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Join other members for a drink or meal and a chat at The Princess of Wales, Blackheath. All welcome, no need to book.
Paul Wright will continue his series of walks around our gateways to London with a walk around London Bridge and Borough High Street. Hear about the Great Fire of Southwark, Keats and his contemporaries at Guys, the Cross Bones burial ground and much more.
Meet at London Bridge Station outside Hamley’s in the shopping arcade at 10.15. Please reserve your place via the link below
Postponed until Tuesday, 14th January.
Please see further details under Events for 14th January.
Join us for the traditional Switching on of the Christmas Lights in Blackheath Village.
Details to be announced nearer the time.
Continuing his series of walks on 'Gateways to London' Paul Wright will be leading a walk around London Bridge and Borough High Street. This will cover the history of the bridge itself, London Bridge station and a number of other interesting sites in Southwark, Borough High Street and Guys Hospital.
Please book your place via the link,
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1067337307619?aff=oddtdtcreator
A live talk and zoom to be given by architect Ana Sutherland on architect Teresa Forrest’s embroidery work, with a focus on her pieces depicting street scapes, buildings and landscapes. Unique original designs are worked in intricate and detailed patterns. Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy.
‘ I enjoy the freedom of the outline designs and I develop the intricacies as I go along. I watch them grow and develop, similar to working on a painting.’
Teresa Forrest (b. 1933) is an architect who was a local resident for many years. While based in Blackheath Teresa and her husband Jack worked for Sir Frederick Gibberd on Hull College’s Queen’s Gardens building and the Metropolitan Cathedral project in Liverpool. She went on to have a successful architecture practice while Jack remained at Gibberds as a partner. Sadly her their daughter Lucy was a victim of violencee and caused them to move.
Following retirement, Forrest became a prolific embroiderer and exhibited her work at the Royal Academy twice. Her embroidery, heavily influenced by her architectural background, consists largely of street scapes and city scapes. Unique original designs are worked in intricate and detailed patterns to create the effect of different materials, windows, the sky, ironwork, trees, water, light, shadow, etc. The embroidery types used are mainly black work and needlepoint.
Last year Teresa published a fascinating book “Amazing Embroidery” in order to raise funds for the Lucy Forrest Scholarship Fund at Blackheath High School.
Teresa founded the Lucy Forrest Scholarship, a Sixth Form scholarship scheme at Blackheath High School, set up in honour of her daughter Lucy, to support talented students in art or mathematics as Lucy was an aspiring student due to start University when she died. More than 75 students have since benefited from this which allows them to discover their passions and find their future paths.
The School warmly invite you to join us for the talk and refreshments at 7pm on Tuesday 14 January 2025, at Blackheath High Junior School, Wemyss Road SE3 0JA. The talk will start at 7.30 pm. The event is free of charge, but we welcome donations, which will go towards the Lucy Forrest Scholarship Fund to continue supporting students who share Lucy's passions.
We also have a limited number of Teresa's fascinating book “Amazing Embroidery” available to purchase for a donation of £35 or above. It is a coffee table type of book, of 187 pages of sheer delight.
This meeting will be a zoom and a live event at Blackheath High School, Juniors. Please register via the Eventbrite link, if you plan to attend in person or via zoom, so that all can receive the zoom link.
25th Feb 2025, Tuesday
7.00pm for a 7.30 start
St Michael’s Church
By Clementine Fletcher-Smith, of Speirs Major Light Architecture
Clementine is a partner at SPEIRS MAJOR, an award-winning international design practice that uses light and darkness to enhance the visual environment. She says:
“Light Architecture is about transformation. The coming together of the solid and the immaterial to create something that transforms perception, atmosphere and subsequently people’s behaviour.”
Clementine will talk with us about two recent projects: the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and the Macallan Distillery in Scotland.
Tickets £15, includes a drink. Please book via the link to Eventbrite.
