The 2018 Autumn conference & AGM shall be held in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire from 15th to 16th September. It shall look at historic buildings in the context of the landscapes in which they developed and how they are changing now and into the future. The Peak District has benefited from the recent completion of the Peak District Farmsteads Project, supported by Historic England, which has provided guidance following mapping of the historic character and survival of farmsteads and field barns across the National Park
This work shows that, whilst the Peak District has much in common with other upland landscapes of northern England, it has very distinct patterns of farmsteads and buildings which developed to serve the needs of its own and surrounding communities. These developed in the framework of fields, limestone heaths and gritstone moorland which all retain evidence for their use from the prehistoric period.
The conference is organised along similar lines to other recent HFBG events. We shall have a morning of lectures followed by an exciting range of buildings and sites, from the Chatsworth estate around the Derwent to the farms of Edale and the Hope Valley.
Accommodation will be self-organised as with previous recent conferences.
Provisional programme
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Introducing the Peak and its farmsteads
Venue: Beeley Parish Church - Matlock DE4 2NT
09.30 for 10am start
Ken Smith Introducing the Peak District
Jeremy Lake Peak farms and their landscapes
Coffee
Perspectives on agri-environment schemes, conservation issues and reuse from Natural England, Peak District National Park and local architects
12.30 Lunch
1.15 Beeley Village
Guided walk to take in farm buildings in the context of an historic village dating from the 16th century - a cruck-framed barn, an 18th century hay barn of the type which developed around the hay meadows of the Derwent, the late 18th century Duke’s Barn, Chatsworth estate houses converted from farm buildings in the 19th century, and the early enclosures around the village with their field barns.
3.15 Park Farm
Tour of late 18th-19th century model farm in land enclosed from moorland on the edge of Chatsworth Park, built to an overall classical design with historic apotraic marks and other features.
4.30 Edensor
Tea and a guided walk into the field barn landscape
SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER
10.00 Hathersage Business Centre
Tour of the site and its converted farm buildings by its owner.
Tour into Edale and Hope Valley.