JOHN SELL, CBE, AA Dip Cons, AABC, FRSA
Date of birth: 29th October 1944
Present positions:
Director, Sell Wade Postins Limited
Director, Investment Properties (Luton ) Limited (property development and investment company)
Qualifications:
1973 Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
1979 AA Graduate Diploma in Building Conservation
1990 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
2000 Architect Accredited in Building Conservation
2005 Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London
Honours: 2004 CBE for services to heritage
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1971-73 Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
1973-81 John Sell RIBA, Architects
1981-97 Sell Wade Postins, Architects and Conservation Consultants
1997- 2005 Sell Wade Postins Ltd.
1998- Founding partner, ECOVAST associates, rural development consultancy
2005 - Sell Wade Consultants
Selected work as an architect for Public Clients:
European Union: Heritage Trails in Slovenia and Bulgaria 1996-1997
British Council: Advisory visit on historic buildings in the Czech Republic 1991
Advisory visit to war damaged areas of Croatia 1992
Study tour for Bosnian architects (organiser) 1997
Scoping Study for assistance to the cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004 - 2007
Know How Fund: Village revitalisation project in Romania (team leader) 1994
Training and advisory missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina 1996 and 1997
English Heritage: Consolidation of the Conduit House, St. Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury, Scheduled Ancient Monument, 1996-1997
Repairs to Maison Dieu, Faversham, Scheduled Ancient Monument, 2000
National Trust: Quinquennial Survey - Godinton Park 1987
Architectural advisor - Sissinghurst Castle 1990-1993
Architectural advisor - Greys Court 1994-1999
Architect - Jubilee Lodge, Osterley Park 1990-1991
Architectural advisor, Priory Cottages, Steventon, Oxfordshire 1993-1999
Architectural advisor, Princes Risborough Manor House 1998
Repairs to 19th century glasshouse, Morven Park 1996-1997
Crown Estate Conservation of Urban Landscapes: Carlton House
Commissioners: Terrace (1991); Albany Terrace (1986); Regents Park Villas (1991-1997)
Concept design for improvements to Kensington Palace Gardens (1991-1992)
Citizen Ambassador Ancient buildings delegation to Russia and the Czech
Program: Republic (delegation leader) 1997
Ministry of Tourism, Cultural heritage adviser: Kupa River Heritage Trail
Republic of Croatia: Project
Cultural Tourism and Study workshop into the future of historic country houses
Tourism Advisory in the Czech Republic 2000
Group: Study workshop into historic country houses in Hungary 2002
Churches Conservation Inspecting architect Fordwich Church 1997- present
Trust: Inspecting architect Goodnestone Church, 1997-present
Selected work for Private Clients
Work in 2 Soho Square, London: Grade II 1986
Conservation Areas: St. John’s Hospice, Bridgend: Grade II 1995- present
Longcutts, Winfrith, Dorset: Grade II 1981-1985
Repairs and Alterations Garden Buildings, Cobham Hall: Grade I 1983-2001
to historic buildings: Copton Manor, Preston, Faversham: Grade I 1989-1990
Starkey Castle, Rochester: Grade I 1989-1991
Cobham Hall, Kent: Grade I 1983-present
Greys Court, Oxfordshire: Grade I, Scheduled Ancient Monument 1994-1999
Boxley Abbey, Nr. Maidstone: Grade I, Scheduled Ancient Monument 1984
Repairs to timber- Greensted Church (the oldest timber church in Europe):
framed buildings: Grade I 1989-1995
Home Farm, Deerton Street, Kent: Grade II 1993-1997
Bucks Hill, Hertfordshire: Grade II 1989
Faversham Guildhall: Grade II* 1992-present
Low Poles Farm, nr Biddenden: Grade II 2002-present
Town House alterations Highgate High Street, London: Grade II 1989-1991
and repairs: Lawrence Street, Chelsea: Grade II 1994-1997
Park Village, Regent’s Park, Grade II 1999-2003
Ecclesiastical Work:
