Lifting the Roof on St Mary’s

By Jamie Hill - 22 September 2017

Community

Dr Jonathan Foyle is coming to Purton on Thursday 9th November to speak at St Mary’s Church, Church End SN5 4EB from 7.30 pm.

Jonathan is an award winning presenter of history programmes on television.  His programmes include Climbing Great Buildings, Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer, People’s Palaces: Civic Architecture in the North and Hidden House Histories.  He has even appeared on the One Show!

If history is not really your thing, just come to be entertained.  The University of Cambridge International Summer Schools describe his talks as follows: ‘Excellent preparation, command of subject, fun, good use of media, very professional, good pace and extremely interesting content.’

The church has invited him to speak on ‘Lifting the Roof on St Mary’s: Medieval Meaning and Construction’.  The church is currently having repair work done on the roof and the talk will take the opportunity of the exposed skeleton of the roof to understand more about how and why St Mary’s was built as it is.  This special meeting has been organised to help us raise funds for the repair by increasing your understanding of the church and its importance.

Jonathan is uniquely qualified to teach us about the architecture of St Mary’s as the author of books on church architecture: Lincoln Cathedral: The Biography of a Great Building and Architecture of Canterbury Cathedral.

Free tickets are available for this event on at www.eventbrite.co.uk.  Just search for Dr J Foyle once you’re logged in.  Tickets will also be available on the door.

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