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A member's photographs showing;-
Geffreye Museum, and gardens, Spencer House and members enjoying
lunch.
Report of the visit
on November 30th
On a cold, wet, miserable Sunday in
November, forty eight intrepid UDFAS members, friends and families joined
the coach at Uckfield Bus Station for a trip to Spencer House and the
Geffrye Museum .
Despite the weather we had a
most enjoyable outing. Spencer House welcomed us with a roaring fire in
the Hall and an equally warm welcome from its tour guides, who were quite
inspirational. It was excellent to see such a fine Palladian house,
restored with no expense spared by the Rothschild Trust. This visit
enhanced all that we had learnt at the November meeting by Alan Bott on
Palladio and the Palladians. After that we went on to the Geffrye Museum
where we were served a delicious lunch and afterwards had the opportunity
to see all the rooms decked out in their appropriate styles for Christmas
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Spencer House
This house was previously the family seat of the family of the late
Princess of Wales, but latterly has been restored by Lord Rothschild. It
is both a fine example of Palladian architecture and is London's finest
surviving 18th century town house, (See November lecture),
and a treasure trove of Grand Tour paintings which refer to our October
and January lectures.
Geffreye
Museum
This museum depicts the changes in house interiors throughout the ages.
At Christmas this is particularly interesting because it shows the
development of Christmas decorations. This visit ties in with our December lecture entitled "Deck the Halls."
Spencer House
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