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ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 2019
From Morris to
Mackintosh
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
The Adoration of the Magi (detail)
Tapestry, wool and silk on cotton wrap,
101 1/8 x 151 1/4 in (258 x 384 cm)
Designed by Edward Burne Jones with details
with Robert Reason
by William Morris and John Henry Dearle
[Public domain] WikiCommons
17–28 September 2019 (12 days)
From Morris to Mackintosh
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
Discover the fin de siècle Arts and Crafts Movement through the interior
design and architectural legacies of William Morris and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Begin in London with a visit to Red House, the Tudor Gothic home designed
by Morris. Travel to England’s Cotswolds, where formal estates display the
influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement and explore Morris’s country
estate of Kelmscott Manor. Continue to the Lake District, famous for its
18th and 19th century poets and writers, and admire Baillie Scott’s Blackwell
House, perched above Windermere and still furnished with its original late
19th century decorative features.
TOUR LEADER Journey over the border into Glasgow, birthplace of architect and designer
Robert Reason has worked
Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea at Mackintosh’s
in the Australian art museum Willow Tea Rooms, and explore Queen’s Cross Church and Hill House,
sector for more than twenty Mackintosh’s finest residential commission.
years and from 2002 to 2015
was Curator of European and
Australian Decorative Arts
at the Art Gallery of South At a glance:
Australia (AGSA). He has
acquired, curated and published • Discover English and Scottish museums, churches, gardens and homes
widely in the field of decorative emblematic of the Arts and Crafts ideals
arts, including developing
AGSA’s world renowned • Visit William Morris’s home, Red House in Kent, and his country estate of
William Morris and English Arts Kelmscott, situated along the Thames near Oxford
and Crafts collection. Since late • Travel through the Lake District in England’s north west, past glittering lakes
2015 Robert has been Senior and rugged mountains, to Blackwell House overlooking Windermere
Curator of The David Roche
Foundation, Australia’s finest • Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea in the Willow Tea Rooms, designed by
private collection of European Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the most famous of Glasgow’s tearooms
decorative arts.
UNITED
KINGDOM
Glasgow
Carlisle
Windermere
IRELAND
Wolverhampton
Cheltenham Chipping Campden
Oxford
London
Land
Map is a guide only
Holy Trinity Church (Morris and Burne-Jones)
© Diliff/WikimediaCC
The Morris Room, V&A Museum, London © Pierre Tribhou/WikimediaCC Red House, Bexleyheath © Ethan Doyle White/WikimediaCC
Monday 16 Sep 2019 Depart Australia/New Zealand Burne-Jones. Enjoy a guided tour of the house, one of the meeting
Depart Australia or New Zealand on suggested Emirates flights to places of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, followed by a light lunch in the
London via Dubai. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist former kitchens of Morris’s home.
you with your flights and other travel arrangements. Afterwards, visit the William Morris Gallery with a curator-led tour.
Explore the gallery’s comprehensive collection, from Morris’s work
Tue 17 Sep Arrive London
as a designer to his environmental and social activism.
Arrive in London and make your way to the hotel.
The evening is at leisure. B L
In the evening, join Robert and fellow travellers for a welcome
briefing followed by a special welcome dinner. D Fri 20 Sep London – Oxford
Check out of the hotel and drive to Oxford.
Wed 18 Sep London
Begin the morning with a talk by Robert, then visit the Victoria On arrival in Oxford, enjoy time at leisure for lunch followed by
and Albert Museum, the world’s largest decorative arts museum. a guided walking tour of the University and Colleges. See Exeter
Discover the William Morris collection with a guided tour of College, founded in the 14th century, where Morris and Burne-
Morris’s textiles, wallpapers, book covers and tapestries from his Jones were once resident students, and which now displays
early designs through to the design patterns now synonymous with their original The Adoration of the Magi tapestry. Visit the Oxford
his name. Afterwards, enjoy lunch in the museum’s Morris Room, University Union library, where murals designed by the Pre-
decorated by Morris as an unknown young artist, where the room’s Raphaelites, including Morris, Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel
plasterwork and wallpaper show hints of the type of designs that Rossetti, depict scenes from the Arthurian legends.
would later make him famous. The remainder of the day is at leisure to explore the gentle delights
In the afternoon, travel to Leighton House for a private tour through of early autumn in Oxford at your own pace, with a suggestion to
the former studio home of Victorian artist Frederic Leighton. visit the Ashmolean Museum, the world’s first university museum,
Considered a ‘private palace of art’, paintings and sculptures by and its fine Pre-Raphaelite collection. B
Leighton and his contemporaries are hung throughout the elaborate Sat 21 Sep Oxford
home, which is embellished with Islamic tiles, a golden dome and
intricate mosaics. Later, visit the Holy Trinity Church, known as Start the morning with a talk by Robert. Then, travel out of Oxford
‘the Cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement’, for its impressive to Kelmscott Manor, the summer home of Morris and his family.
interiors, which includes a large stained-glass window designed by Enjoy time to explore the home, followed by lunch. Walk to the
Morris and painter Edward Burne-Jones. village of Kelsmcott and visit the Mediaeval St George’s Church,
saved from Victorian ‘restoration’ by Morris’s passionate activism.
