Profiles
Catharine Bull BSc MRICS SPAB Lethaby Scholar
After training at the University of Greenwich in Building Surveying, Catharine worked for Southwark Building Design Service as a building surveyor. She became a Chartered Surveyor in 1998 and has pursued a career in building conservation ever since.
As a Lethaby scholar of the Society for Protection of Ancient Buildings in 2000, Catharine has diverse experience of the conservation of historic buildings. She has worked in the role of managing and commissioning works for The National Trust, and took on the role of client on the refurbishment of Eastbury Manor. Whilst working for the architectural practice Purcell Miller Tritton, she worked on a range of projects including project managing the repair of the West Front of Selby Abbey and the investigative works into the structural movement to the South Transept of St Paul’s Cathedral.
In her last post, Catharine was heading the surveying department for the conservation building company, Ward & Co. (Building Conservation) Ltd. Working as the Contracts Manager, she played a wide role from managing sites sensitively to encouraging staff training on site in building conservation.
Catharine has joined the practice to help Oxley Conservation to meet the increasing need and desire to bring building and environmental conservation closer together.
John Gleeson BSc MRICS AAGradDipCons
At the start of his professional career, John spent 15 years in both private and public sector employment dealing largely with the care and management of historic buildings, monuments and sites. In 1986 he joined the College of Estate Management, where he set up and developed the RICS postgraduate diploma course in Building Conservation jointly with Stephen Bond. He continued as internal Course Director for this course until January 2001. Since then he has been working as a Historic Buildings Consultant dealing with a wide range of conservation projects, large and small, local and national. In 2003 he gained accreditation in building conservation from the RICS. He remains in close contact with conservation education as a visiting lecturer and examiner with a variety of educational establishments both at home and overseas.
John was one of the founder members of the RICS Building Conservation Committee and Group and has just recently retired from the Building Conservation Forum and as chairman of the RICS Accreditation Working Panel.
In addition to the above, John has been a consultant in Conservation Education and Studies to the British Council, a Visiting Professor at the School of Historic Preservation of Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, external examiner for the Building Conservation (Technology and Management) MSc at Heriot Watt University, and has worked with the University of Reading on an EU-funded international research programme on plaster architecture. He maintains links with universities and colleges in India, Poland, Italy and the USA.
John is the author of a number of publications, including Structural Failures in Traditional Built Domestic Buildings (published by CEM Publications in 1994) and The Principles of Building Conservation (an RICS Building Conservation Guidance Note). He is an Editorial Advisor to the Journal of Architectural Conservation and was previously joint editor of the RICS Building Conservation Journal.
Phil Ogley MA MSc Bldg Cons IHBC
Phil Ogley is a surveyor currently working towards the requirements of the RICS for Chartered Surveyor status. Phil has a Master of Science degree in Building Heritage and Conservation from the University of Central Lancashire where he graduated with distinction. Phil is also a member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation.
Phil switched to working in conservation after a successful fifteen year career in finance. He brings to the practice considerable experience in project management, finance and information technology.
Richard Oxley BSc Dip Bldg Cons MRICS IHBC
Richard Oxley is a qualified Chartered Surveyor who is RICS Accredited in Building Conservation. This means that he has satisfied the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) that he has proven knowledge and experience in the field of building conservation.
Richard is a full member of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) and holds the RICS Diploma in Building Conservation from the College of Estate Management .
To complement his existing knowledge and understanding of the damp and timber problems suffered by old buildings Richard holds the Certified Surveyor in Remedial Treatment (CSRT) qualification from The Institute of Wood Science.
Richard's book 'Survey and Repair of Traditional Buildings - A sustainable approach' was published by Donhead in May 2003. He also jointly drafted the 'Guide to building services for historic buildings - sustainable services for traditional buildings' which was published in November 2002 by The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)
Richard has also had many papers published including articles on damp and timber treatment, environmental issues, valuing and surveying historic buildings (See : Publications).
Richard is frequently invited to share his passion and knowledge of these subjects and has given presentations for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, local authorities, banks and building societies, and other surveying practices. Richard is also an external tutor for the RICS Postgraduate Diploma in Building Conservation course at The College of Estate Management.