Norfolk

Norfolk

The Norfolk Group was started in 2019 by former Scholar Gethin Harvey and a team of likeminded volunteers and was officially launched at the April 2019 working party at Feltwell.

The Committee is as follows:

Gethin Harvey: Chair
Josh Halton-Farrow: Vice Chair
Secretary: Domenico D’Alessandro
Events Coordinator: William Skinner
Social Media Coordinator: Mark Wilson
 
For event bookings, or enquiries about this Regional Group, please email spabnorfolk@gmail.com

Norfolk Group events have included:

Norfolk Christmas. A pre-dinner tour of St Peter Hungate wing followed by at the Briton's Arms. Built in 1347, and originally called ‘Ye Goddes House’, it is believed to have housed  beguines, lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.

East Anglian earth building techniques. A one-day skills event, exploring the materials and techniques of East Anglian earth building. Including a visit to a heritage earth building, talk with experts, and a chance to get hands-on with earth building techniques including clay lump and wattle and daub. 

Norfolk Working Party. A two-day event delivering care and maintenance to the ruined church of St Martin's in Shotesham, Norfolk, with a focus on installing soft capping to protect the ruined walls and demonstrations and talks about lime mortars.

Images: © SPAB Douglas Kent