Christopher Webster (Late-Georgian Churches, and Charles Watson 1771 – 1836 – to be published in 2027)

Dr Christopher Webster is an architectural historian who has published extensively on late-Georgian and early-Victorian subjects including the churches of this period, the Ecclesiologists, the major northern architect R.D. Chantrell, the growth of the architectural profession and the buildings of his native city, Leeds. His previous books include Temples Worthy of His Presence; The Early Publications of the Cambridge Camden Society, (2003), RD Chantrell (1793-1872) and the Architecture of a Lost Generation, (2009), Building a Great Victorian City; Leeds Architects and Architecture (2011), Episodes in the Gothic Revival (2011) and Six Church Architects (2012). Late-Georgian Churches is a development of the subject of his PhD.

Following a career in Higher Education, he is now a Research Associate at Dr the University of York.  

Late-Georgian Churches was shortlisted in 2022 for the prestigious Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, awarded to works which make ‘an outstanding contribution to the study or knowledge of architectural history’

Dr Webster’s book on Yorkshire-based Georgian architect Charles Watson is due to be published by John Hudson Publishing in 2027.