ARCHITECTURE

Oliver is a Cambridge University-educated architectural historian. His love of architecture started at a young age. In 2002, at the age of nineteen, he re-founded the Young Georgians, the youth chapter of buildings' charity The Georgian Group. Oliver also founded the American Young Georgians. In 2012, Oliver was asked to become a trustee of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust. 

Oliver was born in London in 1981. He won a choral scholarship to Lichfield Cathedral and, while there, wrote his first architectural article on a little known, yet historic, Peak District manor house called Casterne Hall. He then won a place to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama as a countertenor under David Pollard and Andrew Watts. During his first term at the Guildhall, a family friend, the late John Cornforth, urged Oliver to get in touch with the Georgian Group, an encounter which led to his re-founding the Young Georgians. 

In his early twenties Oliver spent two months learning architectural drawing at Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects and Ben Pentreath.

In 2013, Oliver was asked to be one of the Judges for The Georgian Group Architectural Awards 2013.

He published his first article in Country Life in 2005, becoming one of the youngest ever feature writers for the magazine. He has written for House and Garden and The Georgian as well as being featured in the Sunday Times. He blogs regularly at http://archmusicman.blogspot.co.uk/. 

He has made a number of appearances on television on shows including The Titchmarsh Show and BBC's Secret History of Our Streets. He has worked with Sarah Beeney on Rise Hall Restoration Nightmare. Oliver won ITV's 'May the Best House Win' in 2010. His agents are Yellow Poppy Media. 

Oliver completed his masters on Building History at the University of Cambridge in 2016.

Additionally, Oliver is a speaker on British architecture and organises bespoke tours for grand tourists from home or abroad to the great treasure houses and buildings of Britain. He is a tour director at ace cultural tours.  

Oliver is lucky to have worked alongside many of the greatest names in the architectural history world, including Jeremy Musson, Patrick Baty, Dr John Martin Robinson, Professor David Watkin, Marcus Binney, Kit Martin and many more. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of country houses throughout the British Isles.

In November 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023 Oliver hosted the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust Architecture Awards at Elvaston Castle. He is on the events committee of the Norfolk Churches Trust.