22 June – 12 July 2014

Open Palace Programme

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Welcome to the Open Palace Programme 2014

This booklet is will provide you with all the day to day details you need about the programme and the timetable.

It also contains a few suggestions for eating and drinking and some useful websites

Please note that small adjustments to the timetable may sometimes be necessary.

Summary itinerary

Sunday 22 June 2014 – Saturday 12 July 2014 Please note that some details may change

22 June Arrive in the incomparable Roman and Georgian city of Bath, meet your Open Palace Programme mentor and settle into your accommodation.

23 June Induction morning – a chance to get to know the city of Bath and find out more about the programme.

24-26 June Focused seminars at the Bath Preservation Trust sites, including No 1 Royal Crescent. There will also be free time to explore the sites of this World Heritage City – such as the Roman Baths, Fashion Museum and Jane Austen Centre.

27-29 June Travel to The Old Rectory in Dorset, one of England’s most beautiful 18th century rectories, where you will stay for three nights and share a home-made Regency meal on the Saturday night. During the weekend we will visit Lyme Regis and the Jurassic coast nearby. Lyme Regis is the setting for several famous novels and films, including Persuasion by Jane Austen.

30 June Travel on to the outstanding Stowe House, a fabulous 18th century house and garden with a fascinating history. The journey goes via the 4000-5000 year old World Heritage Site Stonehenge.

1, 3 & 4 July The group joins senior staff at Stowe House, to gain insights into the development of this palace and its magnificent setting. Participants will see conservation in action, learn about estate management, and consider the challenges posed by the development of the new visitor centre.

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On one evening everyone will enjoy a sumptuous formal dinner in the house itself.

2 July Visit to the magnificent Blenheim Palace, home to the 11th Duke of Marlborough, and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Participants will explore the palace and meet the award winning education team.

4 July In the morning we meet a paper specialist at Stowe and explore the remarkable garden, which is managed by the National Trust. Travel to London in the afternoon to stay in the very centre of this vibrant capital city.

5-6 July Free time in London

7-11 July Between Monday and Friday we have a series of participative sessions at three of the largest Historic Royal Palaces – Hampton Court, Kensington Palace and the Tower of London – involving different specialists from their education, curatorial, collections and buildings conservation teams. We will also take you to visit two other important heritage sites in London, the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, to meet key members of their staff. You will also have time to explore London for yourselves.

12 July Departure Day

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Bath Programme mentor Alison Eckersley 07810 684 313

Archaeological evidence shows that Bath’s main spring was treated as a shrine by the Celts. The Romans occupied the spot shortly after invading Britain until 42AD. The town Image: visitbath.co.uk © Bath Tourism Plus/Colin Hawkins expanded massively in Georgian times and by 1801 it was Pultney Bridge one of the most significant centres in the country.

This week you will benefit from the expertise of professionals at Bath Preservation Trust and will learn about the particular approach that Bath Preservation Trust takes to the heritage challenges it encounters at its unique sites.

Bath Preservation Trust was founded in 1934 as a small pressure group, with the object of protecting the city’s architectural heritage. The Trust exists “to preserve for the benefit of the public the historic character and amenities of the city of Bath and its surroundings”.

The city of Bath has been accorded the status of a World Heritage Site, recognised as a place of outstanding universal significance for its rare visual integrity, its 18th century architectural quality and its landscape setting, which forms a magnificent backdrop to the city’s architecture. In a city with such a wealth of heritage there are inevitably difficult challenges to be faced in reconciling the demands of a modern thriving city with the exceptional level of conservation care demanded in a World Heritage Site. The 21st century has brought with it the added pressures of encroachment to the city’s green belt setting. The role and influence of the Trust is needed now as much as ever. http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk/

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Welcome drinks

There will be a welcome drink and nibbles at 7pm at:

The Ring ‘o’ Bells 10 Widcombe Parade Bath BA2 4JT 01225 44887

Live jazz from 8pm from Dave Newton, award winning pianist. The UK is lucky in having many fine jazz musicians; pianist and composer Dave Newton is one of the most gifted of his generation and has been voted top best British jazz pianist nine times.

We will walk from the hotel at 6.45.

Arrival and accommodation

Bath Spa train station is located in the centre of Bath. It is a short walk from the city’s shops and attractions. There are regular train services direct from London Paddington and London Waterloo to Bath Spa, with an average journey time of around 90 minutes.

You will stay in an en suite twin room at Travelodge Bath Waterside Hotel. Image: Travelodge

Directions to the hotel Travelodge Bath Waterside Hotel Turn left out of the station onto Dorchester St and walk west. Rossiter Road Follow the road which bends sharply left then right, and Widcombe Basin Bath BA2 4JP immediately turn left to cross a bridge over the River Avon. On the Tel: 0871 984 6407 other side of the river turn left again to walk east along the busy Rossiter Road. Breakfast The hotel is on the right, facing the river as it branches sharply to Breakfast is served every weekday the left. morning from 7am-10am. Choose as much as you like from the buffet Once you reach the hotel on Sunday afternoon Jean and Alison will including bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs and tomato, plus cereals, yogurts, be there to assign you a room. On Sunday evening we will meet fruit, croissants and toast. Help you in the hotel lobby and walk to a nearby pub for a drink. yourself to tea, coffee and juice. Google maps

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Food in Bath Itinerary Bath has many good restaurants and cafes, and an excellent supermarket On Monday morning at 10.00 Alison will meet you in the where you can buy sandwiches for lunch hotel lobby and take you on a morning’s orientation. You will just walking distance from your hotel: be free from 12am to explore the city further for yourself. Waitrose, The Podium, Northgate St

We would particularly recommend: 1 Bath Abbey 2 The Roman Baths 3 Holburne Museum 4 Museum of East Asian Art Google maps Bath city centre

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Itinerary

On Tuesday Alison will meet you in the hotel lobby at 09.30 to walk to Number 1 Royal Crescent together. This restored Georgian town house and museum sits at one end of John Wood the Younger’s celebrated Royal Crescent.

