Dr Peter Lindfield
Lecturer
My profile
Biography
If you don’t find me knee-deep in manuscripts in some library or archive, or writing my next article or book, you’ll see me going fast on a bike in the Cheshire lanes, or on the Peak District’s hills.
Academic and professional qualifications
2013
Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
2008–12
PhD Art History, University of St Andrews
Thesis title: Furnishing Britain: Gothic as a National Aesthetic 1740–1840
Supervisors: Annette Carruthers and Dr Julian Luxford
External examiner: Michael Snodin (V&A and Strawberry Hill)
Internal examiner: Professor Richard Fawcett
2006–7
MLitt (Distinction) Art History, University of St Andrews
Dissertation title: Chippendale the Elder: A Contextual Re-Assessment
Supervisor: David Jones
2002–6
MA (Hons) (First Class) Art History, University of St Andrews
Dissertation title: Vertical and Horizontal: Perpendicular at Gloucester Cathedral
Supervisor: Dr Julian Luxford
Other distinctions
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (elected 2016)
Research outputs
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Lindfield, P.N., Stobart, J. (2023) Politics and the English Country House, 1688–1800. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Lindfield, P.N. (2023) The Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York: a masterpiece of Tudor craftsmanship. Oxbow Books Limited.
Lindfield, P.N. (2022) Unbuilt Strawberry Hill. Donington: Shaun Tyas.
Lindfield, P.N. (2019) The Display of Heraldry: The Heraldic Imagination in Arts and Culture. London: The Heraldry Society.
Carter, M., Townshend, D., Lindfield, P.N. (2017) Writing Britain's Ruins.
Lindfield, P.N. (2016) Georgian Gothic: Medievalist Architecture, Furniture and Interiors, 1730-1840. Boydell Press.
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Chapters in books
Lindfield, P. (2022) 'Arthurian Imagination in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Art.' In Coldham-Fussell, V., Edlich-Muth, M., Ward, R. (ed.) The Arthurian World. Routledge,
Lindfield, P. (2020) 'Gothic Revival Architecture Before Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill.' In Wright, A., Townshend, D. (ed.) The Cambridge History of the Gothic : Volume 1: The Long Eighteenth Century. Cambridge University Press, pp. 97-119.
Lindfield, P. (2019) 'Lancashire’s armoury: Thomas Barritt, saddler-antiquary.' In Robertson, F., Lindfield, P.N. (ed.) The Display of Heraldry: The Heraldic Imagination in Arts and Culture. The Heraldry Society, pp. 156-175.
Lindfield, P.N. (2019) 'A ‘Classical Goth’: Robert Adam’s Engagement with Medieval Architecture.' In Thom, C. (ed.) Robert Adam and His Brothers: New light on Britain’s Leading Architectural Family. English Heritage,
Lindfield, P.N. (2018) 'Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House (1749): Architectural Gothic.' In Bacon, S. (ed.) Gothic: A Reader. Peter Lang, pp. 153-160.
Lindfield, P.N., Townshend, D. (2018) 'Reading Vathek and Fonthill Abbey: William Beckford’s architectural imagination.' In Dakers, C. (ed.) Fonthill Recovered: A Cultural History. UCL Press, pp. 284-301.
Lindfield, P.N. (2018) 'Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House (1749).' The Gothic. pp. 153-160.
Lindfield, P.N. (2018) 'Horace walpole’s strawberry hill house (1749).' The Gothic: A Reader. pp. 153-160.
Lindfield, P.N. (2016) '‘Hung round with the Helmets, Breast-Plates, and Swords of our Ancestors’: Allusions to Chivalry in Eighteenth-Century Gothicism?.' In Gribling, B., Stevenson, K. (ed.) Chivalry and the Vision of the Medieval Past. Boydell & Brewer, pp. 61–98-61–98.
Lindfield, P.N. (2015) 'National Identity Through Design: the Anglicisation of the Rococo in Mid Eighteenth-Century Britain.' In Lindfield, P.N., Margrave, C. (ed.) Rule Britannia? Britain and Britishness 1707–1901. Cambridge Scholars, pp. 1–40-1–40.
Lindfield, P.N. (2012) 'Georgian Gothic Fabrications in the Antiquarian Style: William Kent, Batty Langley and Horace Walpole.' In Lepine, A., Cleaver, L. (ed.) Gothic Legacies: Four Centuries of Tradition and Innovation in Art and Architecture. Cambridge Scholars, pp. 38–59-38–59.
