she served on the council for the care of churches (now the church buildings council), 1997-2001, and since 1998 has served on the westminster abbey fabric committee. she also serves as a vice-president of the national association of decorative and fine arts societies (nadfas). she is an assistant fellow of warwick university, a liveryman of the goldsmiths' company and a founder liveryman of the company of arts scholars. she was elected fellow of the society of antiquaries in 1968 and appointed an officer of the order of the british empire (obe) in 2015.