Building Our Town: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Eric Ricketts

Weymouth has some fantastic buildings, and Weymouth Museum is celebrating them and the person who did most to save them. Discover Eric Ricketts' paintings and drawings of old Weymouth at Holy Trinity Church, Weymouth.

Eric Ricketts was an architect who wrote the ‘Buildings of Old Weymouth’. Handwritten and illustrated with his charming drawings, they are Weymouth’s equivalent of the famous Wainwright guides to the Lake District.

Come and see Ricketts’ paintings and drawings of local buildings, plus his original notes for the four volumes of books he published about Weymouth, Melcombe Regis and the surrounding villages. Discover the history of Weymouth’s wonderful buildings and find out what we saved (largely thanks to Eric himself) and what we lost.

The exhibition is open daily from 10.30 am to 3.30 pm. Please be aware that there will be curch services on Sunday and Wednesday morning. The exhibition is free to attend.

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• Next month, 29th September, 02:00 pm, Teas and Talks: Regency romances inspired by Weymouth with Rachel Knowles in Weymouth

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