In 2016, national festival celebrations will mark 300 years since the birth of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, one of England's finest – and certainly most famous – landscape designers. ACE Cultural Tours will celebrate the tercentenary year with a brand new tour Capability Brown in Yorkshire: Moving Heaven & Earth, led by the writer, lecturer and photographer Steffie Shields, who specialises in historic landscapes.

 

Brown's naturalistic style comprehensively re-defined the English landscape, but his architectural inventiveness and engineering acumen is less well known. Through visits, lectures, and informal talks, participants will learn how to 'read' the landscapes that Brown claimed to create with 'a poet's feeling and a painter's eye'. Our itinerary takes in some of Brown's most famous work, at Temple Newsam and Harewood House, as well as lesser-known creations including Sledmere House and Scampston Hall. We shall also enjoy a private visit to Harrogate's Mercer Art Gallery for their special exhibition Noble Prospects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire Landscape.

 

ACE Cultural Tours offers departures in the UK and worldwide exploring art, music, and culture in small, friendly groups. An experienced Tour Director guides the group throughout, sharing their knowledge through lectures and site talks as well as more informal discussions over dinner.

 

July 25-28, 2016; £795

 

To book: www.aceculturaltours.co.uk or 01223 841 055

 

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For more information, images, or a copy of the ACE 2016 brochure please contact Jessica Burrows on 01223 841055, at jessica@aceculturaltours.co.uk or visit www.aceculturaltours.co.uk. 

 

ACE Cultural Tours (the Association for Cultural Exchange) is the UK's most experienced cultural tour operator, founded in 1958. With a growing portfolio of over 1,000 specially tailored tours for small groups, ACE offers over 180 departures every year. Each tour is led by a Tour Director – both a specialist in their field and a convivial host – and the tour groups frequently enjoy privileged access to private buildings, collections and performers. Owned by parent charity the ACE Foundation, all surplus from the tour company is used to fund educational projects in the UK and abroad.

 

ACE Cultural Tours is a bonded tour operator, holding ATOL licence no 1204 and is also a member of AITO and ABTOT.