Return to the hotel in the late afternoon for an evening at leisure. The churchyard is home to the final resting place of Morris, his wife
B L
and two daughters.
Next, visit Buscot Park, the family home of Lord Faringdon.
Thu 19 Sep London Previously owned by Australian tycoon Robert Tertius Campbell
This morning, depart for Red House, the home of Morris and his in the mid-19th century, the 18th century house is surrounded by
family located on the outskirts of London. Tudor Gothic in design, an Italianate water garden, designed by Harold Peto. Explore the
the house was created by Morris’s long-time collaborator architect interiors and furnishings of the home with a guided tour. Amongst
Philip Webb, with the interior furnishings designed by Morris and the artworks of the Faringdon Collection is Rossetti’s Pandora,
Kelmscott Manor, Oxfordshire © Rictor Norton & David Allen/flickrCC Buscot Park Saloon © 2018 Buscot Park
Burne-Jones’s series The Legend of Briar Rose and Rembrandt’s with an exclusive private tour, followed by lunch in the dining room.
Pieter Six.
In the afternoon, visit Blackwell House, a masterpiece of 20th
Return to Oxford for an evening at leisure, with a suggestion to century design with sweeping views of Windermere. Built by
attend the Evensong service at Christ Church Cathedral at 18:00. architect Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott, the home retains many of
its original decorative features with tiles, stained-glass windows,
B L
metalwork and furniture created by leading designers of the Arts
Sun 22 Sep Oxford – Wolverhampton and Crafts Movement. B L
After breakfast, check out of the hotel and journey through Wed 25 Sep Windermere – Glasgow
the English Cotswolds to Cheltenham. Arrive at Cheltenham’s
Today, check out of the hotel for a drive across the border into
renowned Art Gallery and Museum for a guided tour through its
Scotland. Stop south of the border at Carlisle, a city with over
collection of Arts and Crafts jewellery, pottery, embroideries and
2,000 years of settlement history. Enjoy a guided tour of the
silver. After, explore Cheltenham at leisure with free time for lunch.
900-year-old Carlisle Cathedral, famous for its East Window, the
In the afternoon, travel northwards to Wolverhampton, stopping largest and most complex stained-glass window in England of the
en route at Chipping Campden, another village central to the English Gothic style. Visit Carlisle Castle, built in the 11th century
Arts and Crafts Movement. Arrive in Wolverhampton in the early during the reign of King William II, and the scene of many wars and
evening with dinner at the hotel. B D invasions over the centuries. Explore the castle and grounds at
leisure, followed by free time for lunch in Carlisle.
Mon 23 Sep Wolverhampton – Windermere
In the afternoon, journey into Scotland and arrive at the hotel in
This morning, check out of the hotel and enjoy a visit and guided
Glasgow in the early evening. The remainder of the evening is at
tour of the nearby Wightwick Manor, a Victorian home decorated
leisure. B
with Morris designs and over 150 works of Pre-Raphaelite art,
including a portrait of Morris’s wife Jane by Rossetti. Thu 26 Sep Glasgow
Afterwards, depart Wolverhampton and venture into the Lake Begin with a morning talk by Robert. Then, discover the ‘Glasgow
District to Windermere, with lunch en route. Travel past some Style’ gallery at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery Museum, featuring the
of England’s largest lakes and mountains, through the romantic works of Glasgow architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh
wilderness that provided inspiration to writers and poets including and his contemporaries, with a guided tour. After a light lunch, visit
Beatrix Potter, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. the Hunterian Art Gallery, the oldest public museum in Scotland
Arrive at the hotel in the early evening in time for dinner. where the Mackintosh House exhibition allows a look into the
B L D
meticulously reassembled interiors of the architect’s Glasgow home.
Later, enjoy afternoon tea in the Willow Tea Rooms, a recreation
Tue 24 Sep Windermere of the most famous of Glasgow’s ‘turn of the century’ tearooms.
