Shotesham St Martin Working Party

Regional Working Party at Shotesham St Martin

SPAB Norfolk

Fully Booked
Date: 
21/10/2022 - 22/10/2022
Audience: 
Introductory CPD, General interest,
Location: 
St Martin Ruined Church
Hawes Green,
NR15 1UW, NORWICH
Norfolk
United Kingdom
Price: 

£50 for two days, includes a light lunch. £30 for Saturday only

Event details

Friday 21 & Saturday 22 October 2022

St Martin's is one of four churches within the parish of Shotesham St Mary. Dating mainly from the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was abandoned in the 17th century and fell into disrepair.

Fortunately, the village rose to the challenge. In 2009, the Shotesham Conservation group brought people together to help clear the site in readiness for a major phase of repairs, which were finished in 2011.

This meant that St Martins became well known and recognized for its historic importance as well as its beauty in the landscape. It has become an iconic feature.

Ongoing small repairs are necessary to preserve the remains and continue to allow public access and enjoyment. In early 2020 a small project team formed to move the project forward. The lead has come from the Norfolk Regional Group of The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB); with support from TheParochial Parish Council (PCC) and the Shotesham Village Association (SVA).

Even though there were difficult periods during the pandemic, we've completed two phases of planned works so far.

Phase 1: Introductory talks to explain the history of the Church and the materials from which it is constructed. Also what we hope to achieve by using the ruins as a conduit for learning about the practical conservation of a ruined early medieval structure. Participants helped to survey the ruin and carried out a condition survey. 

Phase 2: Analysis and specifications for repairs which included trial repairs to the south porch walls including placing grass turfs (soft capping) on top to manage water ingress to the flint core. (Please also see the article on the SPAB website).

Phase 3 (current phase): This will involve 3 periods of work and events, including this autumn working party. We will focus on installation of soft capping but will also run demonstrations and talks about lime mortars for those who may have missed out on the summer working party. 

Please join us to help save this wonderful building. Places are limited, so book early.

Places for this working party are £50 per person for the two days, which includes refreshments and a light lunch. We have a limited number of additional places for those who want to attend just one day, which are £30 each.

Student Places: We have five free places available for students on this working party, which will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact membership@spab.org.uk with details of your studies to book a free student place.

 

Multiple bookings
As long as there is space on the event, we usually allow you to book for both yourself and a guest. When completing the booking form, you will be asked to select the number of people and put in your own details on the first page, then to put in your second person's details on the next page. The event fee shown on each of these pages is for the individual person - you will be shown the total amount due once you get to the summary page.

About the Norfolk Regional Group
The Norfolk Group was set up in 2019 to organise events and visits for local members.

Booking Terms & Conditions

Accessibility: please contact the Group Organiser before booking to discuss any special access requirements.

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