You will need to bring your lunch with you every day – see supermarket suggestions on the previous page.

You will be free to explore the city from 14.00.

Session leader Tom Boden Head of Museums Bath Preservation Trust

Venue Number 1 Royal Crescent Times 10.00-14.00 Image: visitbath.co.uk Timetable/activity 1 Royal Crescent 10.00 Exclusive tour of No. 1 before public enter. Bath 11.00 Introductory talk about the Whole Story Avon BA1 2LR Project and BPT’s approach towards Tel:+44 1225 428126 interpretation. Set up visitor observation studies with structured guidance. 11.30 Observations in groups of four (who might then split into two pairs) to observe visitors’ interactions with people and objects in the following spaces: entrance atrium/information room, Brownsword Gallery, ground floor rooms, first floor rooms, kitchen and scullery. 12.30 Lunch and preparation of mini- presentations to show findings of observation studies. 13.15 Groups present to each other (5 minutes each). 13.40 Plenary: What have we learned from the observations, what could those at No 1 Royal Crescent take from these studies to inform future development. Google maps

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Itinerary

On Wednesday Alison will meet you at the hotel at 9am and travel with you to Beckford’s Tower. Originally known as Lansdown Tower, it is an architectural folly built in neo- classical style on Lansdown Hill, just north of Bath.

William Beckford commissioned Henry Edmund Goodridge to design the tower which was completed in 1827. Following a fire, the tower was restored in 1934. It was sold in 1972 and converted into a museum and two flats but in 1993 the Bath Preservation Trust became the sole trustee and after extensive restoration work the tower was repoened to the public in March 2001.

You will be free to explore the city from 14.00.

Session Leader Amy Frost Curator of Beckford’s Tower and the Trust Collection’s manager

Venue Beckford’s Tower Times 10.00-14.00

Timetable/activity 10.00 Tour of museum and introduction to the restoration and ongoing conservation needs. 10.40 Set up five groups to work on surveying different aspects of the building. 11.00-12.40 Groups visit the very top of the tower (not

normally accessible to the public, sensible Image: Bath Preservation Trust shoes required!), and survey different Beckford’s Tower aspects of it, 20 mins each: Lansdown Rd 11.00 Group 1 visits top of tower then surveys Bath the Belvedere plasterwork. Bath and North East Somerset BA1 9BH 11.20 Group 2 (surveying main staircase) visits top of tower. 11.40 Group 3 (surveying external stonework) visits top of tower. 12.00 Group 4 (surveying external windows) visits top of tower. 12.20 Group 5 (surveying entrance steps) visits top of tower. 12.40 Lunch and tours of the basement not normally accessible to the public (two groups of 10, 20 minutes each). 13.20 Presentation of surveys (5 mins per group)

13.45 Plenary Google maps

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Itinerary

On Thursday Alison will meet you at the hotel at 9.30am and walk with you to The Building of Bath Collection. This occupies the Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel and contains exhibits which explain the building of the Georgian era city during the 18th century.

You will be free to explore the city from 14.00.

Session Leader Polly Andrews Education Officer Bath Preservation Trust

Venue The Building of Bath Collection Times 10.00-14.00

Timetable/activity 10.00 Introduction to museum and education

programme. Image: Bath Preservation Trust 10.30 Guide to planning and preparing Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel workshops for different audiences Westmoreland Station Rd including discussion of different learning Bath styles etc. Somerset BA2 3HQ 11.00 Five groups working on learning Tel: +44 1225 338744 activities for different audiences: family, community group (eg adults with mental health issues), school group aged 9-11, school group aged 5-7, school group studying art aged 13-14. Lots of creative resources available and stimulus for ideas. 12.15 Lunch and prepare presentations of ideas. 12.45 Presentations (10 mins each). 13.45 Plenary. Google maps

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Dorset Programme mentor Fiona Howick 07796 460 367

Dorset is a county in south west England on the

English Channel coast. Its history of human visit-dorset.com Image: settlement stretches back to the Neolithic era. The Saxons settled the area in the 7th century and the first Viking raid occured in Dorset in the 8th century.

On Friday 27 June you will travel to The Old Rectory near Bridport in Dorset. In the afternoon Alison will meet you at the Bath Travelodge and walk with you to Bath Spa station to take the train. The train departs at 15.06.

When you arrive at Dorchester West you will be met by Fiona and taken to The Old Rectory at Symondsbury by taxi. For more details of the area see the next page. Image: theoldrectory.biz

The Old Rectory Symondsbury Bridport Dorset DT6 6HF Tel: 01308 422575 Mobile: 07956 160232 07850 745052

Suggestion for your evening meal on Friday

The Ilchester Arms, Symondsbury This 15th century village inn, with oak beams and a huge open fireplace, serves refreshments and meals.

