Dr Kate Giles and Rory Wardroper: A passion for churches: The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Pickering

In this illustrated lecture, Dr Kate Giles (University of York) and new Trustee of the Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust (YHCT) will speak about her lifetime of research and her commitment to caring for historic churches. After a short introduction the work of the YHCT by Rory Wardroper, a fellow Trustee, she will share the story of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Pickering, whose historic scheme of medieval wall paintings sheds light on how past communities have created, cared for and conserved places of worship and church art. The church will be one of the pilots for YHCT’s new initiative, Yorkshire Churches Day, and also has a connection to the Curteis family, as Tobit Curteis has been an advisor on the wall paintings for some years – and he and Kate very much hope that sharing its story more widely will encourage greater interest in and support for its future.