Come along and join the team for our annual Heath Clean Up. Meet at Talbot Place at 2pm. Tbc
Come along and join this very popular event of Kite Flying on the Heath. The Kent Kite Flyers will bring their big kites and be on hand to offer advice for you to fly your own. The children of Grinling Gibbons and Lucas Vale schools will play their steel pans at 2 o’clock. The arena will be close to Talbot Place.
Join Liz and other members for this enjoyable Autumn Walk from Severndroog Castle with its amazing views, through lovely, ancient Oxleas Wood to Eltham Palace. We will partly follow the Green Chain Walk as we go through Eltham North and South Parks, admire the stunning views and ponds to reach Eltham Palace. The walk is a mix of woods and open spaces, meadows and parks. We can discuss the long, interesting history of the area as we walk. It is about 3 to 4 miles and takes about two and half hours. We pass two park cafes, where we can make a stop. It is not a circular walk, as we finish in Eltham, there are spots where you can leave the walk if you are flagging. Eltham Palace is beautiful, now managed by English Heritage and has an excellent cafe and shop.
Meet at 10.15 at The Green Chain post, it is very obvious, over towards the woods on Eltham Common opposite the Red Lion Lane bus stop. The bus stop is directly after the old Police Station at the junction of Shooter’s Hill Road and Well Hall Road (A205), SE18 3RN.
Please reserve your place by clicking the following link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackheath-society-autumn-walk-from-severndroog-castle-to-eltham-palace-tickets-998384313357
Donations go to the Blackheath Society.
Directions from Blackheath Village, take 89 bus alighting at The Red Lion Lane bus stop on Shooter's Hill. Cross the road and meet at the tall Green Chain Walk marker on the green Eltham Common opposite. Return journey can be made using buses from Eltham High Street or train from Eltham station.
The Open House website has full details of all events in the local area, www.openhouse.org.uk
The Span Houses, Cator Estate, Blackheath
Architect Ana Sutherland and author of a newly published book 'Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich' will lead a guided tour of the Cator Estate. Covering Eric Lyons' Span estates and unique modernist homes designed by architects Patrick Gwynne, Peter Moro and Walter Greaves.
Please book a place via openhouse.org.uk
St Margaret’s Church, Lee.
The Church was built in 1839/41 as a white 'Hall-Church'. The 1870s Gothic Revivalism was overseen to a very high standard, by James Brooks and helped by 10 top craftsmen of the day. We also have a WWI Memorial by Violet Pinwill. No need to book.
St Margaret’s Ancient Churchyard, Lee
Paul Wright (presenter of ‘Forgotten Neighbours’) will present an illustrated talk on some of the notable residents of the ancient churchyard of St Margaret’s. We will visit the graves of an Astronomer Royal, an early parachutist who fell to Earth and a disgraced local dignitary and talk about other residents including a Restoration actress, a Royal lutenist and the subject of a celebrated eighteenth century trial.
The walks/talks will take place at the old churchyard opposite St Margaret’s Church, Lee Terrace, London SE13 5DL on Saturday 21st September at 11.00am and 2.00pm and Sunday 22nd September at 11.45 am and 2.00 pm. All are welcome, no need to book.
Join members for a chat, drink and may be lunch at the Princess of Wales pub on Blackheath. All welcome.
THE 8th WONDER OF THE WORLD?
A story of genius and human frailty: politics, ideas, art & engineering.
Join us for an illustrated talk by Professor. Richard Frewer FRIBA, who was close to the project and its construction. He will describe the controversial & painful progress to the realisation of a modern icon.
As a young architect in Arup Associates, with Sir Philip Dowson, Richard Frewer designed a house for the Zunz Family: 2a Drax Avenue, Wimbledon (listed Grade 2).
Sir Jack Zunz was a Director of Ove Arup and Partners and later Chair of ARUP. He was responsible for the engineering design and construction of Jorn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House. Through Richard’s closeness to Zunz and to a number of the key players in the design, he witnessed the unfolding of the drama surrounding the project from the inside.
