Kent and Surrey Group Visit to Polesden Lacey

Event details

Friday 9 May 2025, 10.45am

Join the Kent and Surrey Group on a visit to Polesden Lacey, where you’ll learn how climate change is impacting historic buildings

The group will meet Joe Flatman, the National Trust environmental consultancy manager, who will explain how climate change is affecting the way they care for historic buildings. This will be an opportunity for those attending to learn more about potential problems and approaches to solving them. 

We will also be accompanied by the general manager and lead building surveyor.

There will be time at the end of the visit to explore the grounds.

Today, Polesden Lacey is an attractive Edwardian house, the original medieval house having been entirely superseded. It was built in 1902-05 by Ambrose Poyner but remodelled in 1906-09 to become the home of Mrs Greville, a celebrated hostess of the interwar period. The house passed to the National Trust on her death in 1942. The gardens are also representative of the Edwardian period. 

Please note: parking is £4 for non-NT members.

How to get there

Full directions are available on the National Trust website.

Accessibility

Significant periods of standing / walking / kneeling

Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk

We may take photos or videos at this event to be used in future promotion, including in print and online.

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Photo credits: Matt Ellery CC-BY-SA via Wikimedia Commons