Essex Historic Buildings Group

'Formed in 1983 by a varied collection of professionals and amateurs keen to see more work on the lesser buildings of Essex published for all to see and comment on. They were a mix of people having many varied interests in the field of study loosely covered by the term "historic buildings". Buildings, materials, documents, landscape or just an inquisitive mind were the areas of interest ... New members are always welcome; the only real qualification is to have an interest in historic buildings, their use, setting or documented history ... Evening meetings are held about every six weeks ... where local, national and internationally known speakers are invited to talk to the Group.'