The 2008 conference takes place in East Kent. Dates for the conference are as follows:
Thursday 4 September 2008- - - Pre-conference tours; AGM and conference lecture (evening)
Friday 5 September to Sunday 7 September 2008 - - - Conference
BOOKING FORM - Click here to download full details of the conference as a PDF. Please note that only SAHGB members may apply for a place.
Please note that this is the provisional itinerary and may be subject to change.
Thursday 4 September
Pre-Conference Tours (see separate sheet and please note start times)
18.30 --- Dinner at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU)
20.00 --- A.G.M. followed by Lecture given by Tim Tatton-Brown – Lecture Hall at CCCU
Friday 5 September
Chilham Castle (before 1616, reworked 1861-3 by David Brandon and 1920s by Herbert Baker)
St Mary, Chilham (C14/C15, new east end David Brandon, 1863)
The Grange, Ramsgate (1843-4 by AWN Pugin, altered later by EW Pugin)
St Augustine, Ramsgate (1845-50 by AWN Pugin, with later additions by EW Pugin)
St George, Ramsgate (1824-7, Henry Hemsley and HE Kendall)
Free evening
Saturday 6 September
Waldershare Belvedere (Campbell (?), 1725-27)
All Saints,Waldershare, monument to Sir Henry Furnese (Thomas Green of Camberwell)
Barfreston, St Nicholas (c.1180)
Walmer Castle (Henrician fort, c. 1539, converted to house c. 1730 and enlarged 1863 by Devey)
Goodnestone Park (1704, raised before 1790, with interiors perhaps by Robert Mylne, 1770, and Greek Doric portico by Rickman and Hussey, 1738)
Holy Cross, Goodnestone (rebuilt by Rickman and Hussey, 1839-41)
19.30 --- Annual Dinner – The Bell Hotel, Sandwich (in former Assembly Room, C18)
Sunday 7 September
Provender (C16-C18 timber-framed and brick house)
Walking Tour of Faversham
Shurland Hall (1520s – entrance range only)
All Saints, Eastchurch (early 1430s)
St Martin’s church, Canterbury (C7 or earlier, C9 and 1845)
Walking Tour of Canterbury then return to Canterbury Christ Church University
For further details please contact Olivia Horsfall Turner at kentconference@sahgb.org.uk.