Andrew Derrick read Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art and subsequently took a post-graduate diploma in Building Conservation from the Architectural Association in London; his thesis topic being the post-war rebuilding of Wren’s City Churches. From 1987 to 2002 he was an Inspector of Historic Building for English Heritage, until 1990 in London and thereafter in East Anglia. From 2002 until 2005 he was Assistant Regional Director at the English Heritage Cambridge office and also held a national responsibility for policy on places of worship. He co-ordinated the English Heritage publication New Work in Historic Places of Worship, and sits on the Roman Catholic Patrimony Committee. He is a member of the Institute for Historic Buildings Conservation.