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Internet publications
Lindfield, P. (2020) A ‘Bastard’ Building; a Child of Strawberry [Hill] uglier than its Parent: St John’s Church, Deansgate. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/625642/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Bristol’s Gothic Baptist Chapel: Buckingham Chapel. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/626279/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) The Zenith of Manchester’s Gothic: Chetham’s Library. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/625924/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Building a Civic Gothic Palace for Britain’s Cotton Empire: the architecture of Manchester Town Hall. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/626278/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) St Chad’s, Rochdale: Where Medieval and Victorian Gothic Collide. https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and-inspiration/blog/read/2020/05/st-chads-rochdale-where-medieval-and-victorian-gothic-collide-b1201.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Manchester’s Twentieth-Century Library: The John Rylands Library. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/626045/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Layers of Gothic: A Jewel in Salford’s Crown—Ordsall Hall. https://www.visitmanchester.com/ideas-and-inspiration/blog/read/2020/01/layers-of-gothic-a-jewel-in-salfords-crown-ordsall-hall-b1067.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Moving Manchester’s ‘Tudor’ Shambles. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/626046/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Furnishing the Minshull Street City Police and Session Courts. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/625828/.
Lindfield, P. (2020) A Hotchpotch of History: Sacred Trinity, Salford. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/625758/.
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Journal articles
Lindfield, P.N. 'John Carter FSA (1748–1817): a new corpus of drawings, and the Painted Chamber.' Visual Culture in Britain, pp. 1-30.
Lindfield, P. (2022) '‘Pierced and Perforated Carving, as Fine as the Best Cathedral Screen Work’: Antiquarianism and Faking Tudor Furniture in the 1840s.' Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 175(1) pp. 266-295.
Lindfield, P. (2022) 'The Thomas Stanley Bed and a related corpus of furniture from Tudor Lancashire.' Regional Furniture: the journal of the Regional Furniture Society, 36pp. 23-52.
Lindfield, P. (2022) 'George Shaw Revisited: Ancient Oak, and Beds.' Furniture History Society Newsletter, (225) pp. 2-12.
Lindfield, P. (2022) 'Transformation of heraldic decoration: the ‘Radcliffe Bed’.' The Coat of Arms, 5(239) pp. 108-119.
Lindfield, P. (2022) 'New Thoughts on the Henry VII Chapel High Altar Canopy.' Journal of Historic Buildings & Places, 1pp. 29-47.
Lindfield, P. (2021) 'The Mantled Hour-Glass Escutcheon: A Snapshot of Court Fashion c.1480–1510?.' The Heraldry Gazette, (December 2021)
Lindfield, P. (2021) 'Heraldic Forgery: The Case of George Shaw.' The Coat of Arms, 4(238) pp. 177-204.
Lindfield, P., Foyle, J. (2021) 'A Forger’s Folly?: George Shaw’s Productions for Chetham’s Library, Manchester.' The British Art Journal: the research journal of British art studies, 21(3) pp. 42-50.
Lindfield, P. (2021) 'Heraldic depictions of royal continuity.' Society of Court Studies, 2021(Spring) pp. 4-6.
Lindfield, P. (2020) ''Bastard' Gothic's Survival in Georgian Britain.' The Georgian Group Journal, 28pp. 123-126.
Lindfield, P. (2020) 'Northern Gothic: James Wyatt’s work for the Bishop of Durham.' The British Art Journal: the research journal of British art studies, 21(2) pp. 36-43.
Lindfield, P. (2020) '‘Bastard’ Gothic’s Survival in Georgian Britain.' The Georgian Group Journal, 28pp. 123-126.
Lindfield, P.N. (2019) 'A Fake or Genuine Artefact? The Parian Chronicle and Perceptions of Authenticity in Eighteenth-Century Britain.' Antiquaries Journal, 99pp. 271-295.
Lindfield, P.N. (2018) 'The panelled heraldic apartment of Horace Walpole (1717–1797) at Strawberry Hill.' British Art Journal, 18(3) pp. 92-98.
Lindfield, P.N. (2017) 'William Porden’s State Bed for Eaton Hall, Cheshire.' Regional Furniture, 31
Lindfield, P.N. (2017) 'Rediscovering Lee Priory’s Lost Library Ante-Chamber.' The Georgian Group Journal, 25
Lindfield, P.N. (2017) 'Imagining the Undefined Castle in The Castle of Otranto: Engravings and Interpretations.' Image & Narrative, 18(3) pp. 46-63.
