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Lamport Hall  

APRIL

Easter Sunday 12 and Easter Monday 13 

10.00am - 4.00pm

Antique and Collector's Fair

(See Fairs)

Wednesday 22 

10.00am - 4.00pm

The Productive Garden (fruit, veg and flowers): practical

Tutor:  Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
www.andrewmikolajski.com

MAY

Friday 8

10.00am - 4.00pm

Painting the Spring Landscape

An opportunity to draw and paint out of doors for a day, amongst  the gardens, buildings and surrounding landscape of Lamport Hall, in the early summer light. Spend the day working on a collection of sketches and capturing ideas to develop later – or focus on one or two subjects in depth – the choice is yours!

Beginners and improvers welcome. 

Tutor:  Pat Taylor
Tel: 01604 714235

Sunday 10  

10.30am

Rover P4 National Rally

The Rover P4 Drivers Guild was formed in 1977 to cater for the owners of the P4 range of Rover saloons produced between 1949-1964.We now have approximately 1,400 members and enjoy many rallies around the country.

The P4 Rover was launched in September 1949 so this year we are celebrating our 60th Anniversary and where better to do it than Lamport Hall.

Contact:  Stan Johnson
Tel: 01268 413395/07958 962751
Email:
p4stan@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday 12 am

4th Annual Lamport Lecture

Title: 'The Castle and the Country House'

Speaker: Dr. John Goodall, Architectural Editor of Country Life

Attendance is by ticket only and places are limited because we again anticipate considerable demand.  Tickets £10

Tel: 01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

Saturday 16 

10.00am - 4.00pm

The Art of Watercolour

Tutor:  Richard Allen
Tel: 01536 724866

Tuesday 19  

10.00am - 3.30pm

University of Leicester Study Day

The World of the English Country House 1656-1914

Lecture 1
'Growing up in the English Country House 1700-1914'
Lecture 2
'Chatelaines: Managing the English Country House 1700-1914'
Lecture 3
'An Ambitious Squire: Sir Thomas Isham of Lamport 1656-1681'

This study day is about aspects of life in the English country house.  We will consider the upbringing of boys and girls there, including the role of domestic governesses in preparing girls for marriage.  This will introduce the issues of managing households and servants, hospitality and philanthropy.  The well documented life and career of Sir Thomas Isham at Lamport and on his Grand Tour will be the subject of the final lecture.

Tutor:  Prof. Anthony Fletcher

Tel: 01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

Saturday 23, Sunday 24 and Bank Holiday Monday 25

10.00am - 5.00pm

Festival of Country Life

(See Fairs)

JUNE

Wednesday 3 

10.00am - 4.00pm

Plant Forum

Tutor:  Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
www.andrewmikolajski.com

Friday 12, Saturday 13 and Sunday 14

9.30am - 5.00pm

Home and Garden Fair

(See fairs)

Tuesday 16 

10.00am - 3.30pm

University of Leicester Study Day

Collecting Italian Art (and artists) in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Lecture 1
‘Decorating  with the Old Masters’
Lecture 2
‘Roman Antiquities for the Eighteenth-Century Home’
Lecture 3
‘Canaletto (and other Italian) Painters in Eighteenth-Century England’

The Eighteenth Century was the age of the Grand Tour.  Countless Britons converged on Italy to experience firsthand the land and the monuments they had read about in Horace and Vergil and to see the works of the great Renaissance masters.  They developed a taste for Italian paintings and antique sculptures and competition for the choicest works was fierce.  The extraordinary trade in art and antiquities will be the subject of the first two talks.  The cast of characters will include Italian noblemen down on their luck, greedy and unscrupulous art dealers and enormously wealthy Englishmen who brought statues and pictures for various reasons, only one of which was their love of art.  The third lecture will look at another aspect of cultural relations: The influx of Italian artists, such as Canaletto, lured to England by the promise of patronage and wealth.

Tutor:  Dr. Brendan Cassidy

Tel:  01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

Saturday 20 

10.00am at Lamport Hall & pm at Moulton College

Digital Photography

This is a day course designed to introduce digital photography and photographic development using a computer.   We will start at Lamport Hall taking pictures of the House and grounds in various ways; distant landscape shots, specific details and close-ups.  After this outdoor session we will have lunch at Lamport and in the afternoon we will move to Moulton College where we will use a computer suite to learn how to print pictures and develop them.

Programme:

10.00am – 12.15pm   Taking Picture at Lamport.

12.15 – 1.00pm   Lunch at Lamport.

1.30pm – 4.30pm   Development at Moulton College.

Notes

You will need to bring a digital camera and sufficient battery power.

