LFSG visit to Dan Cruikshank’s Live Talk: The English House. A History in Eight Buildings

Dan Cruickshank

The English House: A History in Eight Buildings

Saturday 15 November
Castle Hill Baptist Church
7.30pm

Meet inside at 7pm.
Dan Cruickshank weaves architectural and social history to create a series of brilliantly observed portraits of eight buildings that tell the story of modern Britain.

Elegant early-eighteenth century Pallant House in Chichester. In Spitalfields, 19 Princelet Street, built for a Huguenot silk-weaver, ultimately a synagogue. But this is also the story of two-up, two-downs in Toxteth, a block of flats in London’s East End and what Ideal Home magazine described in 1926 as Britain’s ‘first modern house’ – in Northampton.

Together these diverse buildings reveal the ways in which English homes have developed and changed over the centuries. At the same time, they have much to tell us about the lives of their first occupants: their aspirations, their struggles, their place within society and relationship with their local community.


You must purchase your own tickets here:

https://warwickdc.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173661802

You may also like the following events from Leamington Friends Social Group Page:

• This Sunday, 7th September, 12:15 pm, LFSG Coffee and Chat 12.15pm to 2.15pm in Leamington
• This month, 21st September, 01:00 pm, Princethorpe College Heritage Open Day Tour in Ryton-on-dunsmore
• Next month, 25th October, 01:30 pm, LFSG visit to see Mrs Warrens Proffession (film) 2pm showing. in Leamington