Lamport Hall & Gardens Summary

• Address: Lamport, Northampton, NN6 9HD (Map)
• Tel: +44 (0)1604 686272
• Fax: +44 (0)1604 686224
• Owner: Lamport Hall Trust
• Administrator: Executive Director
• E-mail: Click here to contact
• Website: Go to the Lamport Hall & Gardens website

The Hall contains a wealth of outstanding furniture, books and paintings collected by the Isham family. Most were bought during the third Baronet's Grand Tour of Europe, in the 1670s. They include portraits by Van Dyck, Kneller, Lely and others.

The finest rooms include:

• the High Room of 1655, with a magnificent plasterwork ceiling, by William Smith
• the 18th Century Library, with ancient tomes from the 16th Century
• the early 19th Century Cabinet Room, containing rare Venetian cabinets with mythological paintings on glass.

The first floor has undergone lengthy restoration, allowing further paintings and furniture to be displayed. This also houses a photographic record of Sir Gyles Isham, a Hollywood actor, who initiated the restoration.

The Isham family lived at Lamport for over 400 years, until Sir Gyles Isham, the 12th Baronet, died in 1976. In his will he bequeathed the Hall, with its contents and Estate, to the Trust. The Lamport Hall Trust is a charitable organisation, established for the public benefit and controlled by a governing body of Trustees.

Gardens
The Hall is set in tranquil gardens, enclosed by a spacious park. Of the gardens originally laid out in 1655, by Gilbert Clarke, only the surrounding banks and large wrought iron gates still remain. There are several sycamores and cedars, which were planted in the 1820s by Mary Isham, a redoubtable Irish Lady, responsible for the planting in the surrounding parkland.

Sir Charles Isham, the son of Mary Isham, inherited his mother’s love of gardening. He is responsible for the present day appearance with a small Italian garden and the remarkable rockery. This is the earliest alpine garden in England, rising like a ruined castle and 24 feet tall. Sir Charles peopled it with miniature figures, the world's first garden gnomes. The only remaining original is on view in the Hall.

Civil Ceremonies and Wedding Receptions
The Hall and gardens are available for hire on an exclusive basis for your civil wedding ceremony, wedding reception or both. Two beautiful, but very different, rooms are licensed for the solemnisation of marriages. The High Room holds up to 50 guests and the Oak Room holds approximately 80 guests.

The Victorian Dining Room can seat 48 people formally for a wedding breakfast or 60 informally. For larger numbers you may have a buffet in the Hall or place a marquee in the gardens.

Corporate Events
The Hall and grounds are available for hire on an exclusive basis and provide an elegant and special venue for conferences, meetings, seminars, product launches, corporate hospitality, filming, outdoor events, private luncheons, dinners and receptions.

Facilities include the exclusive use of the beautiful Hall and gardens and the parkland and stable block for outdoor events and activities including a 4x4 off road track. Car parking space is available for several hundred cars.

Opening Times - 2012

• 8th April - 14th October: Wednesdays & Thurdays, Guided Tours only: 2.15 & 3 pm (House opens at 2 pm)
• Group visits on other days by arrangement

Guided tours of the Gardens at 2.05 pm:

• 2nd May
• 6th June
• 4th July
• 1st August
• 5th September
• 3rd October

Non Guided tours of the Hall (open 2 pm, last admission 4 pm):

• 8th & 9th April
• 6th & 7th and 19th & 29th May
• 3rd & 4th June
• 26th & 27th August
• 13th & 14th October

Admission Prices - 2012

Hall & Gardens:

• Adult - £8.00
• Child (2 - 18) - £2.50
• Senior - £7.50

Gardens Only:

• Adult - £4.50
• Child (2 - 18) - £2.00
• Senior - £4.00

Groups (max 60):

• House - minimum charge - £200
• Garden - minimum charge - £100

More information is available on their extremely all embracing Website.

