St Marylebone Lecture Series: Adapting Church Architecture for the Modern Landscape

This lecture will explore how churches in urban areas have adapted their architecture to suit the changing needs of society and the impact this has on communities. Dr Kate Jordan (Westminster) will share research on the history of church refurbishment over the 19th and 20th centuries, and how this has shifted quite significantly in recent years. Mark Hammond (Caroe Architecture) will talk about the Changing Lives project and the significant changes St Marylebone has undergone.

Speakers: 

Kate Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Cities at the University of Westminster. Her research interests cover architectural heritage, and modern-era faith architecture. She has published and lectured widely on Christian architecture and is co-author of the book, Modern Architecture for Religious Communities, 1850-1970: Building the Kingdom. In addition to her interest in purpose-built churches, she is currently leading an RIBA-funded project on the adaptive reuse of cinemas as places of worship across all faith groups. She has worked with a number of heritage amenity societies and served on the Twentieth Century Society casework committee. She is the co-course leader of the new MA Architecture and Sustainable Heritage at the University of Westminster. 

Mark Hammond RIBA AABC is a conservation architect and co-owner of the specialist historic building practice of Caroe Architecture Ltd. He has worked in the field all his career, starting in the late 1980s with Carden & Godfrey Architects, and spent 20 years with Purcell, primarily as Managing Partner of their London Office. Since 2016 he has been working with Oliver Caroe in developing the work of their practice with bases in London (at St Paul’s Cathedral), in Cambridge, and in York. He is the appointed Surveyor of the Fabric of the University Church, Oxford; the Chapel, Library and Old Library of St Edmund Hall, St Peter in the East for Balliol, and Trinity Chapel, Oxford. In London he is retained by the Theatre Royal Haymarket and the Apothecaries Hall in the City. Outside of the work of his practice Mark is a trustee of the Georgian Group, and chairs their casework committee.

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The Art and Architecture of St Marylebone: Past and Present

This Spring, St. Marylebone’s Lecture Series will explore the art and architecture of the Parish Church, highlighting the craftsmanship of the past while celebrating our recent renovations. The lectures will tell St. Marylebone’s stories through art and offer different ways of viewing the space. We have an incredible range of historians, artists, and conservators, who will each share a different insight.  

Lectures:

Wednesday 3rd April: Art in the Apse with Sophie Hacker 

Wednesday 17th April: Stained Glass in the City with Alexandra Epps 

Wednesday 24th April: Benjamin West PRA and The Painting of the Holy Family with Dr Thomas Ardill (Museum of London) and Rebecca Gregg Conservation 

Wednesday 1st May: Stories in Stone: History, Craft, and Conservation with Victoria Perry and Tony Dyson (Donald Insall Associates) and Fintan Morrison (Sally Strachey Conservation)

Wednesday 29th May: Adapting Church Architecture for the Modern Landscape with Dr Kate Jordan (Westminster University) and Mark Hammond (Caroe Architecture)