Struan Bates

I am a PhD candidate in the History of Art at King’s College, Cambridge, supervised by Dr Elizabeth Deans. My doctoral research will examine how the Anglo-Dutch architect William Winde (c.1645-1722) worked with masons, carvers and other artisans in the context of an increasingly craftsperson-led building culture. I also aim to assess the degree to which Winde should be seen as a figure of intellectual and aesthetic importance alongside contemporaries such as Wren and Hooke.

I hold an MA from the University of York and a Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History from the University of Oxford. My research at Oxford included a historic building survey of Nicholas Stone’s Danby Gate at Oxford Botanic Garden, and I was awarded a distinction for my dissertation on Balthazar Gerbier and Hamstead Marshall, which won the Stephen Croad Essay Prize 2023 (Historic Buildings & Places).

My doctoral research is supported by the AHRC Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Programme and King’s College, Cambridge.