{"id":27998,"date":"2020-10-16T17:03:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27998"},"modified":"2020-10-16T17:03:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:03:34","slug":"ihbc-member-and-purcell-hespr-company-partner-jane-kennedy-ihbc-awarded-obe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=27998","title":{"rendered":"IHBC Member and Purcell HESPR company partner Jane Kennedy IHBC awarded OBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27999\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Purcell_Jane_Kennedy_OBE_161020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" \/>The IHBC has warmly welcomed the award of an OBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list to Purcell Partner and former Chair, Jane Kennedy IHBC.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;Jane joined Purcell\u2019s Norwich studio in 1988&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;first Foundation Architect to the college and Cathedral of Christ Church, Oxford&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Purcell\u00a0 writes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Jane joined Purcell\u2019s Norwich studio in 1988 to assist Peter Miller on the repairs at Ely Cathedral, and she succeeded him as Surveyor to the Fabric in 1994. She held the post until 2017, overseeing major repairs to the Cathedral including the masonry and roofs and to the great central octagon and lantern. Jane also designed a small extension: the \u2018processional way\u2019 between the choir and lady chapel and a new floor for the lady chapel itself: both projects won national awards.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst other appointments, Jane has overseen extensive programmes of repair and remodelling across listed heritage assets, from Stowe House to Ballyfin Demesne. She was the first Foundation Architect to the college and Cathedral of Christ Church, Oxford and was made an honorary Lay Canon in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purcelluk.com\/news\/purcell-partner-jane-kennedy-awarded-obe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC has warmly welcomed the award of an OBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list to Purcell Partner and former Chair, Jane Kennedy IHBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28000,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27998\/revisions\/28000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}