Contructing Excellence presents - Constructing Relevance for the Country House in the 21st Century

at the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Bene't Street, Cambridge (via the passage to the right of the Eagle Pub) on 30th October, 12.30pm - 2pm

Book your place here - https://coccec.wildapricot.org/event-3458570

Programme: From The Great British Bake Off to Downton Abbey and the latest Jane Austen adaptation, a certain image of the British country house dominates popular culture. This talk suggests that if country houses are to continue to thrive into the 2020s they need to rethink their audience and make brave and bold decisions to ensure they are relevant to as a wide a range of visitors as possible.

Sharing best practice examples from across the UK this talk argues that engaging audiences with the physicality of country house architecture is the first step

Speaker:  Dr Oliver Cox is Heritage Engagement Fellow at the University of Oxford. He co-ordinates, supports and brokers collaborative research and engagement projects between the University of Oxford and external partners in the UK and international heritage sector, through enabling individual researchers, research groups, students and professional services to develop mutually-beneficial collaborations.

Oliver leads the TORCH Heritage Programme, is co-Lead of the Oxford University Heritage Network Oxford University Heritage Network and part of the team delivering the University of Oxford’s strategic partnership with the National Trust. 

Registration from 12.30pm, with talk commencing at 1pm. Buffet lunch will be provided.

This event is free for CE members plus a guest.