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The Historic
Buildings Section was formed in 1982 as a specialist group within the Society
in order that this aspect of the Society's work might be carried out more
effectively. The section aims to bring together people with a common interest
in the historic buildings of Hampshire, to promote research and help beginners,
to encourage awareness of the County's architectural heritage, and to help
preserve threatened structures of architectural or historic value. To this end
we organise a varied programme of Winter lectures and
visits to historic buildings. Reports on various topics of interest appear in the Newsletter. Bill Fergie, the Historic Buildings Newsletter Editor, would welcome contributions via email: historic-buildings(at)hantsfieldclub.org.uk(replace the (at) with the @ sign).
Events in 2025
Annual General Meeting - to be followed by a talk on: Who made the Bricks?
Date:Thursday 9th October 2025 at 7pm
After the AGM, Dr Carolyne Haynes, Museum Director of The Brickworks Museum, will give 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 on but otherwise it is the odd fingerprint left by mistake. So who made all the bricks? This talk will be a short exploration of the stories that we have unearthed whilst researching here 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.
Attendance at the AGM is free.
Tickets for the talk: £16.00 for members and £18.00 for non-members. Tickets can be booked via the TicketSource website.
Visit to New Place, Shedfield
Date: 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
Visit to Bishop's Waltham to include the Bishop's Waltham Museum and the Bishop's Palace
Date: 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)
Current programme - a full listing of
all events organised by the different sections of the Hampshire Field Club and
Archaeological Society. Find out about the Historic Buildings Section events in 2024.
The Historic Buildings Section sponsors the continuing Hampshire Medieval Graffiti Project: a report of the survey, completed in November 2024, for St John the Baptist, New Alresford is available.
Significant Publication - Hampshire Houses 1250 - 1700: Their Dating & Development by Edward Roberts, which was published by the Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust in 2023. A copy of the revised and updated edition can by obtained from the HBPT using the information on the attached pdf.
YouTube Video - Watch the 2022 lecture by Bill Fergie on: Traditional Houses of the Worthy Villages
Find out about significant people and previous events put on by Historic Buildings.
Members enjoy a visit to Longbridge Mill, Sherfield-on-London in November 2022.
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