Buildings Archaeology

After a long and varied career with English Heritage and Historic England, Jeremy is a historic buildings and landscapes consultant, with a wide variety of projects including recent conservation plans for Jersey Heritage and for the island’s Archaeological Research Framework, on Virginia Woolf’s Sussex home and John Constable in Dedham Vale. He is a Visiting Professor with the Countryside and Community Research Institute at the University of Gloucestershire and amongst other voluntary roles serves on the National Trust’s Historic Environment Group.

John's passion for historic buildings developed from his involvement with his father’s woodcarving shop, working in the cathedrals and churches of East Anglia. He has a doctorate in historic archaeology from the University of Newcastle and has worked on a wide variety of historic buildings. He is now a historic environment consultant with Wood.

Patrizia studied medieval archaeology and historic building recording in Italy before coming to the UK to work as an Historic Buildings Archaeologist for Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA), with the Alan Baxter engineering consultancy and at the environmental consulting company WSP, working on a range of recording projects including management of HS2 Community Engagement projects. She returned to MOLA as a team leader and project manager in 2021 and is now Deputy Director at HMS Victory at The National Museum of the Royal Navy. As part of her 14 volunteering work, she trained volunteers in historic building recording for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) and lectured on behalf of Venice in Peril (a charity supporting conservation projects in Venice) and is also an adviser to the San Cassiano Theatre project in Venice which is aiming to reconstruct the first public opera theatre in the world.

Alison is Director of Granta Heritage, a small independent company specialising in buildings, churches and research. Until mid 2019 Alison was a senior Project Manager at CAU (University of Cambridge) where she ran very large projects from urban redevelopment to a 10,000-house new town. Alison is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA) and an Affiliate of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation.

Amelia is an early-career buildings archaeologist working with a small archaeological company operating in south-west England, undertaking consultancy work and historic building surveys. She is passionate about the sustainable reuse of older buildings and the application of traditional materials and methods. From this, she has a particular and growing interest for historic lime finishes and understanding historic methods for protecting masonry and surfaces across the country, understanding how finishes can be used as part of modern sustainable conservation works to buildings. Projects so far have given her some varied experiences, and she is particularly keen on understanding the smaller features which appear to provide insight into vernacular trends and patterns.

Amir is a Principal Historic Environment Consultant at The Environment Partnership Ltd, undertaking consultation and project management as well as providing built heritage advice and historic building surveys. He has worked on a wide range of historic buildings of different periods with particularly memorable examples including the Teesside Iron and Steelworks, Tredegar House, the Rugby Radio Station complex, Greyfriars Bus Station, and a survey of historic bridges throughout Northamptonshire – an all-time favourite being a highly-detailed assessment of Canons Ashby House.

Lorna started her career in the Development Management Team at Wrexham Council, moving into the role of Conservation Officer from 2010 to 2018 before moving to Wardell Armstrong to work as a heritage consultant within their heritage and archaeology team. She now works as a heritage consultant with Walsingham Planning.

Seth has worked in commercial heritage and archaeology since 2012, with experience across the UK. He advises clients with regards to the significance of the historic built environment, including assessments of setting, and the likely impact of proposed development to that significance. He specialises in assessing change to the historic environment, providing pragmatic and informed reports and advice to steer development and conserve significance. He works with a wide range of clients within the private and public sector, including acting as an expert witness for planning and listed building consent appeals. Seth is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (MCIfA) and an Associate of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (AssocIHBC), accredited in conservation practice that evaluates change in the built and historic environment.

Franki is a Principal Historic Environment Consultant at The Environment Partnership, Franki has undertaken projects across a wide spectrum of heritage work, her main focus being on sustainable development and the effects of climate change on the historic environment. She works within all aspects of Historic Environment including built heritage and archaeology. She also has an avid interest in projects which focus on habitat creation and biodiversity. At 15 Lichfields, she established an archaeological service before leaving for TEP. During her time at Atkins, Franki worked on a number of flood defence schemes and natural habitat creation schemes with the Environment Agency. Prior to working in heritage, Franki was a journalist in Tokyo and then London. She also runs the online website https://archaeoblog.com

Catherine is a caseworker for the Council for British Archaeology, assessing Listed Building Consent applications across England and Wales. She is passionate about the role of old buildings to a local sense of place and the importance of recognising their embodied carbon as part of sustainability in the built environment. She has a particular interest in the phased development of buildings and how the significance of listed and unlisted buildings can be celebrated and incorporated within adaptive reuse schemes with creativity and imagination.

Cathy started in archaeology by volunteering on excavations on Hadrian’s Wall in the 1970s, and after studying Prehistory and Archaeology at Sheffield University completed a PhD on Middle Saxon imported pottery completed while working as the Archaeology team Field Officer at The British School at Rome for five years, roaming around various parts of Italy running archaeological projects. Cathy has since had a varied career based in Warwickshire, working initially with churches, but increasingly with historic farm buildings, timber-framed buildings and cob buildings. More unusual buildings recorded have included the former Warwick gasworks, a secret nuclear weapons bunker (subsequently used for storage of film by the British Film Institute) and Stanton Ironworks. Her job title has recently changed to Principal Historic Buildings Officer.