Thomas Rickman’s Liverpool - DAY 2
9:45am - 5:15pm /
Saturday 20th May 2017
Type: Conference /
Category: University
- Alex Buchanan
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THIS IS A TWO DAY EVENT.
2017 marks the bicentenary of the printing (in Liverpool) of Thomas Rickman’s ground-breaking book 'An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture'. This event is being celebrated by exhibitions at Liverpool’s Central Library and the University of Liverpool’s Archives and Special Collections, and with walks and talks. To coincide with these events, a two-day conference will be held in association with the University of Liverpool’s Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre.
The aim of the conference is to critically evaluate Rickman’s work and its influence in the context of the town where he lived and worked, where he discovered architecture and underwent the transformation from insurance clerk to professional architect. The conference is centred upon Rickman but seeks to encourage a deeper understanding of Liverpool, and its social and architectural environment during the period of his residence (1808-c.1821). Contemporary Liverpool was the ideal setting for a young man interested in buildings and eager for self-improvement: he arrived soon after the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (1807) which transformed Liverpool’s international trade and was an early member of the revived Literary and Philosophical Society (1812) where he honed his skills as a lecturer on architectural topics. He became involved with local building projects, notably the constructionally-innovative churches of local ironmaster John Cragg and built up a network of fellow enthusiasts and potential clients.
9.45: Registration
10.00-11.00: Keynote 3 – Rosemary Sweet: ‘Thomas Rickman – A Modern Antiquary’
11.00-11.15: Coffee
Session 3: Contemporary Writings
11.15-11.35: Peter Lindfield – ‘Gothic Prevision: William Porden’s Architectural Awareness’
11.35-11.55: Stephen Clarke – ‘Hints to some Churchwardens and the Pleasures of Churchwardens’ Gothic’
11.55-12.05: Questions
Session 4: Rickman’s Readers
12.05-12.25: Alex Buchanan – ‘Attempting to Discriminate: Thomas Rickman’s Readers’
12.25-12.45: Will Ashworth – Rickman and Whewell, title t.b.c.
12.45-13.05: Geoff Brandwood – ‘Lancaster to Lyons: Edmund Sharpe, Thomas Rickman and Travellers’ Tales’
13.05-13.15: Questions
13.15-14.00: Lunch
Session 5: Religious Architecture
14.00-14.20: Johanna Roethe – ‘Quaker Meeting Houses and their Architects’
14.20-14.40: Bill Walker – ‘ “Meeting Our Waterloos”: The Lancashire Commissioners’ Churches’
14.40-15.00: Christopher Webster – ‘Northern Church Building c.1810-20: An Important Episode in the Gothic Revival’
15.00-15.10: Questions
15.10-15.25: Tea
Session 6: Rickman’s Architecture
15.25-15.45: Mark Baker – ‘Thomas Rickman in Wales: Gwrych Castle and the creation of a gothick fantasy’
15.45-16.05: Frank Salmon – ‘Following “as nearly as may be”: Rickman’s New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge’
16.05-16.15: Questions
16.15-17.15: Keynote 4 – Rosemary Hill: ‘Styles and Principles – Rickman, Pugin and the Gothic Revival’
2017 marks the bicentenary of the printing (in Liverpool) of Thomas Rickman’s ground-breaking book 'An Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of Architecture'. This event is being celebrated by exhibitions at Liverpool’s Central Library and the University of Liverpool’s Archives and Special Collections, and with walks and talks. To coincide with these events, a two-day conference will be held in association with the University of Liverpool’s Eighteenth-Century Worlds Research Centre.
The aim of the conference is to critically evaluate Rickman’s work and its influence in the context of the town where he lived and worked, where he discovered architecture and underwent the transformation from insurance clerk to professional architect. The conference is centred upon Rickman but seeks to encourage a deeper understanding of Liverpool, and its social and architectural environment during the period of his residence (1808-c.1821). Contemporary Liverpool was the ideal setting for a young man interested in buildings and eager for self-improvement: he arrived soon after the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (1807) which transformed Liverpool’s international trade and was an early member of the revived Literary and Philosophical Society (1812) where he honed his skills as a lecturer on architectural topics. He became involved with local building projects, notably the constructionally-innovative churches of local ironmaster John Cragg and built up a network of fellow enthusiasts and potential clients.
9.45: Registration
10.00-11.00: Keynote 3 – Rosemary Sweet: ‘Thomas Rickman – A Modern Antiquary’
11.00-11.15: Coffee
Session 3: Contemporary Writings
11.15-11.35: Peter Lindfield – ‘Gothic Prevision: William Porden’s Architectural Awareness’
11.35-11.55: Stephen Clarke – ‘Hints to some Churchwardens and the Pleasures of Churchwardens’ Gothic’
11.55-12.05: Questions
Session 4: Rickman’s Readers
12.05-12.25: Alex Buchanan – ‘Attempting to Discriminate: Thomas Rickman’s Readers’
12.25-12.45: Will Ashworth – Rickman and Whewell, title t.b.c.
12.45-13.05: Geoff Brandwood – ‘Lancaster to Lyons: Edmund Sharpe, Thomas Rickman and Travellers’ Tales’
13.05-13.15: Questions
13.15-14.00: Lunch
Session 5: Religious Architecture
14.00-14.20: Johanna Roethe – ‘Quaker Meeting Houses and their Architects’
14.20-14.40: Bill Walker – ‘ “Meeting Our Waterloos”: The Lancashire Commissioners’ Churches’
14.40-15.00: Christopher Webster – ‘Northern Church Building c.1810-20: An Important Episode in the Gothic Revival’
15.00-15.10: Questions
15.10-15.25: Tea
Session 6: Rickman’s Architecture
15.25-15.45: Mark Baker – ‘Thomas Rickman in Wales: Gwrych Castle and the creation of a gothick fantasy’
15.45-16.05: Frank Salmon – ‘Following “as nearly as may be”: Rickman’s New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge’
16.05-16.15: Questions
16.15-17.15: Keynote 4 – Rosemary Hill: ‘Styles and Principles – Rickman, Pugin and the Gothic Revival’