The Buildings Archaeologist – Dr James Wright

14th November – 2.00pm

We’re delighted to welcome Dr James Wright who, as part of his nationwide book tour, will be talking about his new book The Buildings Archaeologist

The Buildings Archaeologist is the first book in over a quarter of a century which offers clues for discovering the secrets of Britain’s ancient buildings. It looks at the ways in which historic architecture has been observed, studied, and conserved. The puzzles surrounding why some buildings were listed and others overlooked will be solved. It acts as a field guide to the written records, tree-ring dating, and archaeology which help us to investigate the age, development, and social history of ancient buildings. These include houses, castles, churches, mills, factories, and warehouses hidden in plain sight.

James’s talk will last about an hour followed by a Q&A session and the opportunity to buy a signed copy of the book.

Those of you with longer memories will remember the Zoom talks James did for us back in the Covid days and indeed his Lockdown Lectures and will know that this is one not to miss.

Here’s what a couple of our previous speakers had to sat about James’s work:

‘Entertaining and informed’
~ Matthew Champion (archaeologist and author of Medieval Graffiti)

‘Learned, witty, personable and captivating’
~ Duncan McKay (archaeologist and author of Echolands)

We’re meeting on Saturday 14th November at 2.00pm at Needham Village Hall, High Road, Needham, IP20 9LB. Tickets, bookable via Ticketsource , are £8.00. All welcome. The usual refreshments will be served.