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Simon Jenkins On Great Houses: Sir Simon Jenkins speaks
for World Monuments Fund Britain on
The Great House in the Twenty-first Century
World Monuments Fund Britain is delighted to announce a public lecture by Sir Simon Jenkins, esteemed journalist, commentator and Chairman of the National Trust.
Over the last two centuries Britains historic houses have faced waves of threats. Those which survived have largely been taken into the guardianship of charities as museums, or have found alternative uses such as Stowe House, WMF Britains major project in tandem with the National Trusts restoration of the gardens. Sir Simon, as Chairman of the National Trust, explores the circumstances, values and opportunities of great houses in the twenty-first century.
Simon Jenkins On Great Houses at Royal Geographical Society in South Kensington, Greater London on Tuesday, 26 October 2010.
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