John Arthur Annesley Goodall (born 1970) is an English historian, author, and Architectural Editor of '' Country Life'' magazine.

Early life and education

Goodall attended St Edward's House at

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until 1988, and then read history at

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. He subsequently took both an MA and doctorate as an architectural historian at the

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Career

He worked for several years as a freelance writer and scholar, publishing his first book in 2001, ''God's House at Ewelme'', which was joint winner of the

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Whitfield Prize for 2001 (presented in 2002). He has written several guidebooks for both

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and the

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. In addition he has contributed to numerous books and scholarly journals on the subject of historic English architecture. In 2003 Goodall joined English Heritage as a senior properties historian. He acted in 2007 as series consultant for the major BBC 1 series ''

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'', presented by

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. From November 2007 Goodall became Architectural Editor of ''Country Life'', a magazine to which he had contributed since 1994. He was involved in a debate over the National Trust's presentation of its houses in 2010, speaking on the subject at the

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and at the National Trust's AGM. Goodall's second book, ''The English Castle'', was published by

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in April 2011 on behalf of the

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. The work received numerous accolades: the 2011 Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, the 2011 Large Format Illustrated Book of the Year Award at the Spear's Book Awards, and the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize (pre-1800). The work also received the G. T. Clark Prize for 2007–2012, recognising "the most distinguished published contributions to the study of the history and antiquities of Wales and the Marches during the previous quinquennium". Other recent projects include contributions to the photographic book ''The English Cathedral'' by Peter Marlow and a chapter on the siege of Dover in 1216–17 for the book accompanying the

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'' Battle Castle'' television series. He has acted as series consultant for the ''Country Life'' book series taken from the archive of the magazine, including ''Curious Observations'' (2011) and ''Letters to the Editor''. On 25 October 2001, Goodall was elected a

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(FSA). He sits on the Fabric Advisory Committees of

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and

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, and is a part-time Humanities staff member at the

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. Along with

Edward Impey Edward Alexander Impey, (born 28 May 1962) is a British historian, archaeologist, and museum curator. Between October 2013 and January 2022 he was Master of the Armouries and Director General of the Royal Armouries. Early life and education Im ...

, Goodall is a patron of the Castle Studies Trust, a UK registered charity founded in 2012.

Bibliography

Books

*''God's House at Ewelme: life, devotion and architecture in a fifteenth-century almshouse'' (2001) Ashgate, , . *''The English Castle 1066–1650'' (2011) London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies, Yale University Press, , . * *''The Castle'' (2022) London: Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300251906.

Guide books

*''Pevensey Castle'' (1999) English Heritage, *''Scarborough Castle'' (2000) edited by Katy Carter, English Heritage, , . *''Bodiam Castle'' (2001) with Stephen Conlin, National Trust, , . *''Richmond Castle, Easby Abbey'' (2001) English Heritage, , . *''Whitby Abbey'' (2003) English Heritage, , . ut of print*''Muchelney Abbey'' (2004) English Heritage, *''Warkworth Castle and Hermitage'' (2006) English Heritage, , . *''Ashby de la Zouch Castle and Kirby Muxloe Castle'' (2007) English Heritage, , . *''Portchester Castle'' (2008) English Heritage, , .

Essays and reporting

*Monument to Lady Margaret Legh, Church of All Saints, Fulham, London. *

References

External links

Castle book and personal websiteJohn Goodall biography and photo
City & Guilds of London Art School
John Goodall profile
Ashgate's summary of ''God's House at Ewelme''
Video interview
for Country Life's ''Curious Observations'' book {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodall, John 1970 births Living people English architectural historians Castellologists Country Life (magazine) people English male non-fiction writers Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London Alumni of University College, Durham