Bridget Cherry Explained

Bridget Cherry (born 17 May 1941) is a British architectural historian who was series editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides from 1971 until 2002, and is the author or co-author of several volumes in the series.^{[1] [2]}

Family and education

Cherry is the elder sister of the neurosurgeon Henry Marsh.^[3] She studied history at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, matriculating in 1960.^[4] She went on to study History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, specialising in English Romanesque architecture.^[5]

Career

Pevsner Architectural Guides

Cherry began work on the Buildings of England series as Nikolaus Pevsner's research assistant in 1968, and from 1971 to 2002 was the series editor. She revised several volumes including Surrey, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Devon and Wiltshire, and authored or co-authored four of the London volumes (South, North-West, North and East).^[6]

Other interests

Cherry is vice-president of the Heritage of London Trust, a Council member of the London Topographical Society and a member of the board of the Ironbridge Heritage Trust. She is a life trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum, London.^[7] Cherry previously served as a commissioner for English Heritage, the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England and as a trustee of Historic Royal Palaces. Following her retirement, she edits the London Topographical Society's newsletter.^[8]

Honours and awards

Cherry was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2003.^[9]

She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries^[10] and since 1993 a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.^[11]

Publications

Books

• Northamptonshire. (2nd ed.) revised by Bridget Cherry. With contributions from Sir Gyles Isham and Bruce Bailey, 1973, Harmondsworth: Penguin.
• Dudmaston Shropshire: A souvenir guide / Bridget Cherry, 2018. Rotherham: National Trust.
• The buildings of England: a short history and bibliography / Bridget Cherry, 1983, Linton: Published for the Penguin Collectors' Society by Dalby.
• Ivy-Mantled Tower: a history of the church and churchyard of St. Mary Hornsey, Middlesex / Bridget Cherry, 2015, London: Hornsey Historical Society.
• London. 2, South / Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner 1994–2001, Harmondsworth: Penguin,
• London. 4, North / Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner, 2002, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press.
• London. 3, North West / Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, 2002, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press.
• The Buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales: a short history and bibliography / Bridget Cherry, 1998, [Great Britain]: Penguin Collectors' Society.
• London. 5, East / Bridget Cherry, Charles O'Brien and Nikolaus Pevsner; with contributions from Elizabeth Williamson, Malcolm Tucker and Pamela Greenwood. 2005, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press.
• Dissent and the gothic revival: papers from a study day at Union Chapel Islington / edited by Bridget Cherry. 2007, London: The Chapels Society.
• Hornsey Town Hall / Bridget Cherry, 1995, London: Hornsey Historical Society^[12]
• Civic pride in Hornsey: the Town Hall and its surrounding buildings / Bridget Cherry. c.2006, London: Hornsey Historical Society.
• Crouch End: a walk / Bridget Cherry and Ken Gay; illustrated by Peter Garland. 1995, London: Hornsey Historical Society.

Articles

• Bridget Cherry and Ken Gay, Crouch End, A Walk. (1995). The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society past and Present, 20(2), 126. Journal ^[13]
• Cherry, Bridget. (2019). BOOK REVIEW: THE ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL. The Antiquaries Journal, 99, 465. Journal ;^[14]
• Cherry, Bridget, Rawcliffe, Carole, Shoemaker, Robert B., & Darby, Nell. (2014). Survey of London, Volume 49, Battersea, Part I: Public Commercial and Cultural. The London Journal, 39, 168–174. Journal ;^[15]
• Cherry, Bridget, "London's Public Events and Ceremonies: an Overview Through Three Centuries". Architectural History, vol. 56, 2013, pp. 1–28. JSTOR^[16]
• Cherry, Bridget, and Nikolaus Pevsner. "The Modern Movement in Britain". Twentieth Century Architecture, no. 8, 2007, pp. 12–38. JSTOR, ^[17]
• Cherry, Bridget. "Edward Hatton's New View of London". Architectural History, vol. 44, 2001, pp. 96–105. JSTOR,^[18]
• Cherry, Bridget. "An Early Sixteenth-Century London Tomb Design". Architectural History, vol. 27, 1984, pp. 86–95. JSTOR, ^[19]

