Through BYRGA GENIHT, James offers consultancy relating to heritage and contemporary projects in architecture and design. These services relate to English cultural interpretation, cultural strategy and conceptual clarity, and may be used in collaboration with other professionals.

Consultations are undertaken in person at site, limited to England unless negotiated otherwise. (Cultural interpretation is specialised for England, and appropriation of English cultural tradition in contemporary projects elsewhere may require deeper consideration).

Standard fees start from £1000 per hour for consultation*, and are likely to be around £4000 per session* for public or group lectures and appearances. (*Exclusive of VAT, travel expenses, general expenses and hospitality).

Why do we publish our rates online?

We believe this should be standard protocol across all industries. Uncertainty over the likely charges, or anxiety about asking for them, may deter some customers from seeking our services. At BYRGA GENIHT, we are committed to make our services accessible to everyone, regardless of neurodiversity, disability or cultural background.

Our services

Patron Testimonials

Cultural asset evaluation

Prior to meeting James, I had only a dim awareness of the contours of the story of the place I am responsible for looking after, despite being intimately engaged in that task for years/generations.

This meant that we under-exploited our capacity to meet our commercial and cultural ambitions and were not maximising our ability to grow and serve our purpose.

The whole experience has been completely transformational and overwhelmingly positive: I understand what is before me, and the scale of what can be done, and I am so glad to know I can call on James and his team for the ongoing support I know I will need with the exciting changes. What has been uncovered is extraordinary, and I had close to no idea it was there waiting to be put in harness.
 
Tim Ashton, Soulton Hall

We commissioned, along with others, James Wenn to deliver a strategic lecture to address an untold story which emerged in the course of research undertaken by Byrga Geniht. An important outcome from our perspective was to ignite cultural forces to address policy objectives around economic development in the area and attend to challenges that local communities needed help meeting. The event was delivered before important partners and was an outstanding success.
 
Arts Commissioner

Public speaking

Presentation of Interiors

Byrga Geniht was tasked with the representation of several interiors of our important sixteenth century building. The results have been transformational to how the public responds to these spaces, and how we ourselves feel about what we are looking after. We are extremely appreciative of the surefooted way this complex task was handled, and have been delighted by the elevated cultural and commercial atmosphere this commission has resulted in.

The results have been outstanding, and the work was also done (it must be said) extremely sensitively, especially as it also involved consultation across different family stakeholders over several generations.

Country House Owner

Business planning/intelligence

Prior to Byrga Geniht being instructed here we seriously under appreciated the space between our business and allied local businesses and stakeholders. I am pleased to report we have, with James's help, been able to unlock significant growth opportunities by thinking smarter in this
area. The consultancy has already yielded exciting opportunities and refreshed existing relationships to perform better.

Heritage Asset Operator

Art curation/acquisition

The story of this house can be overwhelmingly complex for visitors, and we have a responsibility to them to make the atmosphere relatable and welcoming so they can access the story in a gentle way .

It is also true to say that parts of our story got lost in various
tumultuous things over several centuries, resulting in a
depleted collection which did not represent the whole story.

James has done a compelling job selecting art to explain the story and enhance the collections here. It also looks outstanding.

House Manager, English country house

Prior to meeting James, I had only a dim awareness of the contours of the story of the place I am responsible for looking after, despite being intimately engaged in that task for years/generations.

This meant that we under-exploited our capacity to meet our commercial and cultural ambitions and were not maximising our ability to grow and serve our purpose.

The whole experience has been completely transformational and overwhelmingly positive: I understand what is before me, and the scale of what can be done, and I am so glad to know I can call on James and his team for the ongoing support I know I will need with the exciting changes. What has been uncovered is extraordinary, and I had close to no idea it was there waiting to be put in harness.
 
Tim Ashton, Soulton Hall

Patron Testimonials

Cultural asset evaluation

We commissioned, along with others, James Wenn to deliver a strategic lecture to address an untold story which emerged in the course of research undertaken by Byrga Geniht. An important outcome from our perspective was to ignite cultural forces to address policy objectives around economic development in the area and attend to challenges that local communities needed help meeting. The event was delivered before important partners and was an outstanding success.
 
Arts Commissioner

Public speaking

Presentation of Interiors

Byrga Geniht was tasked with the representation of several interiors of our important sixteenth century building. The results have been transformational to how the public responds to these spaces, and how we ourselves feel about what we are looking after. We are extremely appreciative of the surefooted way this complex task was handled, and have been delighted by the elevated cultural and commercial atmosphere this commission has resulted in.

The results have been outstanding, and the work was also done (it must be said) extremely sensitively, especially as it also involved consultation across different family stakeholders over several generations.

Country House Owner

Business planning/intelligence

Prior to Byrga Geniht being instructed here we seriously under appreciated the space between our business and allied local businesses and stakeholders. I am pleased to report we have, with James's help, been able to unlock significant growth opportunities by thinking smarter in this
area. The consultancy has already yielded exciting opportunities and refreshed existing relationships to perform better.

Heritage Asset Operator

Art curation/acquisition

The story of this house can be overwhelmingly complex for visitors, and we have a responsibility to them to make the atmosphere relatable and welcoming so they can access the story in a gentle way .

It is also true to say that parts of our story got lost in various
tumultuous things over several centuries, resulting in a
depleted collection which did not represent the whole story.

James has done a compelling job selecting art to explain the story and enhance the collections here. It also looks outstanding.

House Manager, English country house

BYRGA GENIHT is the trading name of BYRGA GENIHT LTD,
registered in the UK, company no. 14729339, VAT no. 437140905.
Registered address The Willows, Fell Mill Lane, Honington, Warwickshire CV36 5AD