£5 members/£7 non-members The Nelson Garden was created in the late 18th century as a town garden in the centre of Monmouth, a place that went on to create a …
Online Lecture: The early topography and buildings of London Zoo
Please note, this lecture will no longer take place live. A recording will instead be sent to all ticket holders by Friday 15th November. £5 members/£7 non-members The 1.2 million …
The Greening Family
£15 members/£18 non-members The Greening family flourished throughout the 18th century. With an impressive nursery, on the Isleworth/Brentford border, they supplied plants, trees and bulbs and undertook landscape design and …
‘Beyond Measure Magnificent’: the Revival of the English Court, from the Recovery of George III to the Bedchamber Question, 1789–1839
£15 members/£18 non-members In 1789, as revolution broke out in France, court life revived in England, with grandiose celebrations for George III’s recovery. A thousand or more would attend levers …
Online Lecture: Thomas Read Kemp
£5 members/£7 non-members Thomas Read Kemp of Kemp Town in Brighton is a great example of an entrepreneurial developer of the 1820s who overstretched himself, although contrary to a long-established …
John Soane’s Cabinet of Curiosities
£15 members/£18 non-members Sir John Soane’s architecture has enjoyed a revival of interest over the last seventy years, yet Soane as a collector – the strategy behind and motivation for …
Sarah Siddons
£15 members/£18 non-members Sarah Siddons grew up always poor and often hungry. But before she was 30 she had become a superstar. Her rise was not easy. Her London debut, …
Online Lecture: Eleanor Coade’s London
£5 members/£7 non-members Mrs Coade is best known for her fired artificial stone, supplied from her manufactory in Lambeth and ubiquitous in Georgian England and far beyond. This talk will …
In Conversation: A British Country House Alphabet
£20 members/£25 non-members Curt DiCamillo is a noted author and internationally recognised authority on the British country house. The Massachusetts-based Mr. DiCamillo regularly leads luxury scholarly tours and lectures around …
Wiltshire Visit: Corsham Court and Seend Manor
£70 members, All day Members will make private visits to two significant Georgian houses, both owing their prosperity to the cloth industry pioneered by their early owners. We start at …