John Goodall (author)

Dr John A. A. Goodall (c1970- ) is an English historian, author, and Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine.

Career

Goodall attended St Edward's House at Ampleforth College until 1988, and then read history at Durham University. He subsequently took both an MA and doctorate as an architectural historian at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

He worked for several years as a freelance writer and scholar, publishing his first book in 2001, God's House at Ewelme, which was joint winner of the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize for 2001 (presented in 2002).^[1]

In an article in the 27 August 2003 issue of Country Life he judged the nominations for Britain's oldest inhabited dwelling, choosing Saltford Manor House.^[2]

He has written several guidebooks for both English Heritage and the National Trust. In addition he has contributed to numerous books and scholarly journals on the subject of historic English architecture. In 2003 Goodall joined English Heritage as a senior properties historian. He acted in 2007 as series consultant for the major BBC 1 series "The Way We Built Britain", presented by David Dimbleby.

From November 2007 Goodall became Architectural Editor of Country Life, a magazine to which he has contributed since 1994. He was involved in a debate over the National Trust's presentation of its houses in 2010, speaking on the subject at Hay on Wye and also the National Trust's AGM. His major new architectural study entitled The English Castle published in April 2011 by Yale University Press with the support of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art [1]. The English Castle was awarded the prize for large format illustrated book of the year at the 2011 Spear's Wealth Management Survey Book Awards [2].

Goodall is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, sits on the Fabric Advisory Committees of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle and St Albans Cathedral, and is a part-time Humanities staff member at the City and Guilds of London Art School.

Books

• God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse (2001) Ashgate, ISBN 0754600475, ISBN 978-0754600473.
• The English Castle: 1066-1650 (2011) Paul Mellon Centre for Studies, Yale University Press, ISBN 0300110588, ISBN 9780300110586.

Guide Books

• Pevensey Castle (1999) English Heritage, ISBN 1-85074-722-9
• Scarborough Castle (2000) edited by Katy Carter, English Heritage, ISBN 1850747636, ISBN 978-1850747635.
• Bodiam Castle (2001) with Stephen Conlin, National Trust, ISBN 9781843590743, ISBN 1843590743.
• Richmond Castle, Easby Abbey (2001) English Heritage, ISBN 9781850747932, ISBN 1850747938.
• Whitby Abbey (2003) English Heritage, ISBN 9781850747871, ISBN 1850747873. [out of print]
• Muchelney Abbey (2004) English Heritage, ISBN 1 85074 874 8
• Warkworth Castle and Hermitage (2006) English Heritage, ISBN 9781850749233, ISBN 185074923X.
• Ashby de la Zouch Castle and Kirby Muxloe Castle (2007) English Heritage, ISBN 9781905624195, ISBN 1905624190.
• Portchester Castle (2008) English Heritage, ISBN 9781848020078, ISBN 1848020074.

References

1. ^ Whitfield Prize, list of past winners - Royal Historical Society
2. ^ Revealed: Britain's oldest inhabited dwelling by Danielle Demetriou, The Independent, 28 August 2003 retrieved 18 May 2009

External links

• Castle book and personal website
• John Goodall biography and photo City & Guilds of London Art School
• John Goodall profile Ashgate's summary of God's House at Ewelme
• Video interview for Country Life's Curious Observations book
• Country Life magazine - contact listing

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