Example of main dishes Steak & Ale or Chicken, Ham & Leek Pie £10.25 Wild Boar Sausages with mustard Image: Illchester Arms mash & onion gravy £9.25 The Ilchester Arms Symondsbury Beer Battered cod & chips £10.25 Bridport Fusilli with Pesto, Roasted Mediterranean Dorset DT6 6HD Vegetables and Feta Cheese (V) £9.25 Tel: 01308 422600

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Symondsbury

Symondsbury is a large, pretty village of golden sandstone, bounded by the Marshwood Vale to the north and the World Heritage Jurassic Coast to the south in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is known for its iconic landmark – Colmers Hill. It is said that the stream that runs through the village has legendary healing powers, and that an old road passing through used to take pilgrims to the shrine of St Wite at Whitchurch Canonicorum, another place rumoured to have healing properties. Google maps

Lyme Regis

During the weekend we will visit Lyme Regis. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset–Devon border. It is nicknamed ‘The Pearl of Dorset’. The cliffs and beaches are noted for the fossils that can be found in this World Heritage Site, which is known commercially as the Jurassic Coast. The harbour wall, known as The Cobb, features in Jane Austen’s novel Persuasion, and in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, a novel by British writer John Fowles, as well as the 1981 film of the same name, which was partly filmed in Lyme Regis. www.lymeregis.org www.lymeregis.org

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Regency dinner at the Old Rectory

On Saturday the group will enjoy a typical dinner of the period. 19.00: Congregate for dinner. Dress: Smart

Menu

White Soup “As for the ball, it is quite a settled thing; and as soon as Nicholls has made white soup enough I shall send round my cards” — Charles Bingley, Pride and Prejudice Wilma Paterson, author of The Regency Cookbook relates that, “White soup is a very old recipe. As a delicate veal broth, it was made in Scotland as soup-a-la-reine, a remainder of the ‘Auld Alliance’ between Scotland and France. A more elaborate version, Lorraine soup (possibly a corruption of La Reine) appeared frequently on fashionable dinner and supper menus during the Regency.” White Soup seems to have been made from veal or chicken stock (broth), egg yolks, ground almonds and cream. Served with negus (hot sweetened wine and water) the two were warming and intoxicating beverages at balls.

Uppercross Cottage Chicken Fricasee with new potatoes and seasonal Regency vegetables “Captain Wentworth … was engaged with the Crofts to dine at Uppercross, by the end of another week” — Persuasion By Jane Austen’s era French cooking had become fashionable and the heavy foods of previous generations were being set aside in favor of light and pretty dishes, such as this fricassee, which like many things, sounds lovely and complicated, but is really a simple dish of meat cut into pieces and stewed in gravy. Cooking with Jane Austen and Friends, by Laura Boyle.

Bread and Butter Pudding This recipe comes from Maria Eliza Ketleby Rundell’s A New System of Domestic Cookery, 1814, and features currants in a starring role.

Lemon Ice “The Hattons’ & Milles’ dine here today – & I shall eat ice & drink French wine and be above Vulgar Economy” —­ Jane Austen, July 1, 1808 Ice cream has been enjoyed for hundreds of years. The key factor in its manufacture was ice, which in the early 19th century began to be imported from Norway, Canada and America. Ice was shipped into London and other major ports and taken in barges down the canals to be stored in ice houses, from where it was sold to ice cream makers. Making ice cream readily available to people, this burgeoning industry, run mainly by Italians, started the influx of workers from southern Italy and the Ticino area of Switzerland to England. John Bull and his family at an ice cafe, The history of ice cream can be found at Freemanriver.com. 1815. Image@Newcastle University

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Stonehenge Programme mentor Fiona Howick 07796 460 367

Stonehenge is unrivalled in design and engineering – huge stone lintels cap the outer circle and the trilithons are locked together by carefully shaped joints. It is distinguished by the use of two kinds english-heritage.org.uk Image: of stones (Bluestones and Sarsens), their size (some weighing over 40t), and the distance they were transported (up to 240km). Some of the surrounding monuments are also remarkable for sheer scale: the Stonehenge Cursus and the Avenue are both about 3km long, while Durrington Walls is the largest henge in Britain at 500m in diameter, demonstrating the ability of prehistoric peoples to conceive, design and construct features of great size and complexity.

Itinerary

On Monday 30 June you will travel to Buckingham by coach, stopping on the way at Stonehenge, the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the world. You will depart from the Old Rectory at 10am.

Stonehenge now has a transformed visitor experience, with a new world-class visitor centre, housing museum-quality permanent and temporary exhibitions.

We will meet Sue Greaney, the senior historian at English Heritage. She is responsible for the new exhibition in the visitor centre, and you will have the opportunity to find out first-hand how she designed this fantastic resource.

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Buckingham

Close to the Silverstone racing circuit, Towcester Racetrack, Bletchley Park, and the National Trust’s Claydon House and Stowe Gardens, Buckingham is a bustling, vibrant place to stay. The Larkrise to Candleford books by Flora Thompson, which tell the story of rural Britain at the end of the 19th century, used Buckingham as the basis of the fictional Candleford. Exhibits from the BBC dramatisation of the books are at the Buckingham Old Gaol museum.