Begin the day with a visit to Brantwood, the home of 19th century Commissioned by Miss Cranston during the Temperance Movement,
critic John Ruskin, overlooking Lake Coniston, travelling across almost all aspects of the interior were designed by Mackintosh and
the lake on a Victorian-styled steam yacht gondola. Enjoy an his wife Margaret Macdonald, from the wall panelling, to the cutlery,
introductory talk to the house, followed by time to view the estate’s menus and even the waitresses’ uniforms.
gardens and interiors. Next, travel to Broad Leys, an Arts and
The remainder of the afternoon and evening is at leisure. B L T
Crafts home constructed by Charles Voysey. Explore the house
Chipping Campden, Cotswolds Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton © The National Trust
Tour prices
Per person, twin-share AUD 9,500
Single supplement* AUD 1,950
Deposit per person (at time of booking) AUD 1,000
Fri 27 Sep Glasgow
Final payment due 19 July 2019
After breakfast, depart for the Mackintosh Queen’s Cross, the only
church designed by Mackintosh, with Gothic-inspired windows and *Single travellers may request to share. Please advise at time of booking.
Art Nouveau detailing. Next, travel north to Hill House, considered
Mackintosh’s finest domestic architectural work built for Glasgow Tour code RT1901
publisher Walter Blackie in 1902. In addition to the architecture, the
furniture and fittings of the home were also designed by Mackintosh Fitness level Moderate
and Macdonald, with Mackintosh’s signature ‘Glasgow Rose’ Please see Terms & Conditions for fitness level definitions.
stencilled throughout the interiors.
Suggested airline Emirates
In the afternoon, spend time at leisure in the town of Helensburgh
on the edge of Gare Loch, before returning to Glasgow. In the Please contact Renaissance Tours or your travel agent for
evening, celebrate the conclusion of the tour with a special farewell current airfares and flight reservations.
dinner with Robert and fellow travellers. B D Visa
Sat 28 Sep Depart Glasgow Australian and New Zealand passport holders do not
Tour arrangements conclude after breakfast. require a visa to visit the United Kingdom.
For those returning home today, suggested flights to Australia or Tour price includes
New Zealand with Emirates via Dubai. Renaissance Tours or your
• Accommodation in centrally-located 4 star hotels with
travel agent can assist you with your travel arrangements, including
breakfast daily ( B )
any additional nights’ accommodation, either before or after the
tour. B • Meals as per itinerary ( L = Lunch, D = Dinner, T =
afternoon tea), including wine with dinners
• Lectures and talks by your tour leader, Robert Reason
• Comprehensive sightseeing including local guides and
entrance fees as per itinerary
• Transportation throughout on comfortable air-conditioned
coaches
• Gratuities for local guides and drivers
• Hotel porterage (one piece per person)
Tour price does not include
• International flights (please contact Renaissance Tours or
your travel agent for assistance)
• Airport/hotel transfers on arrival and departure
• Items of a personal nature, including telephone, laundry,
taxis, room service, etc.
Blackwell House, Windermere by Baillie Scott © Lakeland Arts
• Travel insurance (a condition of travel; please contact
Renaissance Tours or your travel agent for assistance)
Your hotels
London – The Rembrandt Hotel
Oxford – Mercure Oxford Eastgate Hotel
Wolverhampton – The Mount Hotel
Windermere – Waterhead Hotel
Glasgow – The Principal Grand Central Hotel
NB. Hotels of a similar standard may be substituted. As some
of the hotels have retained their historical features, some rooms
are accessible by stairs only. Ground floor and lift-accessible
rooms have been requested where possible.
Classic Afternoon Tea
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and will refund the Client for any cost saving or charge the we will require you to declare in writing that you are fit travel, sea travel or hotel accommodation, to the amount
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ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE 2019
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1. BOOKINGS 7. CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS 11. ILLNESS OR DISABILITY
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in order to confirm your place on the tour. Please refer to the shown below, airlines may impose up to 100% cancellation make arrangements for the provision of any medication
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be required to complete, sign and return a Booking Form 60 days or more Forfeit of deposit* Failure to make such disclosure will constitute a breach of
available from Renaissance Tours together with a photocopy these booking conditions and result in such persons being
59 – 30 days 50% of tour price* excluded from the tour in which case all monies paid will be
of the information page (photo page) of your valid passport. Less than 30 days 100% of tour price* forfeited.
