Houses of Politicians: A Toolkit for Heritage Professionals
Houses of Politicians: A Toolkit for Heritage Professionals
Houses of Politicians was a two-day international conference hosted between University of Waterloo, Manchester Metropolitan University and TORCH, which aimed to unpick the ways in which politicians and their houses intersected in eighteenth-century Britain. As many of these sites are now on the front lines of public history, the conference organisers felt it important that in addition to a scholarly collection of essays, available here, that a free-to-download toolkit was made available for heritage professionals and other practitioners who work with these sites on a day-to-day basis.
Please follow the link here to view and download the toolkit.
Images in the toolkit are reproduced by kind permission of Bridgeman Images, Harewood House Trust and Wentworth Woodhouse. Also featured is a Sampler worked in coloured silks on linen by Martha Hague, 1837. © Bristol Culture: Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Na2498, given by the Friends of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.
The toolkit was produced as part of the House of Politicians Symposium that took place at Manchester Metropolitan University, November 29-30, 2019.
This symposium brought together established and early career scholars who explored the correlation between politics and the country house throughout the long eighteenth century—from landed aristocracy to new money and career politicians.
Case studies and dialogue sessions discussed design and style, as well as collecting, display, patronage, networking, dissemination, and the relationship between London and the country.
The National Trust Partnership is an award-winning collaboration between the University of Oxford and the National Trust which creates new opportunities for interdisciplinary research, knowledge exchange, public engagement with research and training beyond institutions and beyond.
The TORCH Heritage Programme aims to enable ambitious and mutually beneficial partnerships that connect Oxford’s world-leading expertise with the UK and international Heritage Sector.
