Listed Buildings Advisory Committee Members 2010

What is the Listed Buildings Advisory Committee?

Ms Elaine Blackett-Ord	Conservation Architect in private practice. Appointed architect to the Churches Conservation Trust. Main Committee member and Trustee of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Member of the Board of the RIBA/AABC (Architects Accredited in Building Conservation) and Chair from November 2006. Journalist in the architectural press on a commissioned basis covering a variety of subjects.
Dr Peter Forsaith	Historian of religion, culture and society in 18th century Britain. Current research interests include the relationship between the arts and the evangelical revival. Co-ordinator of the Methodist Studies Unit, Oxford Brookes University, and also convener of the Methodist Heritage Forum.
Dr June Hargreaves	Town Planner and Conservation Consultant, former Assistant City Planning Officer in York with special responsibilities for conservation. Author of a book in 1964 which introduced the concept of Conservation Areas, and which was subsequently embodied into national legislation. Co-author of legal textbook on 'Listed Buildings - Law and Practice'. Advisor to many conservation related organisations, including the R.C. Diocese of Middlesbrough on its Historic Churches Committee.
Mr Ian Hume	Conservation accredited Structural Engineer in private practice, formerly Chief Engineer of the Conservation Engineering branch, English Heritage. Author of numerous articles and papers on structural engineering matters in relation to conservation.
Mr Jeremy Lake	Trained as an archaeologist and historian. Worked as a fieldworker on the Accelerated Resurvey of Listed Buildings. Since 1988 has been an Inspector of Historic Buildings with English Heritage, with a specific interest in the thematic evaluation of specific building types. Numerous publications including ‘Diversity and Vitality – the Methodist and Non-conformist Chapels of Cornwall’.
Dr Richard Newman	Archaeologist and landscape historian, currently Environmental Planning Manager for Cumbria County Council but formerly in private practice. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and Member of the Institute of Field Archaeologists. Author of The Historical Archaeology of Britain 1540-1900.
Revd Anthony Parkinson	Methodist minister in Swansea. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Formerly on the staff of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales (1970-95); author of articles on various aspects of historic architecture in Wales, including a chapter on chapel architecture in Methodism in Wales (2003).
Mr Alan Pimlott	Convenor and Chair, Connexional Property Secretary
Mr John Prichard	Conservation architect with wide experience of restoring and adapting historic secular and ecclesiastical buildings. Surveyor to the Diocese of Manchester since 1990 and member of Chester and Manchester Diocesan Advisory Committees.
Dr Christopher Wakeling	Art Historian, Lecturer and Group-Subject Convenor at Keele University, where he also runs the MA course in Architectural History. Publications include 'The Nonconformist Traditions: Chapels, Change and Continuity' and 'Rolling in the Aisles: Nonconformist Perspectives on the Gothic.' Chairman of the English Heritage Places of Worship Forum.
Ms Helen Whittaker	Designer/Artist and Glass Conservator, working in the Keith Barley studio. Tutor to The Princes Foundation and a member of the Competitions and Awards Committee of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass. Many personal commissions throughout the country, mainly in cathedrals and parish churches.
Revd Steve Wild	Chair of the Cornwall Methodist District. Latterly Connexional Director of Evangelism based at Cliff College and previously Superintendent Minister of the St Ives and Hayle Circuit. He has been responsible for four listed buildings and also churches in conservation areas. He is a Director of the Methodist Recorder; he also has considerable media experience having been the main religious presenter on Westcountry TV. He is passionate about mission and using buildings as a resource for outreach.