Lunchtime Lecture - 27th May - Churches Conservation Trust

As a former trustee of the trailblazing Churches Conservation Trust, I couldn’t be more delighted to be giving the one year weekly anniversary #LunchtimeLecture on CLOISTERS: Remarkable Cathedral Survivors at 1pm on Thursday 27 May.

Medieval cloisters, originally spaces linking monastic buildings, are miraculous survivors of Henry VIII’s Dissolution of the Monasteries. English cathedral communities recognised the practicalities of cloisters and experimented with cutting-edge architecture to build, improve and embellish them.

The result is that England’s Cathedral cloisters are some of the most extraordinarily beautiful medieval spaces in the world. My talk explores the 20 or so medieval cathedral cloisters in England with spectacular photos and should encourage viewers to venture beyond the nave when they next visit a cathedral.

Picture: Salisbury Cathedral Cloister
Credit: Kevin Caldwell