Richard moved, with his wife, Carolyn, to North Several, Blackheath in 2021. He studied architecture in Cambridge and at the Architectural Association in London. Richard was a partner of Arup Associates from 1977-1991, Chair of Architecture at the University of Bath (1990-2000) and Chair at the University of Hong Kong (2000-2005). He has served internationally on several working groups, judging panels and research forums.
7 for 7.30 pm start at St Michael’s Church Hall, Pond Road, Blackheath, SE3 9JL.
Tickets: £15 includes a drink. Click the following link:
CANCELLED
The Society’s cricket match against the Greenwich Society in Greenwich Park on Saturday August 24 has been cancelled due to burst water pipes under the ground very close to the pitches. Water is bubbling up in the area and the Park authorities have cancelled all remaining cricket games for the rest of the season. We are sorry for the late change and hope to resume our attempt to regain the Golden Elephant prize next year.
Join members as we take a wander through Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery led by Robin Firminger. Originally the cemeteries for Lewisham and Deptford there are many interesting and notable residents. The distinguished Blackheath artist Sir John Gilbert, RA who began his career as an Estate Agent in business next to the Princess of Wales; among his accomplishments he sketched 19th century Lewisham. Others include Margaret McMillan, educational reformer, the tragic Jane Coulson and many surprises.
The cemetery is also well known as a wildlife haven, a delightful place to walk and is good for butterflies at this time of year.
Meet at 10.30 at the War Memorial by the cemetery gates on the junction of Brockley Grove and Ivy Road. Alternatively, meet at 9.50 at the cafe by Ladywell Station, Le Delice and then walk up to the Cemetery with Liz and other members.
The 54 bus goes from Blackheath to Ladywell (the site of the Old Swimming Pool) and then walk up Ladywell Road to Brockley Grove & Ivy Road, or from Lewisham Station the P4 bus, goes past the cemetery.
Please reserve your place through clicking on the link
Join other members for an informal chat, drink and something to eat at the Princess of Wales pub, Blackheath. No need to book, just come
Join other members for a gentle stroll round Blackheath lead by Robin Firminger. The route will include colourful Bennett Park, Blackheath Park, the Ganges Pond statue, Nathanial Hawthorne’s House, the Paragon and finish on Montpelier Row. Robin will have illustrations and stories to tell along the way.
Meet at Blackheath Station ticket office.
Book launch & talk - Modern Buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich 1950-2000
7pm, Thursday 27 June 2024 - St Michaels Church, 1 Pond Road, SE3 9JL
A lively book launch and talk about Span and other extraordinary mid-century buildings in Blackheath and Greenwich. Book tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-talk-modern-buildings-in-blackheath-and-greenwich-1950-2000-tickets-913992354737
Join Society member Robert Maurice Williams on a Literary trail from Bond Street, through Marylebone and Regent’s Park to Baker Street. A distance of about 2 miles. We will look at the blue plaques and residences of the well known, including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Boswell, Conan Doyle, HG Wells ,Wilkie Collins and Edward Gibbon.
Meet at 10.30 at Bond Street tube station, outside the Disney Store on the north side of Oxford Street.
Please book your place via Evenbrite. The link below connects directly with the booking page.
Visit to Bere Architects, 54a Newington Green, N5 2SH
The Muse is an energy-efficient solar family home built as an ongoing project. It is an experimental self-build being Justin Bere's own home and studio, designed to set a standard for future housing with an apparently effortless amalgamation of environmentally responsible solutions with beautiful forms. This began some years before the first Passivhaus was certified in the UK.
Started on site in 2002, when it is eventually completed it will be one of the most holistically ecological buildings in the UK. It was initially designed a few years before Justin discovered the work of the German physicist Wolfgang Feist, and five years before the UK's first Passive House building was certified by the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt. Justin started on site with a building that almost exactly complies with the requirements of Passive House certification (correct wall and roof u-values, design against thermal bridging, triple glazed windows throughout, air-tight construction membranes and the installation of a heat recovery ventilation unit), and with a few technical upgrades would be eligible for certification.
