9:30 Registration and coffee
9:45 Welcome – Paul Hartley, Stockport Council and IHBC NW Branch Chair
Chair for the day: Marion Barter, Architectural History Practice, Introduction
9:50 Keynote: Marcel Vellinga, Oxford Brookes University Vernacular
10:15 Cumbrian Vernacular – Peter Messenger
Presentation (opens in new window)10:40 Welsh Vernacular - Trefor Thorpe
Presentation (opens in new window)11:05 Coffee
11:30 Lancashire Vernacular – Chris O’Flaherty, UCLAN
Presentation (opens in new window)
New Vernacular
11:55 Traditional Dwellings Contemporary Design on an Island – Jasmin Eastwood and Ashley Petitt, APA Architects
Presentation (opens in new window)12:20 Eden’s Design Guide, A New Vernacular Form – Jerry Spencer, Jerry Spencer Associates Limited
Presentation (opens in new window)12:45 Discussion and summary
13:00 Lunch
Manchester’s Lost Vernacular
14:00 Tours
Chethams School and Library – led by Norman Redhead, GMAAS
15:15 Tea
Materials and Design
15:28 Presentation of RTPI NW – IHBC Conservation Award 2015
Presentation (opens in new window)15:30 Contemporary Architecture in a Vernacular Context – David Greech, Historic England
Presentation (opens in new window)15:55 Timber – Richard Harris, Weald & Downland Open Air Museum
16:15 Earthen Architecture – Maria Yioutani-Iacovides
Presentation (opens in new window)16:30 Stone – Clara Willett, Historic England
Presentation (opens in new window)16:55 Discussion and Summary
17:10 Close