Lindfield, P.N. (2016) 'Triangular Chairs at Strawberry Hill: The Genuine and the Fabricated.' The Furniture History Society Newsletter, 204pp. 2–6-2–6.
Lindfield, P.N. (2016) 'Heraldry and the Architectural Imagination: John Carter's Visualisation of The Castle of Otranto.' The Antiquaries Journal, 96pp. 291-313.
Lindfield, P.N. (2016) 'A further allusion to Strawberry Hill at Lee Priory, Kent (letter).' The Burlington magazine, 158(1365) pp. 979-979.
Lindfield, P.N. (2015) 'New Light on Chippendale at Hestercombe House.' The Burlington Magazine, 157, Julypp. 452–456-452–456.
Lindfield, P.N. (2015) 'A Passion for Gothic.' Country Life, 18 Marchpp. 110–111-110–111.
Reeve, M.M., Lindfield, P.N. (2015) ''A child of strawberry': Thomas Barrett and Lee Priory, Kent.' Burlington Magazine, 157(1353) pp. 836-842.
Lindfield, P.N. (2014) 'The Countess of Pomfret’s Gothic Revival Furniture.' The Georgian Group Journal, XXIIpp. 77–94-77–94.
Lindfield, P.N. (2014) 'Serious Gothic and ‘Doing the Ancient Buildings’: Batty Langley’s Ancient Architecture and Principal Geometric Elevations.' Architectural History, 57pp. 141–173-141–173.
Lindfield, P.N. (2014) 'Heraldic Antiquarianism: the Early work of Thomas Barritt of Manchester.' Bodleian Library Record, 27(2) pp. 178-202.
Lindfield, P.N. (2013) 'Porden’s Eaton: William Porden’s Role in the Development of Eaton Hall, Cheshire, 1802–1825.' The Georgian Group Journal, XXIpp. 137–151-137–151.
Lindfield, P.N. (2012) 'The Furnishing of a Gothic Fantasy 1803–1825: Eaton Hall, Cheshire.' Furniture History, 48pp. 155–180-155–180.
Lindfield, P.N. (2007) 'The fourteenth century choir stalls at Gloucester Cathedral.' Regional Furniture, 21pp. 173-82.
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Non-peer reviewed articles / reviews
Lindfield, P. (2022) In Bed with the Tudors.
Lindfield, P. (2022) A 'Royal' Sideboard for Chetham's Library: spolia, design, and historical associations.
Lindfield, P. (2021) More Gothic Furniture: MS Bodl. 264.
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Other
Lindfield, P. (2020) Manchester’s Modern Gothic in St Peter’s Square.
Lindfield, P. (2020) A Hidden Gem in Salford: Arlington House, Bloom Street.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Thomas Barritt of Manchester.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Vetusta Monumenta; Volume 2, Plate 14: A Plan of the Ground and Buildings in the Strand, called the Savoy, taken in the Year 1736..
Lindfield, P. (2020) Gothic Transformations: A Wesleyan Hall Turned Commercial Venture—Albert’s Schloss and Albert Hall, 27 Peter Street.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Vetusta Monumenta; Volume 2, Plate 5: View of the Savoy from the Thames.
Lindfield, P. (2020) The Rule of Gothic: City Police and Session Courts, Minshull Street.
Lindfield, P. (2020) A Mancunian Gothic Sunday School: St Matthew’s.
Lindfield, P. (2020) High Victorian Gothic: Thomas Worthington’s Venetian Hall at the heart of Manchester.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Vetusta Monumenta; Volume 2, Plate 12: The Savoy Hospital in the Strand.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Gothic Beyond Architecture: Manchester Cathedral.
Lindfield, P. (2020) St Chad’s, Rochdale: Where Medieval and Victorian Gothic Collide.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Cottonopolis: Reaching to the Sky - the history behind some of Greater Manchester's Gothic towers.
Lindfield, P. (2020) The real cost of heritage: preserving our Gothic buildings.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Manchester’s ‘Renaissance Gothic’ Building?: Former Refuge Assurance Company Offices—now Kimpton Clocktower Hotel.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Wait! What? St Philips, Salford, is a Gothic building? Never!.
Lindfield, P. (2020) Gothic’s ‘Constitution’: The Great Hall at The University of Manchester.