Karey Draper, Curator of Historic Buildings, Hampton Court Palace.
Position: Curator of Historic Buildings, Hampton Court Palace
About
Karey is a curator, architectural historian, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has worked in some of Britain’s greatest buildings, undertaking historic research, survey and analysis, conservation management plans, impact assessments, and considering how historic sites might become more accessible, and better adapt to climate change.
Her research interests include the architectural history of Hampton Court Palace during its two most complex phases of building: from the reign of Henry VIII to William and Mary, as well as the Grace and Favour period. She is also involved with protecting its future: working alongside our surveyors and maintenance teams managing repairs and conservation projects around the Palace, as well as undertaking a Conservation Management Plan for the palace buildings.
Select publications
Draper, K. and Boyington, A., ‘A Concise Architectural History of Raynham Hall, Norfolk’, in Art and the Country House (London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2020).
Draper K. and Campbell, J. W., ‘The Depiction of Doors in Early Modern Books (1550-1800)’, in Building Knowledge, Construction Histories: Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History ed. I. Wouters, S. Voorde, I. Bertels, B. Espion, K. Jonge, and D. Zastavni (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2018).
Draper, K., ‘A Tale of Two Brothers: The Stopford Sackvilles of Drayton House and the First World War’, Northamptonshire Past and Present, 69 (2016), 53-70.