Stroll around the gardens and view the historic interior

Tea or coffee, scone and cake seated on round tables in the Ballroom and Saloon

Entertainment by Bertie Pearce, Arts Society Lecturer and Member of the Magic Circle

£20 per member    £30 per guest

Over 100 members and guests are gathering for the celebration.

If you would like to join us there are still some spaces left.

CLOSING DATE: 27 May

TO SIGN UP please talk to or email our chair, Sarah Hampden Smith.

harborough@theartssociety.org

1.00pm Kelmarsh Hall is closed to the general public but open for us. 

Visit the gardens and enter the Main Hall. 

2.00pm Short welcome address in Main Hall.

2.30pm A group photograph will be taken to record the occasion.

2.45pm Tea served in the Ballroom and Saloon.

3.00pm Bertie Pearce, Arts Society Lecturer and Member of the Magic Circle will provide

entertainment in the Ballroom and the Saloon during the tea session.

4.00pm The basement and servant quarters will be open to view after tea. Gardens open.

5.00pm Guests depart.

Enjoy a private guided tour of Kettle’s Yard, one of Britain’s most unique galleries.  Once the home of Jim Ede.  Kettle’s Yard blends modern art within a domestic setting, where works by Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Alfred Wallis and many others are displayed alongside natural light, ceramics and carefully arranged objects.  The house and collection reflect Ede’s vision that art should be part of everyday life.

Fitzwilliam Museum

After the private tour you may wish to visit the Fitzwilliam Museum at your leisure.  Cambridge’s world-renowned art and antiquities museum.  Explore treasures spanning from ancient Egypt to masterpieces by Titian, Monet and Picasso, all housed in a stunning neoclassical building.Alternatively, you may wish to enjoy wandering round the streets and colleges of Cambridge.

 There will be a coach from Market Harborough leaving at 9.00 am to Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge for a 10.30am start.  We will depart from the Fitzwilliam Museum at around 3.30pm.

Meet at Green Park Underground.

This walk presents you with gems from four of the country's greatest architects - Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, John Nash and James Gibbs. Not to be upstaged the Victorians added a masterpiece of high Gothic. High society had high standards, or did it? There's a lot more to this than meets the eye. Charlie Foreman will guide us around some fascinating churches and entertain us with some interesting stories about them.

An opportunity to see this beautiful castle and hear of its almost 1,000 years history. 

Belvoir pronounced 'beaver' means beautiful view in French. The first castle was built in 1076 following the Norman Conquest. This has been the seat of the Manners family, the Duke of Rutland, since 1508. The present castle dates from the early 19th century. 

Overlooking the Vale of Belvoir with stunning views, Belvoir Castle looks medieval with an impressive central tower. Highlights are the lavish state rooms, the Elizabeth Saloon, the Regents Gallery and the Roman inspired State Dining Room.

The gardens were created in 1799 with many interesting and unusual features. Belvoir Castle has appeared in a number of films and television programmes.

Plan for the Day:

09.30  The coach leaves Market Harborough Rugby Car Park.

10.45 (approx)   Arrive at Belvoir Castle

There will be refreshments provided before our guided tour. We maybe split into two tours depending on the numbers. The guided tour lasts an hour and a half

12.45 (approx) Lunch 

There are several options for lunch. The Aviary Tearoom, a Regency tearoom in the castle, the Vale View Cafe near the garden entrance, the Belvoir Bistro at the Engine Yard, or you may wish to bring a picnic lunch.

In the afternoon you are free to visit the gardens. There are formal gardens on the castle terrace and walks through the Japanese garden, Duchess garden and Hermit's garden to the woodland. You might wish to complete your visit at the Engine Yard shops. 

15.30 Depart for return journey to Market Harborough Rugby Car Park

Cost of Visit:   £36 per person

Please email visits.harborough@theartssociety.org to express your interest.

As these visits are so popular please wait for me to confirm your place or places. 

