Lectures on architectural history and related topics to enlighten and stimulate.

Lectures on Architectural History and Design

Drawing on decades of experience in advising private, professional and public clients on historic buildings and their art and archive collections, Alexander Wyndham Ashworth regularly lectures on English architectural history, design and related topics, including country house art collections, archival research, and historic furniture.

Alex combines academic analysis with hands-on experience to bring unique insights and practical advice to inspire as well as inform audiences of every size.

Recent lecture topics include:

• Picture Frames: History, Purpose and Hidden Significance

• The Arts & Crafts Country Houses of Sir Edwin Lutyens

• The Origin and Development of the English Hall House

• English Architectural History: An Overview 1200 to 1900

• The Church of St Helen’s, Bishopsgate

• Great Dixter 1910-1912: Lutyens as a Restoration Architect

• The Tudors and Classical Architecture

• The English Gothic Architectural Revival

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Example lecture by Alexander Wyndham Ashworth

Client Testimonials

  • "Many thanks for such a wonderful lecture yesterday. I knew it was going to be good but it was absolutely excellent. The comments from the audience afterwards were uniformly glowing, as was only right!”

    Dunstan Speight / Librarian

    Lincoln’s Inn

  • "What a splendid triumph! My congratulations for such a marvellous, witty and appropriate piece of magnificent scholarship."

    Robert Noel / Clarenceux King of Arms

    The College of Arms

  • "Thank you again for an excellent talk. I was very pleased to hear your architectural stance on frames."

    Gerry Alabone / Senior Conservator
    National Trust