Date: -
Address: Goodnestone, Dover, CT3 1PL
Audience: SPAB Members and their guests
Price:
£25 Members
£30 Non-Members
Event details
Sunday 23 August
2.30pm tour
A tour is also offered at 1.30pm
Join the Kent and Surrey Group on a visit to Goodnestone Park House and Gardens for a special SPAB tour of this eighteenth century house, of Grade II* listed status, famous for its connections with Jane Austen and its beautiful gardens. Members will learn about the curation and cataloguing of the collections of ceramics, paintings, books and furniture.
In addition, we shall consider the reconstruction of the House since World War Two and the major refurbishment from 2016 to 2018. The use of the House as a hospitality venue brings its own set of unique problems which we shall learn about.
We will be accompanied by an experienced House guide throughout our tour.
Afterwards, members are free to enjoy the gardens and the Old Dairy Café where lunch or tea may be purchased.
You will need
Refreshments are not included on the tour but lunch or tea can be purchased at the Old Dairy Café on site.
How to get there
The only vehicular access to the gardens is through the village of Goodnestone. Drive past the school, the FitzWalter Arms pub and village church and you will arrive at the car park.
For satnav directions please use CT3 1PJ. There are two car parks available next to the House.
The nearest train station is two miles away at Adisham (unstaffed).
You can park at ...
Accessibility
• There is easy access.
• There is parking outside and toilets are available in the Old Dairy Café
• There are disabled access parking spaces adjacent to the Café and Grounds.
Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.
Photos and filming:We may take photos or videos at this event to be used in future promotion, including in print and online. Participants may take photos and short videos for personal use, with permission of the course leader and all other participants in frame. If you want to post on social media, please message SPAB's Comms Team (press@spab.org.uk or @spab1877) for permission. If your material is good, we might ask to share it with our followers.
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Photo credit: Goodnestone Park House and Gardens