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 Goodhall 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.

The lecture will be held at 6:30pm for 7:00pm  The Boardroom at Clifton House  2 North Queen Street   Belfast BT15 1ES

Members £15 Non-Members£18