2. TOUR PRICES *Includes any flight deposit/payment
Prices quoted in our tour information brochures and/or on 12. LOCAL LAWS
our website are based on exchange rates, cost of services and The above cancellation charges include applicable GST. All participants of the tours we operate are expected to
applicable taxes at the time of publication. obey the laws and regulations of the countries visited
In addition to the above cancellation charges, the full and any failure to do so will relieve Renaissance Tours of
Prices may be subject to change in the event of significant insurance premium together with any existing administration all obligations that they may otherwise have under these
currency fluctuations and/or the introduction of new fees is also payable in the event of a cancellation by the Client. booking conditions.
taxes, up until final payment is received. We will advise you If the reason for cancellation is covered by the insurance
at the earliest opportunity in the event of a price increase, policy, you may be able to reclaim these charges. 13. IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT
whether because of a currency fluctuation, increase in taxes If you have a complaint about any of the tour arrangements,
b) Cancellation by Us – We reserve the right to cancel a you must bring it to the attention of the tour leader or other
and/or a correction in advertised prices. You will then have tour for any reason (such as failure to reach minimum tour
the option of accepting the amended prices, inclusions representative of Renaissance Tours at the time so that they
participant numbers). Except for force majeure (as outlined may use their best endeavours to rectify the situation. It is
and booking conditions or withdrawing from the tour and in clause 4b) or the Client’s failure to pay the final balance,
receiving a full refund of all monies paid. Once final payment only if we are made aware of any problems that there will be
we will endeavour not to cancel a tour less than 60 days the opportunity to put things right. Any complaints must be
is received, all prices will be guaranteed and no surcharges before departure for international tours and 45 days before
will apply. made in writing to Renaissance Tours within 28 days of the
departure for domestic tours. Unless the Client fails to pay completion of the tour.
3. PAYMENT the final balance, we will return all monies paid, excluding
A deposit is due at the time of booking and is non-refundable payment for travel insurance and administration fees. No 14. OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
in the event of your cancellation. This deposit is used to pay compensation will be paid in the event of cancellation by All bookings are accepted on the understanding that the
for hotels, performance tickets and other land arrangements Renaissance Tours. A full refund of monies paid for tour costs Client appreciates that travel does involve some risk and that
to be made on your behalf. will be the full extent of our liability. Airlines may impose up they undertake all tours of their own volition.
Your final payment is due 60 days before the tour’s departure. to 100% cancellation charges. i) Renaissance Tours accepts liability should any part of
Failure to make your final payment by the due date may result 8. PASSPORTS, VISAS AND VACCINATIONS the tour arrangements booked with us not be supplied
in the cancellation of your booking and loss of any payments It is your responsibility to be in possession of a passport valid as described in the brochure(s) and not be of reasonable
made to date. We reserve the right to charge a late payment for 6 months after the date of your return home. You are also standard. In such a case, we will pay reasonable compensation
fee in the event of late booking and/or payment to cover responsible for obtaining all necessary visas, inoculations and if the Client’s enjoyment of the tour has been adversely
additional communication and other expenses. preventative medicines as may be required for the duration affected but will pay no compensation if there has been no
of the tour. Information about these matters or related items fault on the part of Renaissance Tours or our suppliers and
For tours that include international flights in the tour price, the reason for the failure in the tour arrangements was the
payment of the international airfare component is due is given in good faith but without responsibility on the part
of Renaissance Tours. Client’s fault, the actions of someone unconnected with
120 days before departure. the tour arrangements or could not have been foreseen or
Payment by cheque, direct deposit, American Express, 9. TRAVEL INSURANCE avoided by Renaissance Tours or its suppliers even if all due
MasterCard and Visa is accepted. A 1.5% service charge It is highly recommended that you are covered by care had been exercised.
applies to payments made by MasterCard and Visa. comprehensive travel insurance for domestic tours.
However, it is a condition of travel that you are covered by ii) Our acceptance of liability to pay compensation pursuant
A 3% service charge applies to payment made by to clause 11(i) is limited, in the case of air travel, rail travel,
American Express. comprehensive travel insurance for international tours. It
is strongly recommended that you secure this insurance sea travel or hotel accommodation, to the amount set out
4. FLIGHT BOOKINGS & FARES cover as soon as you have made a booking and have in the provisions of, respectively, the Warsaw Convention
Renaissance Tours will use its best endeavours to ensure that made a non-refundable payment. You can make your own as amended by the Hague Protocol 1955, the 1961 Berne
all flight prices are correct at the time that they are quoted. arrangements or your travel insurance can be arranged Convention, the 1974 Athens Convention and the 1962 Paris
However, once a deposit is paid on an airfare, it guarantees by Renaissance Tours. In either case all participants must Convention.
that a booking is being held for you, however it does not provide the following information no later than 60 days prior iii) Our acceptance of liability in clauses 11(i) and 11(ii)
guarantee the fare and applicable taxes. The fare and taxes to commencement of travel: above is subject to assignment by the Client to Renaissance
can only be guaranteed when the flight booking has been Tours of the Client’s rights against any agent, supplier or
paid in full and a ticket has been issued. Flight bookings • a copy of your travel insurance policy (or details of master
policy) sub-contractor of Renaissance Tours which is in any way
cannot be transferred. responsible for the unsatisfactory tour arrangements.