Arrival and accommodation

In Buckingham you will stay at The White Hart Hotel. You will need to bring lunch with you to eat each day at Stowe. You can buy sandwiches and drinks at shops within two minutes of the hotel and there is a supermarket selling sandwiches and fresh bread. Take-out food can be obtained in the town centre. On market days there are usually stalls selling bread, cakes, olives and fresh fruit Image: goodnightinns.co.uk Image: and vegetables. Below are a few of the town’s restaurants. The White Hart Hotel ●Buckingham Fort Nelson Street Buckingham 17 West Street, MK18 1HE 53/54 Nelson Street, MK18 1BT Tel:01280 815151 (close to the town centre) (three-minute walk from Castle Street, Fax:01280 817042 Tel: +44 1280 822 842. very limited on-street parking) Email: whitehart.buckingham@ Open: Monday to Sunday Tel: +44 1280 815 556 goodnightinns.co.uk 12:00-2:30pm, 6:00-11:00pm Email: [email protected] 1-2 Market Square Open: Tuesday to Saturday Buckingham, MK18 1NL Indian restaurant with popular 12:00-3:00pm, 6:00-11:00pm Wednesday and Sunday banquet The Georgian White Hart Hotel in specials. Modern English menu, popular the market town of Buckingham is dinner spot, booking recommended. an 18th century coach house where Mains £10 to £20. travellers once assembled for the Cheng Du one day coach journey to London. Meadow Walk (located in the Meadow Still possessing the original coach Walk pedestrian precinct between the Prego entrance, The White Hart is now a main town car park and Market Hill) 4 High Street, MK18 1NT stylish hotel with newly refurbished Tel: +44 1280 815 898. (in the town centre) ☎ rooms and a delightful pub and Open: Sun-Thurs 5:30 - 10:30pm Tel: +44 1280 821 205 restaurant. Friday/Sat 5:30 - 11:30pm Email: [email protected]

Chinese, very popular for the Wide range of Italian dishes Chinese New Year special menu. including pasta, risotto and pizza Mains £7 to £10. Mains £8 to £14.

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Stowe Programme mentor Fiona Howick 07796 460 367 Stowe House, detail This week you will benefit from the expertise of professionals at Stowe Preservation Trust and will learn about the particular approach that Stowe Preservation Trust takes to the heritage challenges it encounters at its unique sites.

Stowe

The long term goal of the partners at Stowe is to return the site to its former glory, while protecting the interests of each partner as changes are made. In the short term, this involves restoring the house so that it becomes, as it was designed, the principal temple in Stowe’s gardens, and in re-uniting and restoring the gardens. In the longer term, the Stowe House Preservation Trust, the school and the National Trust will work together to further the restoration of Stowe as a historic masterpiece. The visitor experience has been enhanced through the development of a National Trust Visitors’ Centre located at New Inn, by the Corinthian Arch, the original 18th century entrance to the gardens. The development of historic Stowe will involve each partner respecting the interests of the others and negotiating suitable solutions to specific challenges that arise within the overall joint goal. http://www.stowe.co.uk/house/

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Itinerary

Today is spent at Stowe House and landscape gardens and includes an evening meal in the House itself.

Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house. It is the home of Stowe School, an independent school, and is owned by the Stowe House Restoration Trust which has spent more than £25m on the restoration of the house. darkbluesband.blogspot.co.uk Image:

HRH Prince Charles, who has a particular interest in architecture, believes that Stowe is ‘one of Britain’s finest 18th century houses’.

Session leaders Nick Morris Operations director, Stowe School CEO, Stowe House Jenna Spellane Preservation Trust projects manager Stowe House

Venue Stowe Palace

Times 09.00-14.00 Image: stowe.co.uk

Timetable  09.00-12.00 Guided tour of Stowe and talks about its history and management today 13.00-14.00/15.00 Introduction to challenges facing Stowe Preservation Trust staff, and posing scenarios to participants, asking them to work in small groups considering solutions with support from Stowe staff 15.00-17.00 Free time Focus Nick and Jenna will introduce topics: ‘Reconciling the various functions of the house-school, cultural centre, commercial enterprise, palace’, ‘How to encourage visitors into the visitor centre and house’, ‘Representing enlightenment and creativity to visitors’, ‘Collections and visitor expectation: how to meet or change them’ and ‘Physical works challenges’

19.00-21.00 Formal three course dinner at Stowe Dress code: smart Venue: the Music Room

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Itinerary

Today is spent at Blenheim Palace. Fiona will meet you at the hotel at 9am for the one-hour drive to Blenheim.

Blenheim is a country house of monumental character. It was built between 1705 and 1722 for the 1st Duke of Marlborough by the nation in gratitude for the military victory over the French and the Image: www.blenheimpalace.com Image: Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim.

We will return to Buckingham via Oxford.

Session leader Karen Wiseman Head of Education Blenheim Palace

Venue Blenheim Times 09.00-15.00

Timetable  www.blenheimpalace.com Image: Morning Visiting the house for the full visitor experience Afternoon Joining in educational activities with the education team Focus Education Image: www.blenheimpalace.com Image:

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Itinerary

Today you should be able to watch conservation work in action and to talk to the conservation team in situ. Then you will have time to complete your challenge and get valuable feedback from the Stowe staff Image: stowe.co.uk

Session leaders Nick Morris Operations director, Stowe School CEO, Stowe House Jenna Spellane Preservation Trust projects manager Stowe House

Venue Stowe Times 09.00-14.00

Timetable  10.00-11.00 Conservation in action – North Hall Floor or Blue Room and North Hall walls 11.00-12.00 Groups work on challenge

12.00-13.00 Lunch Image: stowe.co.uk 13.00-14.00 Groups work on challenge 14.00-15.00 Groups present their ideas and staff respond explaining how feasible they think the solutions offered are Focus Conservation and challenges feedback

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Itinerary

Check out of the hotel after breakfast. Fiona will arrange for the care of your luggage.