Further information including opening times and prices

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Events for Lamport Hall & Gardens

• University of Leicester Study Day - 22 May 2012
  10 am - 3.15 pm - Title: Pretty as a Picture? The Art of the Portrait. Toseries of lectures is delivered by Dr Sophie Oosterwijk and takes place in the Oak Room. Includes refreshment and lunch breaks.
• Northants Ultra 35 mile Race - 27 May 2012
  The course is a 35 mile (9 hour time limit) loop, passing by Naseby, Althorp (home of the Spencer family), Cottesbrooke, (used for Mansfield Park by Jane Austen) and through stunning countryside. Registration from 7 am race starting at 8.30 am and entry fee - £39.00 or free if you guarantee to raise £150 for the Teach Africa charity. Drinks & Refreshments including water, sports drink and jelly babies plus free tea, coffee and the famous Go Beyond cake will be available to all competitors.
• Festival of Country Life - 03 June 2012 to 04 June 2012
  10 am - 5 pm: A great way for the family to spend the day, on display will be classic cars and motorcycles, organs, period caravans, stationary & steam engines, vintage tractors and more. Also craft demonstrations such as basket making, chainsaw carving and a mobile forge. In the main arena - Suffolk Heavy Horse and dray demonstration, Friesian Stallion Performing Dressage to Music, Sheep Dog and Duck Display, Falconry Display and more. Entertainment for children also included such as giant inflatables.
• University of Leicester Study Day - 12 June 2012
  10 am - 3.15 pm - Title: Stone Cold Beauties: Sculpture in the English Country House. Today's series of lectures is delivered by Prof. Susan Gordan and takes place in the Oak Room. Includes refreshment and lunch breaks.
• Good in a bed - 13 June 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: How to plan beds and boarders for Summer displays by Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski

• Lamport Art Week - 23 June 2012 to 29 June 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: Art Exhibition and demonstrations from Northampton Town & County Art Society and The Guild of Designer Craftsmen.
• Ladies Day - 26 June 2012
  10 am: A tour of house and gardens followed by a light luncheon and flower arranging demonstration.
• "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare - 21 July 2012
  Gates open 5.30 pm - Show starts 6.30 pm: Live theatre in the gardens (or marquee) by The Rain or Shine Theatre Company, there is no seating, please bring low back garden chairs and a picnic.
• Traditional jazz live in the gardens (or marquee) - 22 July 2012
  2 - 5 pm: Gates open at 1 pm for a picnic before the show, please bring low back garden chairs as no seating is provided. Live performance by Christine and the Stackyard Stompers.
• Drawing and Painting Summer Landscapes - 04 August 2012 to 05 August 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: Available to book for one or two days, delivered by Tutor: Pat Taylor.

• Antique and Collectors Fair - 26 August 2012 to 27 August 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: A great variety of quality antiques, books, collectables, furntiture, jewellery, pictures, porcelain and many more specialist items. rOganised by Antiques 2 Go this year there will be new stalls plus the old favourites - something for everyone. Free car parking and free programme. Refreshments available.
• University of Leicester Study Day - 04 September 2012
  10 am - 3.15 pm - Title: Destruction or Survival? The English Country House in the Twentieth Century. Toseries of lectures is delivered by Prof. Richard Wilson and takes place in the Oak Room. Includes refreshment and lunch breaks.
• Gardens Down The Ages - 12 September 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: Cover the trends of the past and also of today by Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski.
• Annual Gift and Craft Fair - 13 October 2012 to 14 October 2012
  10 am - 5 pm: This event is a great opportunity for Christmas Shopping, most of the stalls will be inside the former stable block with a few outside. Owls to Behold will be in attendance with a variety of owls on display. Refreshments will be available and there is free parking.
• Plants for Free! - 17 October 2012
  10 am - 4 pm: Create a garden's worth of plants in a single day by Tutor: Andrew Mikolajski.

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• Open All Year
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• Disabled Access
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