The house is also one of the early examples in the UK of a house covered in bio diverse green roofs with varying soil depths for native ecological habitats which include two wildflower meadows with a thriving bee colony, a hazel coppice and a hawthorn thicket. Located immediately behind a terrace of four Grade 1 Listed heritage houses, the roofs contain a verdant oasis for residents in the neighbouring buildings to watch wildlife and the changing seasons.
A primary objective of this project is to redefine the language of architecture by the development of forms that are directly generated by the acceptance of the ecological imperatives of the 21st century.
Directions: Train to London Bridge, plus a 141 bus to Newington Green . The bus stop is “Newington Green”. Meet at Lizzi’s on the Green Cafe which is directly opposite the Bere offices at 10.30am.
Tickets £10. To book your place please follow the link:
Join David Whittaker and other members who will be looking at the Maidenstone Hill area of Greenwich and the public houses that have disappeared over the years, many without trace. In a very small locality, we have lost a dozen or so, mostly during the 20th century, without any being replaced. We'll see some of the individuals and organisations who used these pubs, their role in the community, the effect of changing licensing laws, how problems arising from alcohol consumption were dealt with, and the influence of the temperance movement and why they ended up closing down.
Meeting at 5pm at The Richard l pub in Royal Hill, Greenwich where they still serve a good pint. David will give a short introduction and then take the group on an interesting walk round the area.
Tickets £5, please reserve your place through Eventbrite. The link will take you directly to the booking page.
Join other members for an informal chat, drink and something to eat at the Princess of Wales pub, Blackheath. No need to book, just come.
Venue: St Michael & All Angels Church, 1 Pond Road, London SE3 9J
‘Never demolish, never remove or replace, always add, transform, and reuse!... Demolishing is a decision of easiness and short term… It is a waste of many things – a waste of energy, a waste of material, and a waste of history. Moreover, it has a very negative social impact. For us, it is an act of violence.’
Lacaton and Vassal when receiving the Pritzker Prize, 2021
The 2023-24 Architecture Group programme of visits is focused on the theme of Re-use and so is our annual lecture. We are absolutely delighted to have Professor Graeme Brooker speaking to us on the subject.
Graeme is the head of Interior Design at the Royal College of Art’s School of Architecture. In 2021 published 50|50 WORDS FOR REUSE – A minifesto, by Canalside Press. This was the fifteenth book Graeme has published on the histories and theories of inside spaces, many of which focus on the reuse of existing artefacts, buildings and cities.
‘50|50 WORDS is a collection of language to describe reuse. Each word is an instrument; a contrivance chosen deliberately in order to activate another 50 associations. Words are like buildings. They reflect cultures and embody continuous change.’
Graeme has written extensively on the interior and in particular the philosophical and theoretical implications of reworking existing spaces and buildings. This includes the subjects of waste and redundancy. Other work includes the exploration of the numerous narratives that underpin the history of the interior and the ambiguity of the subject field and the impact of this condition on the discipline through its research, education, practice and the agents undertaking it.
Graeme has taught in various institutions in America, Europe and Asia, and has been a visiting professor in Antwerp and Milan, and has been an external examiner in over 25 institutions including in Hong Kong, Moscow and Chicago.
Graeme is a provocative and inspiring educator and public speaker. You do not want to miss this lecture!
At 7pm Drinks will be served and copies of the book will be available.
Lecture begins at 7.30 pm
Tickets £15 available from Eventbrite. Click on the link to go directly to the booking page.
Student discount £10 available at the door.
Parking available, obtain a permit on arrival from the Church.
Join us for a talk on the enigmatic artist Jean Cooke, RA to be given by Art Historian and author Frances Borzello at Blackheath High School, Wemyss Road. This follows the successful exhibition held last year at the Garden Museum of Jean’s garden paintings which many members visited.
