Behind the Scenes: a talk with the Exeter Cathedral architect Camilla Finlay

Exeter Cathedral is embarking on its most significant building project in over 100 years.   

Join Camilla Finlay, the cathedral architect, to learn more about the ongoing capital works to build a new cloister walk, reordering the Pearson Building and Quire and her work to safeguard the cathedral for future generations through repair, change and maintenance.   

Camilla was educated at Malvern Girl’s College, Worcestershire and read architecture at the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow University. She completed her diploma in architecture in 2000. Camilla completed a diploma in historic conservation at Oxford in 2011. She has taken the lead on a series of inspiring projects including Mucknell Abbey, a new sustainable monastery for the Anglican OSB community formerly of Burford Priory completed in October 2010; the HLF grant aided reordering and extension of St Margaret’s Church, Ward End; the conversion of Castleside, Bedford to provide a new exhibition and education facility for the Panacea Society, and the strategic masterplan for the historic landscape and listed buildings within Williamson Park, Lancashire. 

Event Information

Dates and Times

  • 24 January 2024 2.30pm – 4pm

Price

£10 (£8 Friends)

Location

Meeting Room A

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