Synopsis

Following a colourful timeline (which every audience member receives), John takes you on a complete journey through European architectural development. The story begins in ancient Greece and subsequently develops through the Roman and Byzantine periods. Medieval Europe then goes through Romanesque and Gothic styles before the Renaissance revives classicism. But as industrialism takes hold medieval styles get revived again - John identifies some of the principal influences.

Profile

An engineer by training, educated at Winchester and Oxford. Spent much of his working life in the City of London, and now runs his own business advising the owners of historic houses and landscapes, counting the National Trust and the Crown Estate among clients, as well as several privately owned properties.