The Eustace Collection

The Eustace
Constellation

An advocacy toolkit that helps others see why place matters.

Eustace gathers photographs, encounters and ideas that reveal the intangible value of historic places. Use them to deepen a statement of significance, strengthen a local campaign or simply help somebody look again.

Why Eustace?

The name comes from a moment in C. S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, in which Eustace learns that a star is more than the materials that compose it. The same is true of a historic place - its fabric matters, but so do the memories, meanings and relationships gathered around it.

17 public essays Updated as the collection grows
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What do you need others to see?

Choose one of the six themes. Eustace will reveal the essays and arguments that help make that value visible.

Essays in this constellation

Your Eustace casebook

Gather the ideas that make your case.

Keep useful essays together while you explore. Copy the finished reading list into a report, email or conversation with the people who need to see why a place matters.

When your casebook is ready, copy the reading list and paste it into an email, note or report - or share it directly with the people who need to see why a place matters.

Select “Add to my casebook” on any essay to begin.

    Historic places need people who can speak for them. Eustace is free to explore and continues to grow - return whenever you need words, images and ideas that help others see why place matters.

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    Andy Marshall photographing a historic church in the Welsh landscape

    The photographer behind Eustace

    A lifetime of looking closely at place.

    Andy Marshall visiting a historic landscape
    Andy Marshall in the field

    About the Digest

    Continue the journey through the historic environment.

    I am an architectural photographer with a background in the historic environment and a postgraduate diploma in Building Conservation. My thesis explored Genius Loci in architecture and was awarded the Harold Samuel Prize.

    I’ve worked in the historic environment for more than 30 years, documenting many significant conservation and regeneration projects across the UK.

    The Genius Loci Digest draws on that experience, following my travels through the historic environment and exploring architecture, conservation, history and the stories held within places. Many heritage professionals also use the Digest as part of their continuing professional development.

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