The morning is spent at Stowe Landscape Gardens. Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was once head gardener at the breath-taking 250 acres of gardens. The gardens contain stunning architecture from the 18th century including the New Inn, with 40 monuments and temples. The gardens are a 10 minute drive from The White Hart Hotel.

After lunch the group will travel independently to London for a weekend of free time. See overleaf for travel and accommodation details.

Session Leader Andrew Bush Paper conservation advisor National Trust

Venue Stowe gardens Times 09.00-12.00

Timetable  10.00 Andrew Bush will discuss recent

wallpaper discoveries at the Inn Image: stowe.co.uk

10.30am Tour of Stowe garden led by Barry Smith, the head gardener

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London Travel and weekend accommodation On the afternoon of Friday 4 July you will be taken to Milton Keynes Central rail station by taxi. Participants take the train, which departs at 14.06, direct to London Euston, where Maura will meet you and direct you to your hotel. You will be staying at a Travelodge hotel in either Waterloo or Covent Garden.

Travelodge London Central Waterloo

Take the Northern Line southbound from Euston tube station to Waterloo tube station. Use the Waterloo Road exit, where there is a Sainsbury’s Local mini-supermarket. Walk south, passing the crossroads with the The Cut: The Old Vic Theatre is on the left corner. The Travelodge is situated on the left after Grey Street, between Barron’s Place and Webber Row. Image: Travelodge Travelodge On Monday morning you check out of your hotel and travel to London Central Waterloo LSE Bankside House in Sumner Street to arrive by 9am. 195 -203 Waterloo Road London SE1 8UX The hotel is not far away. You can either take the train to London Tel: 0871 984 6291 Bridge from Waterloo East, which is accessed from the Waterloo Station concourse, and walk from London Bridge Station to the hotel. Or you can take the bus: Walk to Blackfriars Road and take the No 45, 100 or 63 to Stamford Street, which takes two minutes, and walk from there. You can walk the whole journey in about 20 minutes. See the LSE location map overleaf.

Waterloo Station Image: Google maps

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Here are four really useful websites for your to help you to make the best of your time in London:

➥ http://www.culture24.org.uk/home

➥ http://www.visitlondon.com/

➥ http://www.londontourist.org/

➥ http://www.london-tourist-guide. com/

Travelodge London Covent Garden

Take the Northern Line to Tottenham Court Road. From the Tube station walk east along New Oxford Street towards Holborn. Go straight across the junction with Bloomsbury Street and continue until you see Museum Street on your right (roughly 10 minutes). Walk down Museum Street and where it meets High Holborn go straight across into Drury Lane. Your hotel is on the right. Image: Travelodge

On Monday morning you check out of your hotel and travel to: Travelodge LSE Bankside House to arrive by 9am. London Covent Garden 10 Drury Lane High Holborn Return to Tottenham Court Road Tube station and take the London Northern Line to Waterloo. Leave the station at York Road and WC2B 5RE take bus No 381 to Lavington Street stop. From here walk to Tel: 0871 984 6245 Sumner Street. See the LSE location map overleaf. Image: Google maps

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London Programme mentor Maura Davies 07854 302 009

‘You will find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No sir, when a man is tired of London he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford.’ — Dr Samuel Johnson, 1777

Accommodation

Maura will meet you at LSE Bankside House at 9am and arrange for you to store your luggage. She will divide you into three groups and direct you to your HRP site for Monday. During the week you will visit three of the historic royal palaces, which are described overleaf.

A 30-minute walk from central London and a one-minute walk lsevacations.co.uk Image: from the Tate Modern Gallery, LSE Bankside House offers bed and LSE Bankside House breakfast accommodation as well as a large bar/restaurant. 24 Sumner St The rooms all have free toiletries, a desk, a wardrobe and tea/ London SE1 9JA coffee making facilities. Linen, towels and daily housekeeping are Tel: 020 7107 5750 provided. Breakfast Facilities include a games room, a communal TV room and a Breakfast is provided in the dining coin-operated launderette. There is also non-supervised, limited, room from 7-10am. The fare is limited communal luggage storage. to six items per person plus unlimited Bankside is a five-minute walk from Shakespeare’s Globe and a tea, coffee, toast and juice. Guests 10-minute walk from the vibrant Borough Market, where you can have a choice of cooked English or find raw and cooked foods from across the world. continental breakfasts.

Arrival and departure Check in time on arrival day is 3pm or later and check out on day of departure is no later than 10.30am. Luggage storage facilities are available. Image: Google maps

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Some of the many restaurants within walking distance of the Bankside accommodation www.visitbankside.com/eating-and- drinking

The George Inn Cuisine: British 75-77 Borough High Street, SE1 1NH Tel: 020 7407 2056

The George Inn was a famous coaching stop over in the 17th century and is mentioned by Dickens in ‘Little

Jared Dorrit’. London’s only surviving galleried coaching inn, it is owned by the National Trust.