If you require assistance using your digital camera, it is essential that you bring the manual; it is not possible to know exactly how every camera works.

We will be using Adobe Photoshop to print and develop pictures.

The total cost of the course, including Lunch is £60.00

Tutor:  Richard Allen
Tel: 01604 491131 ex 323

Saturday 27 to Friday 3 July

Lamport Arts Week

Northampton Town & County Art Society

Summer Exhibitiion with Demonstrations & Events

Saturday & Sunday 10.00am – 6.00pm
Monday to Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm

Summer Exhibition All Week

Private View – Friday 26th June 6.30-8.30

Art Cafe – Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd July 12.00-4.00

Piano Recital – Saturday 27th June 1.00-4.00 by Hanneke van de Ven & Students

Richard Allen – Digital Imaging Sunday 2.00-4.00

Lee Burrows – Oil Painting Saturday and Sunday

Colin Bradbury – Printmaking Wednesday and Friday

David Douglas – Watercolour/mixed media Wednesday am

Chris Fiddes – Oil Painting Monday

Angela Holmes – Painting Sunday

Mike Ivens – Sculpture Wednesday and Thursday

Charlotte Krone – Screenprinting Monday

Brian Mutton – Oil Painting Friday

Terry Raybould – Oil Painting Monday and Thursday

Tim Richards – Drawing Wednesday and Thursday

Jackie Richardson – Pastel Sunday

Catherine Steveley – Watercolour workshop Saturday

Ian Stephens – Printmaking Tuesday

Anthony Ward – Charcoal Drawing Tuesday 2.00-4.00

Saturday 27

6.30pm   Gates open 5.30pm

Live theatre in the gardens (or marquee)

"The Merchant of Venice"

Live Performance by The Festival Players

In advance:
Adults £12     Seniors £11     Children (under 18) £8   

On the day:
Adults £14     Seniors £13     Children (under 18) £10

Tickets available from Lamport Hall on 01604 686272

Sunday 28 

2.00pm - 8.30pm Gates open 12.30pm

Jazz on a Summer's Day, Again

Modern Jazz live in the garden (or marquee)

2.00pm – 2.45pm Cool Dudes Jazz Orchestra
3.00pm – 3.45pm Cool Dudes Jazz Orchestra
4.15pm – 5.00pm John Parricelli Quartet
5.15pm – 6.00pm John Parricelli Quartet
6.30pm – 7.15pm Tony Coe Quintet
7.30pm – 8.15pm Tony Coe Quintet

Ticket Prices

In advance:
Adults £20     Children under 16 £10

On the day:
Adults £23     Children under 16 £11.50

Tickets available from Harborough Jazz on 01858 466737, 01858 433953, 01858 446067

or Lamport Hall on 01604 686272

Tuesday 30 

10.00am - 1.00pm

Arranging Summer Flowers

We begin with a walk around the well stocked walled kitchen garden at Lamport. It is one of the largest cutting gardens in England and the summer months are the best time to admire the impressive array of colourful herbaceous perennials. This will be followed by a 'see and do' garden bouquet demonstration using selected cut flowers.

Please bring your own secateurs and/or flower scissors.

Cost £25.00 includes coffee and cake

Tutor:  Pat Nelson
Tel: 07946386413

JULY

Summer Exhibition ends on Friday

Wednesday 8

10.00am - 4.00pm

Garden Designer's Forum

Tutor:  Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
www.andrewmikolajski.com

Saturday 11 

10.00am - 4.00pm

The Art of Watercolours

Tutor:  Richard Allen
Tel: 01604 724866

Wednesday 15 

10.00am at Lamport pm at Moulton College

Digital Photography

This is a day course designed to introduce digital photography and photographic development using a computer.   We will start at Lamport Hall taking pictures of the House and grounds in various ways; distant landscape shots, specific details and close-ups.  After this outdoor session we will have lunch at Lamport and in the afternoon we will move to Moulton College where we will use a computer suite to learn how to print pictures and develop them.

Programme:

10.00am – 12.15pm   Taking Picture at Lamport.

12.15 – 1.00pm   Lunch at Lamport.

1.30pm – 4.30pm   Development at Moulton College.

Notes

You will need to bring a digital camera and sufficient battery power.

If you require assistance using your digital camera, it is essential that you bring the manual; it is not possible to know exactly how every camera works.

We will be using Adobe Photoshop to print and develop pictures.

The total cost of the course, including Lunch is £60.00

Tutor:  Richard Allen
Tel: 01604 491131 ex 323

Saturday 25 

6.30pm  Gates open 5.30 pm

"The Taming of the Shrew"

Rain or Shine invite you to an evening of rip-roaring entertainment with William Shakespeare's hilarious comedy-classic The Taming of the Shrew.

