From the of Clyde to the : Cultural Riches of the July 7–16, 2020 (with optional pre-tour July 4–7)

Thirlestane Castle Abbottsford House Melrose Abbey House for an Art Lover

ith a tumultuous medieval past, including • Some half dozen visits to projects of ’s premier family Abbottsford House—the estate of poet and novelist Sir Walter an important range of monastic foundations of architects, the Adam family—father, William and sons John, Scott and the prototype of the Scottish baronial style as well as fortified tower houses to protect James, and Robert, who popularized neo-classicism in Great Lindisfarne Castle—Sir Edwin Lutyens’ conversion of a fortified owners from marauding neighbors, the Britain, including Culzean Castle and Hopetoun House. castle in the North Sea into a weekend house for the founder of lowlands of Scotland have a storied history. W • Private visits to three ducal estates—Drumlanrig Castle, Country Life magazine in the early 20th c. Law and order in the modern sense came to the southern regions Bowhill House, and Mertoun House—with their important Mellerstain House—a project started by William Adam, of Scotland after James VI of Scotland “united the crowns” with art collections with holdings of Leonardo, Rembrandt, and completed by his son Robert, with the most important Adam his accession to the English throne upon the death of Queen other Old Masters interiors in Scotland Elizabeth I in 1603. From the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of • Visits to gardens of great beauty and significance—from the new Forth is a tour designed to reveal the exceptional flowering of the Mertoun House—home of the Duke of Sutherland, designed garden at Dumfries House, developed by Prince Charles in honor land south of Glasgow and Edinburgh when political order, if not by Sir William Bruce, Scotland’s first “classical architect,” with of his mother HM the Queen, to a national collection of Gallica harmony, arrived in the region. private hosting by the duke and duchess. roses in the oval walled garden at Carolside, to the Gertrude Over nine days, members of the tour will visit an exceptional Jekyll Arts and Crafts garden at Lindisfarne Castle, and the Dalmeny House—holding a famous collection of French range of houses and estates (and a few ruins) of great historical Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh 18th c. furniture owing to Lord Roseberry’s marriage to a and aesthetic significance in wonderful settings—along the Rothschild heiress. • An impressive series of Lunches and Dinners (14 in all), many of Clyde and Forth, alongside the , and held in private settings by special arrangement, including special even a castle in the North Sea. (To be accurate, the latter is in Our three-day “pre-tour” visit to Glasgow will include Welcome and Farewell dinners Northumberland, just across the English border!) an overview tour of Scotland’s most important port city—the We are also offering an optional three-day (July 4-7) “pre-tour” • A select group of religious sites—from a private house chapel Old Town, the merchant city, and the West End. Glasgow’s 19th c. visit to Glasgow, the UK’s “design city” with a look at medieval and one of the Borders’ most beautiful ruined abbeys to a prosperity is evident in its architecture, and we will visit work Glasgow as well as the world-renowned work of Charles Rennie priory on the Holy Island, a 15th c. chapel famous for its stone by Alexander “Greek” Thompson and the world-famous Charles Mackintosh and his wife Margaret MacDonald. (See below.) carving—made even more so by Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Rennie Mackintosh and his artist wife Margaret Macdonald. Code—plus a perfect small Norman church and St. Giles’ Considered the country’s main contributor to the Art Nouveau Highlights of the tour include Cathedral, pivotal in the Scottish Reformation and the ministry movement, Mackintosh will be the focus through visits to the • A special two-day residency on the Dumfries House estate of John Knox. Mackintosh House, the House for an Art Lover, lunch at the Made famous by Prince Charles’ intervention as the estate • Three nights in Edinburgh, including private house visits, a tour of newly restored Willow Tea Room, as well as a trip to was about to be sold and its original contents of Chippendale to tour Hill House, his most famous country house commission. furniture ready to be auctioned at Christie’s, Dumfries House the 21st c. Scottish Parliament, and a not-to-miss private tour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen’s official residence in Scotland. With major art collections at the Glasgow Museum of Art, Pollok is intact and, with its charming Lodge, is ready for our small House, and Burrell Collection, we will understand why Glasgow group to take up residence. All meals are included here, one in • A range of houses, castles, and palaces notable for their historic was designated the European Union’s European City of Culture the Great