Wessex Fine Art Study Courses BooKing Form PrACTiCAliTies The charming Macdonald Pittodrie House Hotel OOOO at Chapel of (PLEASE USE BLOCK LETTERS) Garioch, near Inverurie is the perfect base for our tour (see photograph I/We wish to attend the 2021 Summer Study Course and would below). Dating from the 17th century, this is one of ’s most F R O M T O W E R H O U S E historic hotels. Situated about 20 miles from Aberdeen in 2,400 acres it like to reserve accommodation in a single/shared room. I/we has stunning views of the surrounding countryside, lovely rooms all with T O C O U N T R Y H O U S E : enclose a cheque for £200 per person made payable to: views and a fine restaurant (AA rosette). See www.macdonaldhotels. WESSEX FINE ART STUDY COURSES. co.uk/our-hotels/scotland/aberdeen/macdonald-pittodrie-house. T H E A R T & Reservations should be sent to: The 7-day tour, limited to 22 participants, will cost £2,195 per person WFASC Enrolments, Church Cottage, Beauworth, Alresford, in a twin-bedded or double room, £350 single supplement. This will ARCHITECTURE include accommodation B/B/D for 6 nights in the Macdonald Pittodrie Hampshire SO24 0PA Email: [email protected] House Hotel OOOO, most lunches, all coach transport, entrance fees and gratuities, detailed course notes and the services of the lecturers. O F N O R T H - E A S T [1] Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other (please include first name) ...... The cost does not include travel to the Hotel. We recommend arrival ...... in the early afternoon June 6. If arriving by train or plane we will aim to SCOTLAND Address ...... co-ordinate the 30 minute journey from Aberdeen to the hotel. Helpful travel information can be found on the website at www.wfasc.co.uk...... Registration will begin at 4 pm. Please allow plenty of time for transfer June 6 ~ June 12, 2021 ...... and checking in. Postcode ...... Telephone ...... Terms And CondiTions A £200 deposit guarantees your place on the tour, with the balance of the Email ...... course fee payable by 15 March, 2021. Refunds will apply as follows: If you cancel your booking: [2] Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Other (please include first name) ...... Your booking deposit is forfeit with balance of course fee as follows: ...... Prior to 15 March, 2021 full refund Address ...... 15 Mar–1 Apr: 70% refund 2 Apr–15 Apr: 50% refund ...... 16 Apr–4 May: 20% refund ...... 5 May–6 June No refund If WFASC cancels the course: Postcode ...... Telephone ...... Refund of deposit and balance of course fee. Email ...... It is a condition of booking that you arrange travel insurance to protect yourself against loss. If Covid-related circumstances forces the Please indicate how you heard about this course: cancellation of the tour, WFASC undertakes to refund all course fees in full. In other cases of force majeure no refunds can be made...... The organisers reserve the right to make alterations to the ...... programme if absolutely necessary.

Signature ...... Date ...... Please indicate if you wish to receive details of future courses  and to be on our mailing list: ......  Yes  No Are you a member of: ...... The National Trust  Yes  No Historic Scotland  Yes  No The Art Fund  Yes  No Scottish National Trust  Yes  No Organiser: Barbara Peacock MA, FRSA Reservations and Enquiries: Full details and photographs at www.wfasc.co.uk Tel: +44(0)1962 771579 Email: [email protected] www.wfasc.co.uk From Tower House to Country House: The of Crathes, one of the most perfect creations of the period, picturesque village of Fordyce. Lunch at the charming whilst Castle Forbes is set in a magnificent landscape park classical Durn House Hotel. Afternoon visit to the Georgian Art & Architecture of North-East Scotland with wonderful views. planned town of Cullen with its ancient church close to the This new tour will be based in and Moray, a The tour will also introduce participants to the splendid magnificently baronialCullen House (exterior only). Glorious magnificent and unspoilt part of North-East Scotland, and an scenery of Aberdeenshire with spectacular drives through the return drive through the . area rich in architectural delights. mountains and moors of the Cairngorm National Park. Fri June 11 , one of the most romantic Foremost must be the great concentration of romantic tower houses (c.1626), with spectacular plasterwork and Programme turreted tower houses, dating from mediaeval times to the woodwork. Huntley Castle, the magnificent