Visits

There are 3-4 visits per year which are often related to one of the topics in the lecture programme.

Booking for Visits are taken at the two meetings before the event. Bookings, together with a payment cheque made payable to WDFAS, are accepted on a first come first served basis. Each member may book for him/herself and one other member only. If an event is oversubscribed, names will be entered (in order of application) on a standby list.

Wednesday 25th April 2012

CHISWICK HOUSE & OSTERLEY HOUSE

Chiswick House, Chiswick, is one of the first and finest English Palladian villas, built for Lord Burlington from 1725 to 1729. Has opulent interior. The gardens have recently been restored including the conservatory and its world famous camelia collection, and over 1600 new trees have been planted. This visit echoes our SID in October 2011 on Andrea Palladio and the English Country House.

Osterley House, Isleworth, was created by Robert Adam in the late 18th century and has been described as "the palace of palaces". Dazzling interior. Gardens being restored to 18th century glory.

Bookings taken on 8th February and 14th March 2012

Chiswick House

Thursday 14th June 2012

This is a self-funded visit FOR THE COMMITTEE ONLY to Chelsea Physic Garden, London's oldest botanic garden

Chelsea Physic Garden

Wednesday 20th June 2012

HUGHENDEN MANOR & WEST WYCOMBE PARK

Hughenden Manor, High Wycombe, was the home of Benjamin Disraeli between 1848 and 1881. The formal gardens have been recreated based on the original designs. The cellars contain a Second World War room revealing the Manor's secret wartime past.

West Wycombe Park has a rococo landscape garden and a theatrical Italianate house built for Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club and the Dilettanti Society, in the mid 18th century.

Bookings taken 11th April and 9th May 2012

Hughenden Manor

Thursday 9th August 2012

KELMSCOTT MANOR & BUSCOT PARK (NT)

Kelmscott Manor, near Lechlade, Gloucestershire, is a grade 1 listed Tudor farmhouse near the Thames. William Morris lived there each summer from 1871 to 1896, and the house contains many of his possessions.

Buscot Park, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, is a late 18th century Palladian style house containing the Faringdon Collection of Art including Old Masters and also works by Pre-Raphaelite artists such as Rossetti and Burne-Jones (including his The Legend of the Briar Rose) following on from our lecture in June 2011 on the Aesthetic Movement.

Bookings taken 9th May and 13th June 2012

Kelmscott Manor

Bookings can be made at the two lecture meetings prior to a Visit. Bookings together with payment cheque made payable to WDFAS are accepted on a first come first served basis. Each member may book for him/herself and one other member only. If an event is oversubscribed, names will be entered, in order of application, on a standby list if the member so wishes.

You are welcome to email the WDFAS officer responsible for visits, Jennifer Rothera, at visits@weybridgedfas.org.uk