Kelmarsh Hall, Northampton

The conference and workshop was organised in collaboration with the Kelmarsh Hall Preservation Trust.

The house and grounds of Kelmarsh Hall provided a beautiful location for the Forum’s Fifth Annual Conference. The interiors of the Hall, last decorated by Nancy Lancaster and John Fowler, served as a focus point for a wider discussion of the presentation of historic houses before and after the Second World War. The two-day conference discussed decorative painting techniques and the materials used and the legacy of the period on today’s historic interiors.

-Introduction to Kelmarsh Hall, Phillip Hartley & Peter Scott
-The Nancy Lancaster and John Fowler Objective, Peter Hood
-‘As it might have been but never was’ – English Country House Style, Louise Ward
-The Kelmarsh Craftsmen of the 1950’s, Marienne Suhr
-The Kelmarsh Conservation Plan, George Feruson
-An Investigation of the Painted Decoration at Kelmarsh, Ian Bristow
-Conservation Legislation, Ian Bristow
-The Signifigance of John Fowler – Discussion
-Practical Demonstrations: Jim Smart and Owen Turville
-Video – ‘Nancy Lancaster’

20 November 1999
-The Recreation of the Plasterwork , Jeff Orton
-Materials of the Period – Today’s Options, Patrick Baty
-An Introduction to the Practical Sessions, Alan Gardner
-Practial Sessions
-Materials and Techniques used by John Fowler Greenings of Donaster
-Concluding discussion led by Ian Bristow