mediaeval th 16 century and known for their excitingly varied silhouettes Sun June 6 The course will begin with registration palace-fortress of the once all-powerful Roman Catholic and their rich Renaissance plasterwork and painted ceilings. and refreshments at 4 pm at Pittodrie House Hotel (see Gordons. Afternoon visits to Druminnor Castle (Mr Such are Crathes, Craigievar, Fyvie and , Practicalities). Alexander Forbes), chief seat of the rival Forbes family, and built by the great Scottish lairds of the period. The tower Mon June 7 , built 1553-1603, is a neo-Gothic Castle Forbes (Lord Forbes), built 1815 with th theme continues into the early 18 -century with the dramatic spectacular tower house, famed for its painted Renaissance superb views over the Aberdeenshire landscape. Baroque splendour of William Adam’s Duff House, and in the ceilings, and its outstanding gardens. Afternoon visit to Sat June 12 Our final visit is to the imposing House of 19th century is revived in the castellated Gothic of Gillespie Kemnay House, (Mrs Alexandra Burnett); home to the Graham’s Drumtochty Castle and Archibald Simpson’s Monymusk (Sir Archibald and Lady Grant), beautifully set in Burnett family for 300 years, its history interlinks with many its 18th–century designed landscape and filled with treasures. superbly sited Castle Forbes. By contrast, William Adam’s of the great country estates of Aberdeenshire. Haddo House (1732) is a restrained classical Palladian Early afternoon transfer to Aberdeen, arriving about 1 pm. Tues June 8 We travel the beautiful road over the Cairn country house, with Adam Revival interiors furnished by the O’ Mount pass to reach Edzell, a rare survival of a Tour Leaders important Victorian firm of Wright and Mansfield. Renaissance walled garden (1604). Lunch in the small The tour will be led by the distinguished author and historian, Many of our visits will be to private houses, some like fishing village of Gourdon before visiting Arbuthnott Dr David Jones. David was formerly lecturer in Furniture Arbuthnott House, still in possession of the same family House (the Viscount Arbuthnott). Held by the same family History, St Andrews University and has an intimate knowledge since the early Middle Ages. Here the late 17th–century plaster in uninterrupted succession since the 12th century; the house, of our area. His evening lecture titles: ceilings are some of the finest in Scotland. Most houses have set in beautiful terraced gardens, reflects its long history and O From Baronial to Baroque and Beyond: the important contents, such as Kemnay, which has a wonderful has fine furniture and splendid plasterwork. Architecture of the North Eastern House collection of documented Georgian furniture, whilst Fyvie O A Continental Outlook: The Furnishing of the North holds a magnificent collection of Old Master paintings and Wed June 9 A day of contrasts. St Peter’s, Fyvie (1806-8) Eastern House. works of art. is a delightful early Gothic Revival church with a celebrated In Scotland few mediaeval churches survived the Tiffany window (1902). The great glory of Fyvie Castle is Vikki Duncan, MA, MLitt is the National Trust Curator Reformation, but one of the most fascinating is the ancient its magnificent South Front (1599), the finest example of the for the North and North-West Region and will lecture on The collegiate church at Cullen in Morayshire. Other features Scottish Renaissance baronial style. Bought by the millionaire Paintings at Fyvie Castle and Haddo House. of the area are the interesting 18th- and early 19th-century Alexander Leith in 1889, Fyvie was enriched with magnificent Barbara Peacock MA FRSA is founder and director of planned towns; Cullen is one of the finest of the period, and works of art still in situ. Afternoon visit to elegantly classical the long-established Wessex Fine Art Study Tours and has Monymusk, one of the most picturesque. Haddo House, built in 1732 by William Adam, (father to led numerous successful tours in Britain and overseas. Her Important historic gardens to be visited include the rare more famous Robert). particular interest is the country house and its associated Renaissance garden of Edzell, the restored Victorian gardens Thurs June 10 Duff House, a dramatic masterpiece historic landscape. She lectures internationally for organisations of Haddo and the outstanding early 20th-century gardens of Baroque architecture by William Adam (1734). The such as the National Trust, the Art Fund and the Arts Society.