As part of the London Festival of Architecture, guided walks and a talk explore the layered history and evolving streetscape of Cloth Fair, one of the City’s most distinctive historic enclaves.
Event Dates & Times (Booking essential, see below)
Thursday 25 June
Walk: 16:30–18:00 (Start point Gatehouse, St Bartholomew the Great Church, EC1A 9DS)
Talk (at Founders’ Hall): 18:00 - 20:00
Saturday 27 June
Walk: 16:30–18:00 (Start point: Gatehouse, St Bartholomew the Great Church, EC1A 9DS)
The Walks
On the walks, City Guide Pete Zymanczyk leads a 90-minute walk from St Bartholomew's Church, along Cloth Fair, to Founders' Hall. Features include:
900 year-old priory church of St Bartholomew (the Great)
octagonal church of of St Bartholomew (the Less), within the precincts of St Bartholomew's Hospital
16th century houses, 39-45 Cloth Fair, rare survivors of the Great Fire of London
43 & 45a now owned by the Landmark Trust
24 Middle Street (modern Glass and steel building)
Founders' Hall, 1980s building honouring mediaeval design.
The route illustrates how mediaeval and modern meet, both belonging.
The Talk
City Craft: where Medieval meets Modern
Talk at Founders’ Hall
Speakers:
Matthew Lloyd - Director of Matthew Lloyd Architects; son of Sam Lloyd, Founders’ Hall architect
Dr Neal Shasore - Hon FRIBA; historian of the built environment and architectural educator; has researched and published extensively on architecture in Imperial Britain in the twentieth century; for 4 years was Chief Executive and Head of the London School of Architecture; member, Historic England's London Advisory Committee and the London Diocesan Advisory Committee.
Carlos Finlay - Senior Heritage Consultant at Alan Baxter; Architectural History DPhil student at Oxford University, in partnership with English Heritage, investigating life and work of architects Seely & Paget.
Start point Gatehouse, St Bartholomew the Great Church, EC1A 9DS
Booking
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