Steward of Scotland’s Dining Room! and aesthetic significance, including in 1990 and later as the UK City of Design. Three (3) nights’ • Visits to two estates which hold the largest collections of Traquair House—the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, with lodging at the Grand Central Hotel, breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, Chippendale furnishings, both of them original to their ties to Mary Queen of Scots, still occupied by its original family, entrances, tour transportation (starting at Grand Central Hotel), 18th c. settings the Maxwell-Stewarts. guides, and tips included. Page 1 of 2 From the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Forth: Cultural Riches of the Scottish Lowlands July 7–16, 2020 (with optional Glasgow pre-tour July 4–7) Cost and Conditions TOUR REGISTRATION Per Person (double occupancy): $4950 Full legal name as it appears on passport Single Supplement: $800 Street Address This tour includes nine (9) nights’ accommodation (July City State ZIP 7-16, 2020) at Dumfries House Lodge (July 7-9), Town House Hotel/Burt’s Hotel (July 9-13), Radisson Royal Mile Hotel Email Passport # (July 13-16); all breakfasts; seven (7) dinners and seven (7) First name to appear on nametag Phone lunches; all entrance fees, private coach transport; expert Emergency contact Phone guiding; notes; and tips throughout. Food allergies or special requirements The tour is limited to twenty (20) participants. A deposit of $1500 will hold your place in the tour with final payment Name of roommate due by February 28, 2020. Please return your registration Tour Fee (double occupancy) is $4950 per person. (Because there are a limited number of seats and rooms, we encourage form to 4308 Monument Park, Richmond, Virginia 23230, or single travelers to seek compatible roommates. If this is not possible, a single supplement of $ 800. will be charged.) scan and email to [email protected]. Payment by $1500.00 deposit due upon registration check to Art and Architecture Tours LLC or by credit card. $3450.00 balance due February 28, 2020 Payment by credit card carries a 4% service fee. $800.00 Supplemental fee for single lodging due February 28, 2020 Pricing is based on current exchange rates as of May 15, Total payment enclosed 2019. While we do not anticipate a significant change in Glasgow Pre-tour Fee (double occupancy) is $1650 per person. exchange rates, we reserve the right to adjust the fee to A supplement of $400 for single travelers will be charged. maintain the exceptional standard of this tour should a $650.00 Deposit due upon registration, per person double occupancy substantial change in the exchange rate occur. Participants $1000.00 Balance due February 28, 2020 will be notified by June 1, 2020, should an adjustment be $850.00 Deposit due upon registration for single traveler lodging alone necessary. Total payment enclosed Art and Architecture Tours LLC reserves the right at its sole Method of payment: discretion to alter the itinerary as circumstances beyond its Checks payable to Art and Architecture Tours LLC. Mail to 4308 Monument Park, Richmond Virginia 23230. control require. By credit card (Please note that a 4% credit card fee is passed on to you.) 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We reserve the right to make such alterations to the itinerary or accommodations as may be deemed necessary for carrying out 2020. After February 28, cancellations will be honored with a the tour. The right is reserved to cancel any tour prior to departure, in which case the entire payment will be refunded without further obligation on our part. The price of the program is based on tariffs and exchange rates in effect on May 15, 2019, and is subject to adjustment in the event of change in tariffs, taxes or exchange rates. Registration for this tour shall be refund only if a reserved place is taken by another registrant. deemed to be acceptance of these conditions.

About Art and Architecture Tours LLC, John W. Braymer, Ph. D., is president of Art and Architecture Tours LLC. The retired chief executive of the American Institute of Architects/Virginia, Founding President of the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design, and Founding Publisher of Inform Magazine, Mr. Braymer has organized numerous tours for the Center for Palladian Studies of American, of which he was Treasurer and Director for many years, AIA/Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Architecture. He has a Ph. D. in English Literature and studied architectural history as a graduate student, and he is an alumnus of the Attingham Summer School (UK) and numerous Attingham courses. He is a member of the International Confederation of Architecture Museums. Mr. Braymer engages guides from his broad network of colleagues developed over more than twenty years Please feel free to contact him at [email protected] or artandarchtours.com with any questions you have about Art and Architecture Tours. Page 2 of 2