Ballot Archive

20 Oct 2022

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

Tom Nancollas

Academic degrees, honours etc.

UCL, 2007-15, BA (Hons) Ancient World Studies Kingston Uni, 2013-5 MSc Historic Building Conservation (2x distinctions)

Profession or occupation

Author and conservationist

Grounds for election

Career: 2010-12 English Heritage, Policy & Projects, characterisation studies of places of worship nationally. 2012-15 Grants Officer, (London Planning & Conservation Office) with responsibility for management of grant aid and administration of statutory casework in four London boroughs. 2015- 2015 Senior Planning Officer for the City of London Corporation, managing change across a spectrum of historic buildings and places from Roman remains to postmodernism. MSc dissertation (part-funded by the Association for Industrial Archaeology) considered the interiors of wave-swept lighthouses in the British Isles - received a Trustee Commendation in the 2016 IHBC Gus Astley Awards. While working in the City, Tom maintained a passion for seascapes and became fascinated with offshore rock lighthouses, a topic that became the subject of his critically acclaimed first book. Books: Seashaken Houses, (Penguin, 2018) The Ship Asunder (due March 2022).

Signatories

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