Welcome to our website.
We now have a new meeting place
Christ Church, 164 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0AW
Access at the rear,
As well as our monthly talks, we also have a Day School and very interesting AGM's
Our Day School this year is on
THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE OF EASTERN ENGLAND:
an exploration of the similarities & differences
It will be held at
At Anglian Ruskin University, Bishops Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1SQ
on the 27 June 2026.
The Application form can be found here or you can book and pay direct on the Course page here.
Here you will find information about our events, our membership, and our shop for books.
Who we are
The Group was formed in 1983 by a varied collection of professionals and amateurs keen to see more work on the lesser buildings of Essex published for all to see and comment on. They were a mix of people having many varied interests in the field of study loosely covered by the term ‘historic buildings’. Buildings, materials, documents, landscape or just an inquisitive mind were the areas of interest. We have now published a continuing series of booklets, a manual on recording a building, hold a Day School once a year and provide Sunday guiding at the Cressing Temple site.
New members are always welcome; the only real qualification is to have an interest in historic buildings, their use, setting or documented history.
Visits are also arranged to buildings within and out of the area to broaden the views and ideas of the Group.
Evening meetings are held about every six weeks, normally at Moulsham Mill, Chelmsford, where local, national and internationally known speakers are invited to talk to the Group.
We would be delighted to receive any comments. Please contact us here.
Data Protection
You can download our data protection policy here.
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