The Refectory Cuisine: British, Coffee Bankside area Montague Close, Southwark Cathedral, SE1 9DA Open: Mon-Fri 8.30am - 6.00pm; Bankside is one of the oldest settlements in Britain, dating back Sat & Sun 10.00am - 6.00pm over 6000 years. When the Romans founded Londinium on the Price range: Under £15 north bank of the Thames, a bridge was built near the present day London Bridge. Crowds were drawn to Bankside mainly by the ‘stewhouses’ (brothels), animal-baiting pits and public theatres. Tapas Brindisa Cuisine: Spanish The Rose, Swan, Globe and the Hope were the four Bankside 18-20 Southwark Street, SE1 1TJ playhouses of the Tudor era, and some of the first in London. Some Open: Mon-Thurs 11.00 - 22.00 of England’s greatest writers and players, including William Fri - Sat 9.00 - 22.00 Shakespeare, lived and worked here. Price range: Under £25 Tel: +44 (0)207 357 8880 Now a museum near London Bridge, Clink Prison, built in 1144, www.brindisa.com was one of Britain’s oldest and most notorious prisons. At the other Tapas Brindisa on the edge of Borough end of the area is Tate Modern, the modern art gallery housed Market is five minutes from the river. in Giles Gilbert Scott’s monumental power station facing the It is is open for both casual stand-up Millennium footbridge over the Thames to St Paul’s Cathedral. tapas at the bar and seated dining in the restaurant area. The menu includes This part of Thames was known to freeze over in exceptionally aperitif snacks, the Joselito Spanish charcuterie, and hot and cold tapas. cold winters and Londoners used to take to the ice for all manner A specialist unit serves hand carved of activities, in what were known as Frost Fairs. ham to eat in with olives and a glass of sherry or to take home. No bookings. During the late 18th century Bankside became an industrial area, with docks, warehouses and wharves. It declined after the Second World War, but has experienced a renaissance in recent years as one of the capital’s prime visitor destinations.

Bankside’s great feat of planning has been to join up individual attractions to make one exciting coherent destination. The area is refreshingly pedestrian friendly and every time you turn a corner another cultural highlight reveals itself.

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Weekly programme

Over the next five days the party’s three groups will visit the Royal Palaces on a rolling programme. On these two pages are an outline schedule, details of the destinations and directions to each venue.

More detailed itineraries can be found on the following pages.

Visits to museums are available on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, and Friday morning is free for last-minute exploration, shopping or relaxing.

The Open Palace Programme at the Historic Royal Palaces

Mon 7 July Tues 8 July Weds 9 July Thurs 10 July

The Tower GROUP 1 GROUP 3 GROUP 2 GROUP 1 of London Agents of Decay Curating Care of Collections Care of Collections

Session leaders: Session leader: Session leaders: Session leaders: Kathryn Hallett Jane Spooner, Zoe Roberts and Zoe Roberts and and team curator team team

Hampton GROUP 2 GROUP 1 GROUP 3 GROUP 3 Court Curating Building Agents of Decay Learning and Palace Conservation Engagement

Session leader: Session leader: Session leader: Session leaders: Dan Jackson William Page, Kathryn Hallett, Bekky Moran- building surveyor conservator Jennings & Steve Goggin

Kensington GROUP 3 GROUP 2 GROUP 1 GROUP 2 Palace Care of Collections Learning and Curating Building Engagement Conservation

Session leader: Session leaders: Session leader: Session leaders: Mika Takami Zinta Jaunitis and Deirdre Murphy, Matthew Stafford/ Rachel Crossley curator Alex Attelsey, building surveyor

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Historic Royal Palaces

This week you will benefit from the expertise of professionals at Historic Royal Palaces and will learn about the particular approach that Historic Royal Palaces takes to the heritage challenges it encounters at its unique sites.

This is an unique opportunity to engage in a real debate about current heritage issues with key experts in the field so your active participation in activities and discussion is vital if you are to get the most from the programme in terms of lasting career enrichment. http://www.hrp.org.uk

Hampton Court Palace Kensington Palace The Tower of London

East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU Kensington Gardens, London W8 4PX London EC3N 4AB Tel: +44 844 482 7777 Tel: (020) 844 482 7777 Tel: +44 844 482 7777

This royal palace in the London Inhabited by the British Royal Family Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Borough of Richmond upon Thames, since the 17th century, this residence Fortress, more commonly known as Greater London, in the historic county in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal the Tower of London, is a historic castle of Middlesex, was last inhabited by the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on the north bank of the River Thames Royal Family inthe 18th century. is the official London residence of the in central London, England. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Directions from the Bankside Directions from the Bankside Directions from the Bankside accommodation to Hampton Court accommodation to Kensington Palace accommodation to the Tower of London Make your way to Waterloo Station Walk to Blackfriars Tube station which either by train from London Bridge or is on the river, just below Blackfriars Walk to Blackfriars Tube station which via bus No 381 from Southward Street Bridge. is on the river, just below Blackfriars going west. Bridge. Take the west-bound Circle Line and At Waterloo take a train to Hampton alight High Street Kensington. Take the east-bound Circle line. Court station, then follow the signs Turn right out of the Tube station Leave the train at Tower Hill (also across the bridge over the Thames to and walk east along Kensington known as Tower Gateway) and follow Hampton Court Palace. High Street. Walk up Palace Avenue, the signs to the Tower of London. the fifth turning on the left, into Kensington Gardens.

Kensington Palace is on the right.

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Itinerary

Groups go to specified Royal Palaces for morning sessions. In the afternoon participants are given time to explore the site.

