Alumni Visit to Ditchley Park -26th April 2024
A rare opportunity to visit Ditchley Park and study the main rooms has been specially arranged for the Attingham alumni Ditchley Park has provided an idyllic retreat for royalty and power since Elizabethan times. The present house was built in 1720 for the 2nd Earl of...
22nd Annual Historic Houses International Conference 12-14 May 2024
Maynooth University and The Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates are delighted to announce the 22nd Annual Historic Houses International Conference on 12th-14th May 2024 at Maynooth University and Castletown House.The conference will feature...
Notes & Queries: A Symposium in Honour of Richard Hewlings -15th March
The Centre for the Study of Classical Architecture & Cambridge Architectural History Seminars invites you to a symposium in honour of Richard Hewlings. Through his work as an Investigator of Historic Buildings at the Department of the Environment (DoE), Inspector...
The PGECR Country House Group Conference 2024
The first annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group sponsored by Birkbeck University of London and The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) took place in the Keynes Library at Birckbeck Univerity on Friday, 1st March 2024. Speakers presented on a myriad of...
V&A and National Trust ‘The Public Country House’ conference 16-17 May 2024
The British country house: family home or public cultural asset? Glorious exemplar of historic taste or contested site of public history? A visually enthralling historic stage set, or a site to inform understanding of our national histories? There are millions of...
The John Cornforth Memorial Lectures
The John Cornforth Memorial Lectures tell the story of the country house and its estate, as seen through the eyes of the private owner. Proudly presented in association with Christie’s, the lecture series celebrates John Cornforth’s invaluable contribution to...
Furniture History Society Symposium ‘New Light on Arts and Crafts Furniture and Interiors’
Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AT, 10.30am - 5.00pm The 2024 Furniture History Society symposium, ‘New Light on Arts and Crafts Furniture and Interiors’, will be held on Saturday 23 March at the Art Workers’ Guild, Queen Square, London, and...
Visit to Restoration House and Huguenot Museum: 8th February 2024
A private visit to Rochester House and Vine House took place on Thursday 8th February with Dr Tessa Murdoch. Remarkable survivals of city mansions, both have been restored by Robert Tucker and his partner Jonathan Wilmot and furnished with 17th and 18th century...
Alumni private tour of Holbein: Tuesday 16th Jan 2024
One Tuesday 16th January the Attingham Society conducted a private visit to the exhibition 'Holbein at The Tudor Court' Park at The Queen's Gallery. This tour with Kate Heard, Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and curator of the exhibition, showcased one of the...
Alice’s Wonderlands: rediscovering the forgotten world of Alice de Rothschild by Dr Mia Jackson
Alice de Rothschild, a member of the powerful European banking dynasty, was an avid art collector and creator of spectacular gardens at her residences in England and France. Yet her legacy has been overshadowed by the men of her family. Following new research related...