| From the Palace of Westminster to St. Mary's
Cathedral in Edinburgh to innumerable churches, schools, colleges, railway stations and
institutions across the country and around the world, examples of the Gothic Revival are
all around us. Although the Gothic Revival is mainly
associated with the Victorian age, its roots stretch back into the eighteenth-century and
its influence was felt well into the twentieth.
But why did people in the nineteenth and
twentieth-centuries put up buildings which looked as if they had been built in the
fourteenth century? Why was the new industrial technology of iron and steam dressed in
medieval costume? These are some of the questions we will explore on this course devoted
to one of the most influential movements in British architectural history.
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>> COURSE IS CANCELLED
The course will (hopefully) include a visit to Wray Castle
on the banks of Windermere, which is now owned by the National Trust.
Date: 15th - 18th September 2025. (4 day Course) CANCELLED
Location: Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite, Cumbria
Tutor: Dr. Andrew Lacey
Contact: Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1768 776276 (between 9.00 - 17.00)
Email: Higham Hall
Website: Higham Hall |
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