David Adshead is the Director of The Georgian Group, and a director of the educational charity The Attingham Trust. He was formerly the Head Curator and Architectural Historian of the National Trust and is a past chairman of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain. He has published widely on British architecture and historic houses and their collections. Books include: Wimpole: Architectural Drawings and Topographical Views (2007), and Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance, co-edited with David Taylor (2016).