Payment can be made by bank transfer or cheque and I will provide you with a reference number and account details for transfers or a postal address for cheques.

If you are unable to attend, we are only able to reimburse you if there is a waiting list and we can find a replacement.

Looking forward to seeing you again soon.

Best wishes
 
Jen Shailes

Visits, The Arts Society Harborough
visits.harborough@theartssociety.org

Exploring Westminster nooks and crannies and the River Thames

THIS VISIT IS NOW FULL

Please note we have moved our summer outing to Thursday 8th June.This is a different date to that given on the published programme. This is because we have secured an opportunity to visit Charterhouse which will re-open on limited days.

Leaving Market Harborough at 9.30am we will travel by coach (approximately 45 minutes) to the magnificent Coventry Cathedral for a guided tour. Our coach will then take us to Charterhouse (10 minute drive) for lunch and an afternoon self-guided tour. We plan to be back in Market Harborough by 4.30pm.

Morning:             COVENTRY CATHEDRAL Our tour will take in the working 1960s Basil Spence designed cathedral, the 14th century cathedral ruins of the WW2 bombing, the 11th century monastic ruins and hear about its reconciliation ministry. Today’s cathedral is packed with art works by some of the greatest artists of the 1950s and 60s including Einar Forseeth, Ralph Beyer, Elisabeth Frink and Graham Sutherland.

Lunch:                   12.30pm – 2.00pm at CHARTERHOUSE

Afternoon:          CHARTERHOUSE A self-guided tour, which takes approximately one hour, of the three-story building. A highlight of the visit will be viewing the recently restored, and very rare, medieval wall paintings. Originally a Carthusian monastery, founded by King Richard II in 1385, it was later used as a private house whose notable inhabitants included Robert Dudley, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, and John Whittingham, who cultivated the walled garden.

Cost: £30.00 per person

Please email harborough@theartssociety.org for more information

Please book in good time as we have 38 spaces for this visit.

Due to the anticipated increase in security and crowds in the Westminster area just before the Coronation, we have decided to reroute Andrew’s walk to the Clerkenwell area.  .

The walk will include the Georgian area of Clerkenwell Green, Hatton Garden, beautiful old Ely Place, Charterhouse Square (home of Suchet’s Poirot), the amazing new Elizabeth Line station, the Victorian Smithfield market, London’s red light district in Shakespeare’s day, the C18th buildings of Barts and C16th St John’s Gate.

Tour begins and ends outside Farringdon tube on Circle and Met lines (not Elizabeth line). 

THE SQUARE MILE ▪ ROMAN REMAINS ▪ WREN CHURCHES ▪ PUBLIC ART ▪ HIDDEN GARDENS ▪ TINY ALLEYWAYS ▪ NEW SKYSCRAPERS ▪ THE GLOBE & ROSE THEATRES, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER’S PALACE, THE GOLDEN HINDE ▪ SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL ▪ BOROUGH MARKET

Approximately two miles in the morning and two miles in the afternoon, mostly flat, leisurely pace

10.45am We meet outside Monument Station for a morning walk in the City

12.45pm Break for own lunch in nearby café

2.15pm Afternoon walk across Millennium Bridge to Bankside in Southwark

3.45pm We finish at London Bridge Station

£26 for full day guided tour – includes headsets

Please book soon – maximum of 30 places.

Please email  harborough@theartssociety.org for more information

Members are warmly invited to join us for a group visit to the newly re-opened Courtauld Gallery including the “Van Gogh. Self-Portraits” exhibition.

Morning – Private guided tour of the permanent collection

Afternoon – Timed self-guided tickets for “Van Gogh. Self-Portraits”

Tickets are £27 or £19 for Art Fund Members.

Please email info@theartssocietyharborough.org.uk for more information

Please click here for details:

https://mailchi.mp/2d98421470d2/courtauldgalleryvisitapril2022

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