Dr Sarah Whittingham is an architectural historian who lives in the city of Bristol in the south west of England. She specialises in the architecture, interiors and gardens of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In 2008 she was elected President of the Council for the Preservation of Ancient Bristol.

As well as writing articles and giving lectures, Sarah has done much work for the University of Bristol, including teaching courses in the Lifelong Learning division of the Department of History of Art, directing adult summer schools and leading popular architectural walks and tours of University buildings and the city.

Sarah is the author of a guide to the Wills Memorial Building, and is writing a book on its architect, Sir George Oatley, that will be published by Redcliffe Press in 2008.

Another research topic is Pteridomania or the Victorian fern craze, a subject on which she lectures and is writing a book.