When a number of suitors seek the hand in marriage of Bianca Minola, they discover her father Baptista will not allow her to wed until her spirited older sister Katharina has been married first. Enter Petruchio, a self-confessed fortune hunter in search of a wife. His unconventional; approach to the wooing process sets the scene for a witty, physical romp involving rich language, slapstick humour, cunning disguise, identity theft, sibling rivalry and a bizarre wedding day. One question raises itself - which one of the protagonists is really the shrew, or is there more than one? 

The Taming of the Shrew is widely known as one of William Shakespeare's most clever and sophisticated comedies, and guarantees a hilarious summer night out for all ages!

In advance:
Adults £12     Seniors £11     Children (under 18) £8   

On the day:
Adults £14     Seniors £13     Children (under 18) £10

Tickets available from Lmaport Hall on 01604 686272

Sunday 26 

6.00 - 9.00pm Gates open 5.30pm

Peter Lay and the Gambit Jazz Men

Live traditional jazz in the gardens or marquee

In advance:
Adults £10     Seniors £9     Children (under 18) £8   

On the day:
Adults £12     Seniors £11     Children (under 18) £10

Tickets available from Lmaport Hall on 01604 686272

AUGUST

Saturday 1

Show 7.30pm Picnic in the Park 5.00pm

Rat Pack live in Concert

Enquiries: 01159441770
www.ratpack.biz

Saturday/Sunday  8/9  

10.00am - 4.00pm

Painting Summer Landscape

If you have previously enjoyed a one-day course and wished you’d had more time - this is for you!  If you’re new to Lamport Hall you will find plenty of inspiration here.  Working directly from observation for two days will develop your skills in capturing light, tone, colour and texture, using your chosen medium or experimenting with mixed media in drawing and painting. Develop your personal interpretation of the rich variety of formal and informal elements in the gardens and architecture.

Beginners or improvers who wish to draw and paint for one day only are also welcome. 

Tutor:  Pat Taylor
Tel: 01604 714235

Wednesday 19  

10.00am - 3.00pm

Guided Tour of Lamport Hall & Gardens

An opportunity to spend an enjoyable and interesting day at Lamport Hall and take home your own table flower arrangement.

10.00-10.20     Arrival and welcome with coffee and biscuits in the Main Hall
10.20-11.30     Guided tour of the House before it is open to the Public
11.30-12.15     Tour of the walled gardens
12.20-13.00     Lunch
13.00-14.30     Complete the day with a 'see and do' demonstration of a featured arrangement from the house.  Time to wonder around the gardens again if you wish. 
 
Cost per person - £35.00

Light Luncheon and Flower Arranging Demonstration

Tutor:  Pat Nelson
Tel: 01604 686272

Sunday 30 and Bank Holiday Monday 31

10.00am - 4.00pm

Antique and Collectors Fair

(see Fairs)

SEPTEMBER

Tuesday 8   

11.00am

Art Fund Lecture 'Dumfries House'

Speaker:  Charlotte Rostek (Curator)

The house was built from 1754 to 1760 by the Adam Brothers for the 5th Earl of Dumfries.  It is Palladian in style, with a relatively plain exterior.  There is a fine rococo interior by Richard Robert Adam with notable ceilings and plasterwork.

The furniture is of particular interest.  There are 600 items made for the house, many in their original positions, including much Chippendale of the Director period, and some outstanding examples of the work of three Edinburgh makers.

The story of the acquisition of the house in 2007 is an exciting one, and players in the drama included The Prince of Wales, The Art Fund and Alec Salmond among others.

Wednesday 9

10.00am - 4.00pm

History of Garden Design

Tutor:  Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
www.andrewmikolajski.com

Friday 18

University of Leicester (papers)

Saturday 19

10.00am - 4.00pm

'The Ishams of Lamport Hall in the Seventeenth Century' - Conference

Lamport Hall (speakers)

Tel:  01162 522866

www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/projects/isham/conference

www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

Saturday 19 

Mellow Autumn Landscape

Enjoy the splendour of texture, colour and form in the late summer gardens at Lamport. Add to your portfolio of sketches, drawings and paintings by taking points of view from close up or from a distance, exploring the different qualities of light in the landscape and gardens, so that you can take away long-lasting inspiration at the end of this one-day course.

Beginners and improvers welcome.