There are many cafés in and around each of the Historic Royal Palaces but one your best options is to buy a sandwich and a drink at EAT before you set off in the morning, just round the corner from your accommodation.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Session leaders Session leader Session leaders Kathryn Hallett and team Dan Jackson Mika Takami

Venue Tower of London Venue Hampton Court Venue Kensington Palace Times 10.00-13.00 Times 11.00-14.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Topic Agents of Decay Topic Curating Topic Care of Collections

Introduce the concept of Curators at HRP, focusing on Introduce costume conservation Agents of Decay collections risk curating buildings rather than focusing on key objectives and management at the Tower of collections. challenges in relation to their London Throne rooms, store rooms and historic significance and fragility, Students undertake a risk scenario stationary cupboards. Only a small display requirements and long- – an on-site review of risk to proportion of the palace is open term preservation. collections at the Tower to the public. An examination of Visit current exhibition to Students identify mitigation the pressures put on the palace by assess costumes on display measures, prioritise these housing a large organisation and for conservation care needs – according to greatest impact, and the role curators play in managing from treatment, mounting and discuss the feasibility of their them. protecting to monitoring. implementation within a busy Behind the scenes tour of a Groups present findings followed visitor attraction currently unused area of the palace by feedback from session leader. Students present findings to the Exercise and discussion – the Talk to introduce conservation group and discuss with input from group will consider possible uses of approach to costume mounting – palace preventive conservation the space, outline the benefits and risks, materials and techniques. expert determine the potential impact Practical session: students try out attaching supports to a mannequin 1pm: Time to explore the site. 1pm: Time to explore the site. to fit toiles of historic costumes. Group discussion and feedback with conservator.

1pm: Time to explore the site.

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The Victoria and Albert Museum Itinerary Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL Tel: 020 7942 2000 After the morning sessions at the Historic Royal Palaces, Tuesday afternoon will see the first of two visits to major 3pm: Introduction to the Wedding London museums – The Victoria & Albert Museum in Dresses exhibition Kensington. The V&A is the world’s largest museum of V&A Furniture, Textiles & Fashion Department decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

The nearest Tube station is South Kensington, from which a foot tunnel will take you directly to the museum.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Session leader William Page, Session leaders Session leader building surveyor Zinta Jaunitis and Rachel Crossley Jane Spooner, curator

Venue Tower of London Venue Hampton Court Palace, Venue Kensington Palace Times 10.00-13.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Topic Building Conservation Topic Learning and Engagement Topic Curating ● Introduction to the Tennis Court Introduce Learning & Engagement Introduce role as a Buildings building project, currently under Learning at the heart of everything curator at HRP design stage. we do! Introduce Tower of London and its Tour from Lord Chamberlain’s Introduce adult learning – the significance as a World Heritage Courtyard through to Tennis challenges and joys of putting on Site? Includes reference to the Court Lane East, viewing adult learning events in historic Byward Tower wall painting. examples of the range of historic spaces. Behind-the-scenes tour of the brickwork and Reigate stone. Visit Using current exhibition The Byward Tower 14th century wall Real Tennis Court building. Glorious Georges as inspiration, painting (history & meaning). Students to assess current heating students will use our guiding Challenge – How do we make system and panel brickwork which principles, and learning journey the Byward Tower wall painting will undergo repairs – survey to underpin innovative formats of accessible considering access and extent of work to pointing, stone engagement to our hard-to-reach conservation issues? replacement and damp control in audiences – includes guided tour of Students discuss and present ideas wall. the exhibition. to the group. Group discussion and feedback Present ideas to the group and with building surveyor discuss with learning producers 1pm: Time to explore the site

1pm: Time to explore the site 1pm: Time to explore the site

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Itinerary

Groups go again to their specified Royal Palaces for morning sessions. In the afternoon participants are given time to explore the site.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Session leader Session leaders Session leaders Deirdre Murphy Zoe Roberts and team Kathryn Hallett, conservator

Venue Kensington Palace Venue Tower of London, Venue Hampton Court Palace Times 10.00-13.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Topic Curating Topic Care of Collections Topic Agents of Decay ● ● Introduce curatorial role at HRP, Introduction to commissioning Introduce the concept of highlighting collections. treatment of collections at HRP Agents of Decay collections risk A curatorial process – putting – from monitoring, to cleaning, management. together a narrative, using the to protecting and interventive Students receive a brief of a risk principles of script-writing and treatment. scenario. film-making. Show a storyboard Students undertake an on-site Students undertake an on-site example. survey of collection care needs, review of a scenario risk to Students create a story board for focussing on a selection of objects. tapestry collections on display. the Georgians exhibition. Students identify an outline of a Students identify mitigation Present, feedback & discuss. programme for collection care measures, prioritise these Tour of the Georgians exhibition of these objects and discuss the according to greatest impact, (this is what we did – a HRP approach to implementing this. and discuss feasibility of their narrative). Students present findings to the implementation within a busy group and discuss with input from visitor attraction. 1pm: Time to explore the site. palace treatment conservation Students present findings to the experts. group and discuss with input from palace preventive conservation 1pm: Time to explore the site. experts.

1pm: Time to explore the site.