Art historian and author Frances Borzello will throw some light on the life and work of Blackheath artist Jean Cooke whose paintings have recently begun to attract a lot of attention.
Frances has written several books on the connections between art and life, which include “The Naked Nude”, a study of the new face of the contemporary nude . “Seeing Ourselves”, a history of women artists’ self portraits , and due out this autumn, “A World of Our Own”, a study of how women artists managed to work in a man’s world. All these interests have fed into her investigation of the combination of the prosaic and the mysterious which makes up the artist known as Jean Cooke.
The evening is organised in conjunction with Blackheath High School as Jean and her daughter are alumnae of the school and lived in Blackheath.
Tickets £15, includes wine and canapes, available via the link below
Architecture Group Visit - Day Trip to Brighton, Wednesday, 24th April, 9:30 am to 4.30pm
Wednesday, 24 April, 9:35 am or 9.45 am trains leave London Bridge for Brighton.
Meeting at 11.00 am at WH Smith, Brighton Station so that we can walk together to 13 Brunswick Square, Brighton BN3 1EH. This is a 25-30 minute walk.
Join us for our first day out travelling to Brighton for a four-part visit:
11.30 am to 1 pm: We will have a guided tour by Nick Tyson, the curator at The Regency Town House, a building of the 1820s by architect Charles Busby.
1.30 to 2.30 pm: Lunch at Bankers Fish and Chips, 116A Western Rd, Brighton BN1 2AB
3 pm: Visit to Embassy Court, of 1935 by architect Wells Coates, Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 2P
Walk back towards Brighton train station spotting some of the other landmarks and public spaces in town.
The Regency Town House at 13 Brunswick Square, is a grade I listed terraced home in the heart of Brunswick Town, a Georgian estate in the City of Brighton & Hove. Built in the 1820s, the Town House is today being developed as a heritage centre and museum, with a focus on the local architecture and social history between 1780s and 1840s. Our visit will include nearby no.10, which is currently being restored to its former glory by specialists and our team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers.
Embassy Court is an eleven-storey block of flats on the Brighton seafront, designed by Wells Coates and completed in 1935. It is amongst the most outstanding examples of pre-war Modernism in the UK, and has a grade II listed status. This beautiful, elegantly proportioned building contains seventy-three flats with direct sea views and is considered by many to be one of the coolest places to live in Britain. Its sculptural staircase and balconies echo Coates’ other building of 1934, the Isokon in Hampstead.
Tickets £20 available from Eventbrite. Travel and lunch is to be paid individually and separately.
Click on the link to go directly to the booking page.
Numbers are limited. If you book a place and find that you are unable to come, please notify the Blackheath Society Office or Ana Sutherland. Email: office@blackheath.org
Architecture Group Visit to Stiff + Trevillion Architects Studio
Wednesday, 20 March
Meeting at 16 Woodfield Road, London W9 2BE, a 5-10 minute walk from Westbourne Park Station (Hammersmith & City Line)
Stiff +Trevillion practice was founded in 1981 and is now a 65 large studio working across all areas. Join us for a visit led by founding partner Michael Stiff to learn more about who they work and the exciting projects they have been involved with lately.
Stiff+Trevillion aims to design elegant, human-centered architecture that stands the test of time working with clients, artisans, builders and bureaucrats to create tangible, three-dimensional outcomes. Their work aims to be confident, unpretentious and tasteful, using simple materials in a painterly way to sit with poise within its context. In the face of the climate emergency, Stiff+Trevillion sees the best action as architects is to make that change through their work, building on the fundamentals of volume and light, minimizing waste and putting the existing fabric first.
Tickets £10 available from Eventbrite. Click on the link to go directly to the booking page.
Join members on The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Tour of the artist studios of The Holland Park Circle. Meet at Leighton House for the guided walk at 11 am and then perhaps visit the House together with other members.
