Discovering the Secrets of Britain’s Ancient Buildings

Friday 29th January 2027
7.30pm (doors open at 7pm) 

Visit any settlement in the land and there will be ancient buildings hidden in plain sight. Behind a Victorian façade is a Tudor house. Underneath a Georgian frontage is a medieval cottage. What is now a modern farm may once have been a castle. We know relatively little about the ancient buildings that surround us, yet buildings archaeology can offer us so many clues for discovering the secrets of hidden historic houses.

This talk looks at the ways in which ancient buildings have been studied and conserved, how some buildings became listed, whereas others were overlooked, and how we can really understand the age and development of a structure.

With over a quarter of a century of field experience, James Wright uses case studies drawn from his career to explain the fascinating, enigmatic, and surprising world of The Buildings Archaeologist.

Speaker: James Wright, from Triskele Heritage. James Wright is an award-winning buildings archaeologist. He has two decades of professional experience ferreting around in people’s cellars, hunting through their attics, and digging up their gardens. He hopes to find meaningful truths about how ordinary and extraordinary folk lived their lives in the medieval and early modern periods.

Venue: Broad Street Methodist Church, Broad Street, Spalding PE11 1TB
Admission: £5 per person. Free entry for full-time students. Tickets available on the door (subject to availability).
Contact: For more information, please email lectures@sgsoc.org