Country Houses and Gardens to Visit with Adam Smith
Many of us will be planning to visit houses and gardens this summer and this course will give some background to some well known sites (like the National Trust’s Claydon House) as well as those which take a little more planning to see (like the gardens at Stoke Bruerne).
1. Audley End (Essex); a Jacobean palace and Victorian country house.
2. Nether Winchendon (Buckinghamshire); a manor and estate village.
3. Stowe (Buckinghamshire); the greatest Georgian landscape garden?
4. Claydon House (Buckinghamshire); a riot of Georgian decoration.
5. Two Gardens and their houses, Stoke Bruerne (Northamptonshire) and
Benington Lordship (Hertfordshire)
Event Information
Price: £75
Course Weeks: 5
Room: Brunt Room
Campaign: Summer Term 2026
Customer Information: Pen, Paper, Device
Your Tutor
Name: Adam Smith
Bio: Adam Smith is a former museum curator who has been lecturing on English Country Houses and their Estates for over 20 years. He holds degrees from the Universities of Durham and Leeds in History and Country House Studies.
Department: Humanities