As contributor

• The buildings of England: further reading: a select bibliography / compiled by Tye Blackshaw, Bridget Cherry, Elisabeth Williamson.^[20]
• Northamptonshire / Bruce Bailey, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry. 2013, New Haven: Yale University Press.
• The best buildings of England / Nikolaus Pevsner; an anthology by Bridget Cherry and John Newman; with an introduction by John Newman, 1986, [Harmondsworth]: Viking.
• The buildings of England: a celebration / edited by Simon Bradley and Bridget Cherry, 2001. Beccles: The Penguin Collectors' Society for the Buildings Books Trust.
• Bristol / Andrew Foyle; with contributions by Bridget Cherry, 2004, New Haven, Conn.; London: Yale University Press.
• Hertfordshire / James Bettley, Nikolaus Pevsner and Bridget Cherry; with contributions from Stewart Bryant, Lee Prosser and Alec Clifton-Taylor, 2019, New Haven: Yale University Press.

Photography

Cherry contributed photographs to the Conway Library, a collection of images of architectural interest now held by the Courtauld Institute of Art.^[21]

Notes and References

1. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10746 CHERRY, Bridget Katherine
2. Web site: Trustees. 2014. Sir John Soane's Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20140818103124/http://www.soane.org/about_us/trustees/. 18 August 2014.
3. News: Wintle. Angela. 11 June 2017. British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh on his passion for tools, doing up houses and beekeeping. Sunday Times online. 15 June 2017.
4. Web site: The Brown Book 2021 . 21 December 2022 . Oxford Alumni . Lady Margaret Hall Association . 38.
5. Book: Pevsner . Nikolaus . Wiltshire . Cherry . Bridget . Yale University Press . 1975 . 0-14-071026-4 . Pevsner: Buildings of England . Dustjacket.
6. Book: Orbach . Julian . Wiltshire . Pevsner . Nikolaus . Cherry . Bridget . Yale University Press . 2021 . 978-0-300-25120-3 . Buildings of England . Dustjacket.
7. Web site: 31 March 2012. Annual Report and Accounts. 2 October 2020. Sir John Soane's Museum. 3.
8. Web site: Council Officers & Members. 2020-10-01. London Topographical Society. en-GB.
9. Web site: 2003-06-19. OBEs for Eyre and Owusu in honours. 2020-10-02. The Architects’ Journal. en.
10. Web site: Mrs Bridget Cherry. 2020-10-01. Society of Antiquaries of London. en-GB.
11. Web site: Honorary Fellows. 2 October 2020. RIBA.
12. Web site: Hornsey Town Hall / Bridget Cherry. – British Library. 2020-10-01. explore.bl.uk.
13. Web site: Bridget Cherry and Ken Gay, Crouch End, A Walk – British Library. 2020-10-01. explore.bl.uk.
14. Web site: BOOK REVIEW: THE ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL – British Library. 2020-10-01. explore.bl.uk. en.
15. Web site: Survey of London, Volume 49, Battersea, Part I: Public Commercial and Cultural – British Library. 2020-10-01. explore.bl.uk. en.
16. CHERRY. BRIDGET. 2013. London's Public Events and Ceremonies: an Overview Through Three Centuries. Architectural History. 56. 1–28. 10.1017/S0066622X00002434 . 43489729 . 194903446 . 0066-622X.
17. CHERRY. BRIDGET. Pevsner. Nikolaus. The Modern Movement in Britain . 2007. Twentieth Century Architecture. 8. 12–38. 41859721 . 1353-1964.
18. Cherry. Bridget. 2001. Edward Hatton's New View of London. Architectural History. 44. 96–105. 10.2307/1568738. 1568738 . 195054059 . 0066-622X.
19. Cherry. Bridget. 1984. An Early Sixteenth-Century London Tomb Design. Architectural History. 27. 86–95. 10.2307/1568453. 1568453 . 195024120 . 0066-622X.
20. Web site: The buildings of England: further reading: a select bibliography / compiled by Tye Blackshaw, Bridget Cherry, Elisabeth Williamson. – British Library. 2020-10-01. explore.bl.uk.
21. Web site: 2020-06-30. Who made the Conway Library?. 2020-10-01. Digital Media. 3 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200703211341/http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/06/30/who-made-the-conway-library/. dead.