Members need to make their bookings asap directly for 14 March with Leighton House. The walks are free.
https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/museums/artists-houses-walking-tours
They also have interesting reading and photos on the Holland Park Circle.
If you plan to visit the House as well, it is £11 per adult, concessions £9 or free for Art Pass holders. Again bookings should be made directly with Leighton House.
Join other members for a drink and/or a meal at The Princess of Wales, Blackheath. An opportunity to chat with other members. No need to book, join us.
Thursday, 29 February, 11am
Meeting at 10 Stock Orchard Street, London N7 9RW, a 5 minute walk from Caledonian Road Station (Piccadilly Line)
Join us for a visit to the pioneering Straw Bale House by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects.
First built in 2001 the building was recently upgraded. Today, the building is approaching its 25‑year anniversary, and its designers Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till – who are also its residents – continue to openly embrace its unresolvedness; a few years ago, they retrofitted their famous green building.
Stock Orchard Street is a jigsaw of bio‑based, reused and self‑made components. Around the house, the famous ‘hairy ’walls comprise stacks of 550 Cotswold barley straw bales, inside a slim timber frame and ventilated steel rainscreen – this allows moisture to escape, protecting the bales from rot. Some 1,700 sandbags form the wall adjacent to the nearby railway line, cushioning the sound of the trains.
The mixed-use complex is occupied by the practice’s studio as well as being Sarah and Jeremy’s home. The conference room, for example, doubles as a dining room. With home and office adjacent to one another, the walk to work is through a couple of doors. It represents an ecological, grounded and resilient way of life in the city.
The visit will be led by Jeremy Till.
Tickets £10 available form Eventbrite. Click on the link to go directly to the booking page.
Join us for a fascinating zoom in which Professor Alan Downie will reveal the mystery surrounding the death of Christopher Marlowe. Why was Marlowe in Deptford? Was he a spy? Why was he killed? Or did he not die at all but lived to write ‘Shakespeare’s’ plays? Was Marlowe a friend or rival of Shakespeare?
Professor Downie from Goldsmiths College, University of London, an authority on Marlowe’s life, will reveal all.
Members will be sent the link to join the zoom or please contact the office
Meeting at The Studios, 8 Royal Street, London SE1 7LL, a 15 min walk from Waterloo East Railway Station
Join us for a visit to the award-winning architect’s studio and the adjacent Waterloo City Farm.
The studio is designed as a demountable structure, built of a Douglas fir timber frame clad with corrugated Onduline bitumen sheets. The materials are redolent of agricultural building forms, reinterpreted for its actual purpose to house an emerging team of architects.
Waterloo City Farm is a community farm located on a previously unused strip of land adjacent to the studios. The first phase of the pro-bono scheme provided a series of timber-framed animal pens to house the farm’s pigs, sheep and chickens, a composting toilet, planting areas and two polytunnels. A large timber framed barn was built as part of the second phase to provide the farm with much-needed educational facilities.
The site, which is owned by Guy’s and St Thomas ’Hospital, has been developed as a meanwhile use and all the buildings on the site have been designed to be demountable, allowing it to be taken down and reconstructed on a new site once its time on this one comes to an end.
The visit will be led by one of the team.
Tickets £10 available from Eventbrite. Please click on the link to go directly to the booking page.
January shake up!
Enjoy a short walk with other members led by Jonathan Causer around the vicinity of Canon Street station and Walbrook. Visit the stunning altar at St Stephens Church, St Mary Abchurch and more.
Meet at the plumber’s statue by Platforms 5-7 in Canon Street Station at 10.15.
Tickets £5. Please book your place via Eventbrite.com. Click the link below.
Join other members for a social occasion. Chat, drink and/or eat at the Princess of Wales, Blackheath Village. Come and join us.