Approved architect for quinquennial inspections in the following Dioceses:
Canterbury
Chelmsford
Guildford
Peterborough
St. Albans
Winchester
Also inspecting architect for 1 church in the Diocese of London
VOLUNTARY AND ADVISORY POSITIONS
Chairman, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 1990-91 and 1993-1997
Chairman, Joint Committee National Amentiy Societies, 1999-present
Council Member National Trust 1999-2008
Council Member Europa Nostra 1998-present
Vice President Europa Nostra 2003 - present
Chairman Power of Place Tax Group (Joint Committee Tax Group) 1996-present
Member Steering Group Government Review of Policies Affecting the Historic Environment (Power of Place)
Member Historic Environment Executive Committee 2002 – present
(Chairman 2004 - present)
Chairman Neighbourly Charitable Trust 1983 - present
Advisor to Internationales Stadteforum Graz
Chairman, Rural architecture working group, European Council for the Village and Small Town (ECOVAST), 1985-1995
Consultant Architect to Faversham Town Council
Conservation grants assessor to the Getty Grant Program
Member of editorial board, Institute for Historical Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Trustee and Director, Heritage Link, 2002 - 2008
LECTURES GIVEN
Timber in old Buildings: Friends of Kent Churches - Faversham
Friends of Kent Churches - Wrotham
Conservation Strategy Friends of Regents Park
For Regents Park:
Conservation Philosophy: Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, York
Royal Institute of British Architects, Conservation Group
Conservation Leglislation: Camden Civic Society
Camden History Society
Landscape Conservation: Georgian Group
Conservation of Farm Council of Europe, Bourglinster, Luxembourg
Buildings: Weald of Kent Preservation Society
East Midlands for SPAB
Lancashire for SPAB
Wales for SPAB
Assessment of cultural Otocec, Slovenia
heritage for tourism: Kavarna, Bulgaria
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina, (TEMPUS project)
Lipica, Slovenia
Architectural Value of Historic Farm Buildings Group Conference in the
Historic Farm Buildings: presence of the Prince of Wales
Conservation of Garden Architectural Association
Buildings:
Conservation in Eastern Architectural Day, Ramsgate Festival
Europe:
Conservation of Towns: Marburg, Germany
Conservation and revitalisation Arcadia, Greece
of Towns and Villages:
Repair of Historic Buildings Zagreb, Croatia at Conference on the Environment
Following War Damage: effects of war
Internationales Stadteforum, Graz, Austria
The Architectural Regions Foundation for International Understanding,
of Europe Copenhagen, Denmark
:The timber architecture Europa Nostra conference, Krakow, Poland
of Europe:
Caring for historic religious International Study Centre for Minorities, Maribor,
buildings on the territory Slovenia
of the former Yugoslavia:
Conservation and partnership House of Commons
What is heritage – who does it belong to Conference organised by the British Council, Jajce Bosnia and Hercegovina
CONFERENCES ORGANISED
The Barns Conference SPAB Oxford
Conservation of Rural Ustek, Czechoslovakia; Krizevci, Croatia;
Architecture: Chateauroux; Rackeve, Hungary; Aywaille, Belgium; Santa Maria de Leuca, Italy; Attersee, Austria
Rural Revitalisation and Fojnica, Bosnia
Post-war reconstruction:
PUBLICATIONS
Terms of Reference for Conservation Area Advisory Committee - Conservation Areas and Listings Panel of the Committee of the Joint Amenity Societies
First Aid Repairs to Historic Farm Buildings - SPAB
First Aid Repairs to Historic Buildings Suffering War Damage - SPAB
Strategy for the Conservation of Rural Architecture in Europe - ECOVAST
Coventry and Canterbury: Victims of massive Bombardment - Reconstruction, Journal of the Internationales Stadteforum Graz, Graz, Austria
The repair of War-damaged Buildings - series of articles for the Institute for Historical Studies, Zagreb, Croatia. Article, Spring 1997.
