October 2025 at 7pm
After the AGM, Dr Carolyne Haynes, Museum Director of The Brickworks Museum, gave a talk entitled: Who Made the Bricks?
Bricks can be made by hand or by machine but they rarely have any visible signs of the thousands of people who actually made them. The firm's marks are there from the Victorian period onwards, but otherwise it is the odd fingerprint left by mistake. So who made all the bricks? This talk was a short exploration of the stories that have been unearthed whilst researching at The Brickworks Museum
Carolyne is an architect by training with over fifteen years of experience in the field. She originally came to the Brickworks as a consultant but stayed to project manage the transformation of the old factory into a museum. For the last five years she has been the Museum Director.
Visit to Bishop's Waltham to include the Bishop's Waltham Museum and the Bishop's Palace
Sunday 27th July from from 1.45 (2.00 pm)
Bishop’s Waltham is a small market town of Saxon origin with a long association with the Bishops of Winchester. It has retained an attractive historic centre in spite of demolitions in the 1970s. The Historic Buildings Section has arranged a walk looking at the buildings of the town led by Penny Copeland, Collections Manager of the Bishop’s Waltham Museum. The walk began at 2.00pm at the Bishop’s Waltham Museum which is within the grounds of the Bishop’s Palace. There was a short talk about the history of the town followed by a tour around the town centre including the church. The museum is open from 12.00pm, so could be visited before the walk starts. At the end there was an optional tour of the Bishop’s Palace
Both the Bishop’s Palace and the museum are free to enter. Car parking for the Palace is also free and is approached from the B2177. There are also pay and display car parks in the town that are free on a Sunday. There are no refreshments at the Palace but there are several cafes, pubs, etc in the town.
NB There are no toilets available at the Museum or Palace site; the nearest public toilets are at the Basingwell Street car park in the centre of Bishop’s Waltham. The Crown Inn and the Barleycorn Inn are closer and have toilets for patrons.
Address: Bishop’s Waltham Museum, 3 Station Road, Bishop’s Waltham, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 1DH.(car park - SO32 1SB)
Visit to New Place, Shedfield
Monday 12th May from 1.45 (for 2.00 pm)
New Place is an Edwardian house, built entirely of deep red brick in a Jacobean style and now used as an events and conference venue. It was designed by Edwin Lutyens for Mrs Franklyn and was completed in 1906. It was an unusual commission as Mrs Franklyn wanted it built to incorporate the magnificent rooms from Langton’s house, a grand 17th century merchant’s house in Bristol which she had inherited. By this time the house was being used as a tobacco warehouse in an area proposed for redevelopment and was due to be demolished.
The afternoon began with three talks on different aspects of the building. Roger Leech, who has written extensively on medieval Bristol, spoke about the history and construction of Langton’s house in Bristol; Bill Fergie spoke about Daneshill brickworks in Basingstoke where the bricks for New Place were sourced, and Dilys Hall did a literature review of the Lutyen’s building and garden from contemporary and modern sources.
There was then a tour of the house and grounds.
Address: New Place Hotel, Shirrell Heath, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2JY. or What3Words: formation.puzzle.cabbies
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