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The British Museum Itinerary Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG Tel: 020 7323 8299 After the morning sessions at the Historic Royal Palaces, you will visit the British Museum for a 4pm session on the Venue: Room 41. We will meet in front of the Sutton Hoo helmet Early Medieval Gallery. Established in 1753, the museum is 4pm: Session with Sue Brunning, who dedicated to human history and culture. Numbering some is responsible for the refurbishment of eight million works, its permanent collection is among the the museum’s Early Medieval Gallery largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents.

Nearest Tube stations are Tottenham Court Road, Holborn or Russell Square

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

Session leaders Session leaders Session leaders Zoe Roberts and team Matthew Stafford/Alex Attelsey, Bekky Moran-Jennings building surveyor and Steve Goggin Venue Tower of London Times10.00-13.00 Venue Kensington Palace Venue Hampton Court Palace Topic Care of Collections T imes10.00-13.00 Times 10.00-13.00 Topic Building Conservation Topic Learning and Engagement Introduction to commissioning treatment of collections at HRP– Introduction to building Introduction talk about Learning from monitoring, to cleaning, conservation at Historic Royal and Engagement. to protecting and interventive Palaces. Learning at the heart of everything treatment. Students given a brief history of we do! Students undertake an on-site the Orangery and introduction to ●Introduce Explorer missions and survey of collection care needs, conservation project objectives. the use of digital tools. focussing on a selection of objects. Brief and discussion with regard to Students to undertake an Students identify an outline of a assessing conservation approach explorer mission – character-led programme for collection care and extent of work to brickwork, adventures that combine stories of these objects and discuss the stone replacement, timber repairs, with digital technology. approach to implementing this. decoration etc. Students to create a new mission Students present findings to the Visit Orangery building. for formal KS2 groups (7-11yrs) group and discuss with input from Students given elevation to mark using conservation as a theme. palace treatment conservation up with repairs they would carry Present and discuss new missions experts. out, and present back proposal to the group. with justification for extent of 1pm: Time to explore the site. repairs. 1pm: Time to explore the site.

1pm: Time to explore the site.

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Itinerary

This is the final day of the Open Palace Programme.

09.30-11.00: Programme review with Maura.

In the afternoon you are free to visit sites of your choice.

Notes

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Itinerary

Departure day.

Please remember to check out of the hotel room by 10.30am. Luggage can be left in the hotel storage if required.

Please also be sure that you have left your feedback forms with Maura, and thank you for joining the Open Palace Programme. We hope you enjoyed it.

The Open Palace Contacts Programme would like Throughout the programme you will have the services of a programme to thank all those who mentor who is there to help you to enjoy every aspect of the experience and contributed, particularly: to solve any problems that may arise along the way. All three are heritage Tom Boden , Bath enthusiasts but not necessarily expert on each palace or stately home. Preservation Trust 22 – 27 June 27 June – 4 July 6 – 12 July Nick Morris, Stowe House Zinta Jaunitis, Historic Royal Palaces

Alison Eckersley Fiona Howick Maura Davies Tel: 07810 684 313 Tel: 07796 460 367 Tel: 07854 302 009

Alison has always A keen musician and Maura’s enthusiasm been interested in watercolourist, Fiona for heritage began 25 architecture and its is a heritage studies years ago working at power to uplift or sink graduate. She has the National Archives in the spirit. A social been a fundraiser and Kew. Her later work for worker in youth justice events organiser for Historic Royal Palaces by profession, she Lincoln Cathedral and included a role in access comes from an artistic is currently working and learning and helping background and has with the cathedral choir, with the first academic studied archaeology with whom she has just conference to be held at and classics. finished a tour of the Hampton Court Palace. USA.

The Open Palace Programme is a Glasscastle production

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Alison Eckersley Health and welfare 07810 684 313 Fiona Howick 07796 460 367 Here are the contact details for health centres near each of our destinations. If you are feeling unwell please let your Maura Davies mentor know and then phone the relevant number below to 07854 302 009 arrange an appointment. Jean MacIntyre 07895 243 812

Bath Dorset London

The Pulteney Practice Minor injuries unit Borough Medical Centre (Dr Misra) 35 Great Pulteney Street Bridport Community Hospital, 1-5 Newington Causeway, SE1 6ED Bath BA2 4BY Hospital Lane, North Allington, Tel: 020 7357 0288 Tel: 01225 464567 Bridport, DT6 5DR www.boroughmedcentre.nhs.uk (appointments only) Tel: 01308 421 896 Tel: 01225 464187 (all other enquiries) Opening Times www.pulteney.co.uk Accident and Emergency Monday to Friday: Department Dorset County Hospital, Williams 08.00 - 18.30 Opening Times Avenue, Dorchester DT1 2JY Saturday & Sunday: Closed Tel: 01305 255 541 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday: 08.15 - 12.45 & Waterloo Health Centre 13.45 - 18.00 5 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7RJ Tuesday: Buckingham Tel: 020 7928 4049 08.15 - 12.45 www.waterloohealthcentre.nhs.uk & 13.45 - 20.00 North End Surgery High Street, Buckingham, MK18 1NU Opening Times Saturday: 09.00 - 12.00 Tel: 01280 818 600 Sunday: Closed www.northendsurgery.co.uk Monday: 08.00 - 18.00 Tuesday: 07.15 - 18.00 Wednesday: 08.00 - 18.00 Opening Times Thursday: 08.00 - 18.00 Monday to Friday: Friday : 08.00 - 18.00 08.00 - 18.00 Saturday: 09.00 - 12.00 Saturday: 09.00 - 12.00 Sunday: Closed Sunday: Closed

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