Alan Terrill, the web master for The Folly Fellowship, will define a folly then tell us more with some history he will illustrate all the different types (Towers, grottoes, ruins etc). This will include Severndroog Castle on Shooter’s Hill and a less well known folly in Forest Hill. He will end with a glimpse of follies built by himself.
This will be timely inspiration for those landscape gardeners among us.
Members will be sent the link to join the zoom.
Join us for this very special visit.
Founded in 1947. His Majesty’s Mounted Ceremonial Battery, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery role includes the firing of Royal Salutes to mark the grand occasions of State, including The King’s Birthday Parade, Royal Birthdays and Births.
We will watch the Troop conduct a practice parade and then have a tour of the lines with a trip into the forge, saddlers and tailors. The exact programme is subject to change but will be interesting and enjoyable. A very special occasion.
Meet at 8.50am at The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery , King George VI Lines, Repository Road, Woolwich, LONDON, SE18 4BB.
Numbers are limited so please reserve your place through Margaret Drummond who is kindly organising the event. Margaret’s email address is, drummond_margaret@hotmail.com A suggested donation of £5 to the King’s Troop on the day.
Come and join the Christmas celebrations in the Village. We have two Christmas trees this year!
(Montpelier Vale, the slip road by Everest Inn, will be closed all weekend.)
Montpelier Vale from midday will be hosting a classic car show alongside music, mulled wine and the Blackheath Morris Dancers.
At 1.00pm Blackheath Creatives Pop Up and Cafe will be Lantern making, Face painting and making Santa Hats. Join the fun and join the Vintage Trail.
At 4.00 Torch Light Procession will be led by All Saint’s School Choir from Montpelier Vale to the Crown for the Switch On Ceremony. Bring your torch and join the carol singing.
Events at The Crown begin with music at 3 pm with singer Peter Savison, the Blackheath Morris Dancers and Carol Singing. Mulled Wine will be served.
The Grand Switch on Ceremony begins at 4.20 and will be lead by The Chairman of the Blackheath Society, Paul Watts. Father Nicholas of All Saint’s Church will give The Christmas Blessing. Actor Nicholas Day will roll in the Christmas spirit and lead the Count Down for switching on the Christmas Lights of the Christmas tree in Tranquil Vale.
After the ceremony Laurence O Band will play in the Crown Garden.
At 8.30 The Amelia Duo will be playing guitar and ukelalie, their own music and covers. They will perform inside the Crown.
Mary’s Living and Giving are holding A Christmas Designer Event. Goodie Bags, prosseco, mince pies and more when you go shopping at their store.
All Saint’s School Choir will being singing outside Shepherd’s Supermarket from 3.30 in aid of Lewisham Food Bank before they lead the procession from Montpelier Vale to The Crown for the grand Christmas Light Switch on ceremony.
The two Christmas Trees have been donated by Jimmy Botton Family Funfair. Thank you.
Bring a torch and join us.
CORK HOUSE by Nimtim Architects
Wednesday 29th November, 10 - 11.45 am
Meeting at 67 Algernon Road SE13 7AS, a 10 min walk from Lewisham Railway Station
The striking use of cork both inside and outside and the use of cheerful colour elements are some of the key attractive points in this unique extension and loft conversion project. Completed in 2019, it was a process of co-creation with the clients and shortlisted for the AJ Small Projects award.
Commenting on the use of cork, Nimtim stated: ‘The extension is clad internally and externally with cork that complements the existing brickwork on the original house and will weather to a silvery-grey over time. The cork achieves all required u-vales without the need for any additional expanded foam insulation. It absorbs noise internally, is breathable, free from synthetic resins, chemicals or harmful materials and is fully compostable/ recyclable.’
The visit will be led by Nimi or Allie, practice directors. Both the architect and the owners will be available for questions.
Tickets £10 from Eventbrite. Click the link to go directly to the booking page. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackheath-society-architectural-group-visit-to-cork-house-in-lewisham-tickets-738838845877?aff=oddtdtcreator
