Who runs the SBPT?

The Somerset Building Preservation Trust is an independent body and consists of up to 18 Trustees who hold Board meetings 3 times a year.  It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee.  The Trust consists of:

  • Up to 2 elected councillors nominated by the Somerset County Council
  • 5 elected councillors nominated by the 5 District Councils in Somerset, which are

            Mendip District Council
            Sedgemoor District Council      
            South Somerset District Council
            Taunton Deane District Council
            West Somerset Council

  • Up to 11 experts, ranging from construction engineers to architects to Civic Society representatives etc, all of whom have a considerable knowledge of our historic built heritage

The Trustees elect their own Chairman

Membership of the Board

  • President:  Mr Ralph Clark, founder Chairman:  Retired Chairman Somerset County Council

Mike Foden

  • Chairman: Mr Mike Foden: (pictured here) Development and construction expert, including the historic built heritage: 
  • Vice-Chairman:  Mr Patrick Brown:  Retired Architect;  Historic Buildings Consultant and Lecturer
  • Councillor John Brunsdon, MBE:  Mendip District Council
  • Councillor Hugh Davies; West Somerset District Council
  • Mr Peter Davies:  Historic Built Heritage Conservationist
  • Councillor Adrian Dobinson: Mendip District Council
  • Mr John Foden:  Retired Architect:  Taunton and District Civic Society
  • Councillor David Fothergill:  Somerset County Council
  • Councillor, Dr Conrad Guerrier:  Taunton Deane Borough Council
  • Mr Derek Gibson:  Retired Architect
  • Mr David Gordon:  Historic Built Heritage Conservationist
  • Miss Hermione Hobhouse;  Architectural Historian
  • Councillor David Joslin:  Sedgemoor District Council
  • Mr Russell Lillford:  retired Head of Heritage for Somerset County Council:  Chairman of SW Area Association of Preservation Trusts
  • Councillor Jo Roundell Greene: South Somerset District Council
  • Mr Hugh Stafford, OBE:  Founder Secretary of the SBPT
  • Mrs Angela Yeoman, OBE, DL:  Founder Vice-Chairman of the SBPT

     Officers

     

  • Col David Lowe, OBE DL, Hon. Treasurer
  • Mrs Erica Adams, Secretary to the SBPT

 

Main contact:

Mrs Erica Adams, Secretary to the Somerset Building Preservation Trust, 55 Dobrée Park, Rockwell Green, Wellington, Somerset  TA21 9RX

Tel/Fax   01823 669022 
Email   erica.adams131@btinternet.com