• the emergency telephone number of your insurance
5. CHANGES company
a) Changes by You – Because of additional communication
and other expenses, we reserve the right to charge an • next of kin emergency contact Renaissance Tours reserves the right to amend these
appropriate administration fee per amendment to your 10. FITNESS TO PARTICIPATE Terms & Conditions from time to time, without notice.
original booking. While every reasonable effort will be made Most of our tours require a MODERATE level of fitness.
to accommodate changes and additional requests, their However, in certain destinations, or in certain seasons, or
availability cannot be guaranteed. because of the nature of travel, certain tours will require an
b) Changes by Us – While we will use our best endeavours ABOVE MODERATE or CHALLENGING level of fitness. For the
to operate all tours as advertised, by entering into this overall benefit of the group, at the time of booking we will
contract the Client accepts that it may prove necessary require you to declare in writing that you are fit to participate
or advisable to vary or modify a tour or its contents due to in your chosen tour according to the level of fitness required
prevailing local conditions. We reserve the right at any time for that tour. If you (or we) have any doubts about your level of
to cancel or change any of the facilities, services or prices fitness, you may be required to undergo a doctor’s appraisal.
described in the brochure (including flights, transport, This would require your doctor to read the itinerary of your
accommodation or other arrangements) and to substitute chosen tour, including the fitness level, and provide you (and
alternative arrangements of comparable monetary value us) with a written confirmation of your ability to participate.
without compensation. If we remain unsure of your suitability to travel, we reserve
the right to refuse admission to the tour. Furthermore, if,
If a service or facility becomes unavailable due to after the tour has begun, it becomes apparent that you are
circumstances beyond our control (‘force majeure’) and no unfit to travel on the tour, we reserve the right to invite you
alternative arrangement of comparable monetary value is to withdraw from the tour at the earliest opportunity to do
available, we will substitute the best alternative available so. No refund will be provided.
and will refund the Client for any cost saving or charge the MODERATE
Client for any additional costs incurred. ‘Force majeure’
includes any event which Renaissance Tours or its suppliers Tour members must be able to:
could not, even with all due care, foresee or avoid (e.g. advice • negotiate airports and railway stations without wheelchair
against travel from the Australian Department of Foreign assistance
Affairs and Trade (DFAT), war, threat of war, riot, civil strife, • use combined shower/bath facilities (it is impossible to
industrial dispute, epidemics, health risks, terrorist activity, guarantee walk-in shower facilities) toll free 1300 727 095 (AU)
natural or nuclear disaster, fire or adverse weather conditions, • undertake walking tours of 1-2 hours duration, including
technical or maintenance problems with transport, changes using stairs, walking over cobblestones and other uneven toll free 0800 403 621 (NZ)
imposed by cancellation or rescheduling of flights by an surfaces call (02) 9299 5801
airline or main charterer, the alteration of airline or aircraft • stand for long periods in museums and other sites
type). Renaissance Tours is not liable for any penalty charges fax (02) 9299 5805
associated with ‘supersaver’-type connecting rail or air fares • embark / disembark coaches, trains and other methods of
transportation without assistance email info@renaissancetours.com.au
in the event of a change to a holiday departure time, date
or airport. • handle your own luggage visit www.renaissancetours.com.au
6. SUBSTITUTION OF CLIENT ABOVE MODERATE Level 4, 47 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
If any member of the party is prevented from travelling In addition to the above, tour members must also be able to:
because of the death, injury or serious illness of the GPO Box 5068, Sydney NSW 2001
passenger, close relative or friend, redundancy or jury • undertake walking tours of 2-3 hours
ABN 14 069 591 448
service, it may be possible to transfer the booking to • climb staircases of 100 or more steps
another suitable person (acceptable to Renaissance CHALLENGING*
Tours) provided that written notice is given at least one
calendar month prior to departure. An administration fee of In addition to the above, tour members must also be able to:
$100 + GST per person will be levied plus any costs • handle extremes of temperature (e.g. below 0 or above
imposed by our suppliers. Airlines may impose up to 35 degrees)
100% cancellation charges. • handle extremes of altitudes (e.g. 4000 metres and above)
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