The Rev. Alford, A.W.N. Pugin & the Restoration of Wymeswold Church

The Rev. Henry Alford, A.W.N. Pugin & the Restoration of Wymeswold Church Ecclesiology & Architecture in 19th‑Century Leicestershire.

A DAY OF TALKS, DISCUSSION AND VISIT TO VICTORIAN WYMESWOLD

Programme.

10am. Session 1. Welcome and opening lecture

10.15 am Dr Peter Lindfield, FSA, University of Cardiff and The Pugin Society. ‘Pugin and The Past: Gothic Revival and Gothic Survival.’

11.15 coffee and biscuits

11.30 am Session 2. The Restoration of St Mary’s, Wymeswold

11.30am Richard Bimson, Churchwarden of St Mary’s. ‘St Mary's Wymeswold: Church Restorations 1840-2026 and beyond’.

12pm Professor Carol Engelhardt Herringer, Georgia Southern University, USA.

‘A Church and a Mystery: Theology and the Interior of St Mary’s in Context.’

12.30pm Lunch and informal visit to St Mary’s church

1.15pm Session 3. The Restoration of St Mary’s in its Leicestershire and Rutland Context

1.15pm Bob Trubshaw, Wolds Historical Organisation. ‘Emerging Ecclesiology in Leicestershire’.

1.45pm Professor Chris Baker, Emeritus Professor, University of Birmingham ‘All Saints Oakham – Gothic despoiled, restored and justified.’

2.15pm Coffee Break

2.30pm Session 4. The Archaeology of St Mary’s

2.30pm Vaughn Ortner, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Archaeological Unit. ‘Scrape and Paste: Victorians and A Future for Medieval Archaeology at Restored Churches.’

3pm Tour of Victorian Wymeswold by Elizabeth Tingle

4pm Tea and cake

4.30pm Close of conference

There will be an opportunity to view the exhibition of the history of the churches and chapels of Wymeswold, before and after the conference.