Tutor:  Pat Taylor
Tel: 01604 714235

Tuesday 22 

10.00am - 3.30pm

University of Leicester Study Day

'Royal Palace and Tory Mansion: country life and landscape at Clarendon, Wiltshire'

Lecture 1
‘The Clarendon Landscape’
Lecture 2
‘Royal Palace and Park 1066-1640’
Lecture 3
‘Exploring the Palladian Mansion and its Successors’

The modern Clarendon estate is largely coterminous with the medieval deerpark (that is to say, its extent has not changed since the Middle Ages).  This makes it possible to compare and contrast the successive major buildings at Clarendon in a way hardly ever possible elsewhere.  In the three lectures, we shall examine the Clarendon landscape, the celebrated royal palace and park and then the Palladian mansion and its successors.  Little is known about Clarendon Park, kept secret from Country Life, it has been – until today – the ‘one that got away’.

Tutor:  Prof. Tom Beaumont James

Tel:  01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

OCTOBER

Saturday 10 and Sunday 11

10.00am - 5.00pm

Annual Gift and Craft Fair

(See Fairs)

Wednesday 14 

10.00am - 4.00pm

Plants for Free!

Tutor:  Andrew Mikolajski
Tel: 01327 843419
www.andrewmikolajski.com

Tuesday 27 

10.00am - 3.30pm

University of Leicester Study Day

Plans, Prospects and Parks: the Country House Park and its Legacy

Lecture 1
‘Plans and Prospects: Ways of seeing the Country House Park in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries’
Lecture 2
‘The Paxton Generation: Creating a New Vocabulary’
Lecture 3
‘The Legacy: Public Parks of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries’

By its very nature, the English Country House has always been defined by its setting.  The Park provided a visual, topographical, horticultural and occasionally agricultural context for the house and defined the manner in which it was both perceived in reality and represented in ink or on canvas.  It is the Park, its design, representation and legacy that will form the focus of this study day.  Starting with the grand bird’s-eye views of the 17th and 18th Century, typified in the work of John Harris the younger, we will consider how the visual language of this type of representation informed the design and perception of the Country House Park throughout the long eighteenth century and beyond.  In the second lecture, we will move on to examine the way in which a new ‘vocabulary’ of Park design evolved throughout the nineteenth century in the work of notable figures such as Joseph Paxton and Edward Kemp.  The final lecture will look at the influence of Country House Park design on early public parks in both Britain and America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Tutor: Dr Katy Layton-Jones

Tel:  01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 24  

10.00am - 3.30pm

University of Leicester Study Day

Elite Life in Eighteenth-century London and the Culture of the "Beau Monde".

Lecture 1
‘People of fashion: interpreting elite status in eighteenth-century London’’
Lecture 2
‘All together and distinct: sociability, exclusivity and the pursuit of pleasure’
Lecture 3
‘What was a duchess without diamonds? Conspicuous consumption and elite display’

Coronets and country seats are often taken as conventional symbols of elite status, yet in eighteenth-century London fashion held sway.  To be fashionable in the 1700s demanded more than savvy knowledge of modish trends.  It was an accolade that could not be purchased or inherited.  Instead, contemporary commentators claimed it was determined by a baffling ‘je ne sais quoi’ attributed to members of the beau monde.  Despite its French tone, the phrase ‘beau monde’ was coined in England to capture a new elite culture emergent after the revolution of 1688.  Released from the demands of a peripatetic court, compelled by a new political timetable and lured by a blossoming social season, an annual march to the metropolis became the norm for the elite.  For those seeking titled power it was, increasingly, stage-managed performances in town rather than the show of a country estate that was the determining factor.  With this new lifestyle came a new codification of status – one attributed to fashion.  This study day will explore these new expressions of elite status, revealing the skilful control of urban culture, structured shows of acquaintance and elaborate insider knowledge that underpinned the exclusive society of London’s fashionable world, the fast-living and high profile beau monde.

Tutor:  Dr. Hannah Greig

Tel:  01162 522866
www.le.ac.uk/ha/countryhouse

DECEMBER

Thursday 3

7.30pm

LAMPORT SOCIETY CHRISTMAS PARTY

Start your Christmas celebrations with mulled wine, festive entertainment by members of a local choir and a buffet supper.  For Lamport Society members and their guests only. 

For more information about membership please telephone: 01604 686272

Thursday 10   

10.00am - 1.00pm

Make a Traditional or Contemporary Door Wreath or Table Decoration

Brighten up your door or table for Christmas and create a special welcome for your guests this year. Choose to make either a door wreath or a table decoration.We will be using a variety of fresh garden materials from Lamport Hall, some seasonal flowers and lots of shiny and traditional decorations and ribbons to hand.

Please bring your own secateurs and scissors.
 
Cost per person - £30.00 to include all materials, mince pies and coffee.

Tutor:  Pat Nelson
Tel: 07946386413

For more details on any of the above events please call the contact telephone number provided.