UPDATE 20 February 2023: The Judges’ Lodgings in Lancaster have just announced a special exhibition in the summer. Our visit scheduled for 11th May has now been postponed to Tuesday 25th July, and the closing date for applications extended to June 1st. A revised booking form is available to download here, or you may wish to amend the green paper form enclosed with the latest newsletter.
The visit includes the recently reopened Judges’ Lodgings Museum with its collection of Gillows furniture. We will also visit Lancaster Priory and take a tour of Lancaster Castle including Joseph Gandy’s spectacular Shire Hall, the courtroom, and the basement cells with nineteeth-century restraining chairs (additional fee) and the the Church of St John the Evangelist, recently reopened by the CCT following restoration from flood damage. £15 not including refreshments.
Jeremy Bate