Jean Manco

Teaching interests
Jean Manco teaches methods of research and interpretation of sources on historic buildings. She contributes to the Evaluation of Historic Buildings module of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Architectural Conservation.    

Research interests
She is a professional researcher into historic buildings and sites. Her personal research includes urban development from the Saxon period onwards.    

Publications

• The Parish of Englishcombe: A history (Englishcombe 1995).
• The history of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings vol. 54 (1998 for 1996).
• The Spirit of Care: The eight-hundred-year story of St John's Hospital, Bath (1998).
• Saxon Bath: the legacy of Rome and the Saxon rebirth, Bath History vol. 7 (1998).
• The bishop's close at Bath reassessed, Archaeological Journal vol. 155 (1999).
• The history of Binbury: medieval to modern, in P.Davenport (ed.), Archaeology in Bath: excavations 1984-89, British Archaeological Report vol. 284 (1999).
• Documentary evidence, in S. Brown, Recent building recording and excavations at Leigh Barton, Churchstow, Devon, Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings vol. 56 (2001 for 1998).
• The history of Acton Court in K. Rodwell and R. Bell, Acton Court: The Evolution of an Early Tudor Courtier's House (English Heritage 2004).
• The Hub of the Circus (Bath and North-East Somerset Council 2004).

Links
Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles

Web-guided Research in Building History