Architecture and Ancestry in Britain and Ireland: From the Restoration to the Regency

John Goodall, PHD,FSA

Tuesday 24 November 2026

Killyleagh Castle

To those who claim social or political authority by virtue of hereditary right, the study of ancestry is not a hobby but a passport to power. While histories of architecture typically focus on novelty, this lecture will explore the opposite: how ancestry and the past were expressed in houses from the Restoration to the Regency.

John Goodall is a vice-president of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and architectural editor of Country Life, he is one of the leading architectural historians writing today.

Refreshments : 6:30 - 7:00pm. Lecture to start at 7: 00pm in The Boardroom at Clifton House  2 North Queen Street   Belfast BT15 1ES

Please note there is free parking and the building is fully accessible.

Members £15 Non-Members £18

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