Teaching and lectures

Dr Sarah Whittingham has given numerous lectures and talks on subjects such as the architect Sir George Oatley, Bristol architects (including Henry Dare Bryan), architecture (‘Fin de Siecle: Bristol 1900’) and the Victorians’ passion for ferns. If you are interested in booking her to give a lecture, please get in touch. Recent lectures • The Twentieth Century Society Spring Lecture Series 2005, Local Heroes: ‘By George! The Work of Sir George Oatley’, 17 February 2005 • The MacInnes Club, University of Bristol: ‘Sir George Oatley: The University Architect’, 12 December 2005 • Wills Hall Association, University of Bristol: ‘Sir George Oatley: A Bristol Architect’, 1 July 2007 "Members and guests enjoyed a first class lecture with slides by Dr Sarah Whittingham on Sir George Oatley." • Victorian Society Study Day, Powerhouses of Provincial Architecture 1837-1914: ‘... the pride of Bristol, and an enduring monument to the genius of Sir George Herbert Oatley’, 26 January 2008 at the Society of Antiquaries, London • Stoke Bishop and Sneyd Park Local History Group: 'The Lantern of the West: The Story of the Wills Memorial Building', 18 April 2008

Day schools

Sarah has also taught Day Schools for the Lifelong Learning division of the Department of History of Art, University of Bristol. In February 2007 she ran one entitled ‘By George!: The life and work of Sir George Oatley’.

"...the most informative and interesting day school ever attended. Superb tutor."

Teaching and lectures

Teaching in Lifelong Learning, Department of History of Art, University of Bristol, has included:

• a ten-week course: Understanding Bristol’s Architecture: Seven ‘Victorian’ Architects (William Venn Gough, Frank Wills, George Herbert Oatley, Frederick Bligh Bond, Henry Dare Bryan, Edward Gabriel, Eveline Dew Blacker)

• a five-week course: Understanding Bristol’s Architecture: Four ‘Edwardian’ Architects (James Henry LaTrobe, C F W Dening, William H Watkins, Percival Hartland Thomas)

• a five-week course: Understanding Bristol’s Architecture: The Architectural ‘Outsiders’ (William Butterfield, John Norton, Edward W Godwin, Charles Holden)

"Thank you very much for a most absorbing and stimulating course. I hope to continue next term."

"It was the first architecture course I’ve been on and it more than met my expectations."

Summer schools

In 2005 and 2006 Sarah directed ‘East or West, Hame’s Best’: The Victorian and Edwardian House in the West Country, a week-long residential adult Summer School for Bristol University.

"This course more than met my expectations. It has given me knowledge, understanding and a desire to discover more."

"This has been the best University Summer School I have attended."

"Sarah was an extremely talented tutor and shared her knowledge in a most delightful manner."