WEEK 13, 22/01/18

For this session, we presented a short presentation on a vague outline of our question and project, and their necessary sources. I collected an accumulation of resources into a word document a rough bibliography for my chosen research topic, and presented it to our class for feedback and suggestions. Resources include the Heritage England catalogue of Grove House and Parkstead House. Such art sources include British Museum satirical cartoons, and artefacts alongside blueprints at the Sir John Soane Museum. While finding online resources was easy, finding scholarship online or within the library on this select topic was impossible seemingly.

I have not done much on my project or essay other than an initial amalgamation of sources, using the useful weblinks within the Moodle page. Such sources enlightened me on my mistakes and obstacles. Firstly, by accidentally mistaking Grove House for Parkstead House, I had misrepresented what I wanted to study. Secondly, using one house held too little source information. As a result, I got my facts correct and changed my essay question to: ‘To what extent has the role of Roehampton’s Grove House and Parkstead House changed from being under the influence of Georgian London compared to modern London?’