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SUMMARY:Secrets of Soulton: Tudor Codes\, Shakespeare Connections\, and Heritage Tour
DESCRIPTION:Uncover Tudor codes\, hidden chapels\, and Shakespearean connections on a guided tour of Soulton Hall. Tea and cake included! \n\n\n\n\n“…I like this place. And could willingly waste my time in it.” \n– ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’\, William Shakespeare \n\n\n\n\nTom Holland described Soulton Hall as “one of the most amazing houses you will find anywhere in England” and an “amazing ongoing process of discovery” in a podcast dedicated soley to the codes and mysteries of this Tudor puzzle box. \nEpidaurus Court\, Soulton Hall\, with the Fereatry Sculpture protecting the Erkenwald site of memory \nOn this tour\, you will uncover the secrets inside Soulton Hall\, a historic Shropshire estate built by ‘Old’ Sir Rowland Hill\, the Tudor cyhper figure who inspired the hero of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. \nThis is the place where memory holds that the relics of Saint Erkenwald and the lost altar of Old Saint Paul’s found refuge\, where they survived the tumult of the Reformation and the destruction of the English Renaissance. \nSir Rowland was a key figure of the era\, helping lay the groundwork for the Elizabethan Golden Age while serving on the Privy Councils of Henry VIII\, Edward VI\, Mary I\, and Elizabeth I. He used Soulton Hall as a base for his most daring act: printing the Geneva Bible\, a revolutionary and dangerous translation of the time. \nThe house also offered sanctuary to people facing persecution and kept scholarly materials safe. \nThe famous Soulton Dancing Pavement – linked to the dance of harmony for 8 that closes the play \nThe architecture itself preserves history through a complex code recording early opposition to turmoil\, including details honoring Erkenwald\, the medieval patron of London. \nHidden elements throughout the design show how carefully people protected matters of conscience. \nThese include a concealed chapel space\, a prayer room and altar-niche sharing a window for the office of Tenebrae\, and a priest’s hide in the studiolo—potentially the oldest in England and designed for Protestants\, making the work extremely dangerous. \nThe St Paul altar at Soulton \nThis layout protected cultural treasures and texts from destruction during periods of iconoclasm. \nSir Rowland’s contacts and interests also reached the arts\, helping inspire William Shakespeare\, who was his cousin through Mary Arden. The setting and hidden life at Soulton Hall shaped the comedy As You Like It. Soulton was also the family home of the Lodge family before 1556\, linking the property to Thomas Lodge and his source book\, Rosalynde (1590). \n\n\n\n\nWhat the Tour Includes\n\nThe concealed chapel\nPriest’s hide\nRenaissance codes in the architecture\nThe chess court and Wren Steps\nThe As You Like It dancing pavement\nThe Rowland Hill furniture\nTea and cake\n\nTudor Prayer Room in Soulton Hall \nAccess Information\nThe Soulton Hall building presents some access challenges: \n\nThe main floor is reached via the Wren steps (seven shallow steps in a gravelled chess court).\nOnce inside Soulton Hall\, there are three tour rooms on the principal floor\, and the WCs require three more steps up.\nBasement rooms are reached down 13 stairs.\nAdditional rooms\, including the first gallery\, require a flight of 19 stairs.\nStep-free access is available to outdoor spaces\, an accessible WC\, and a meeting room on the ground floor of Soulton Court. The historic Moot Hall in that building is up 16 stairs.\n\nCancellation Policy\nIf you cancel more than two weeks before the tour\, you receive a full refund minus any Eventbrite booking fees. If you cancel less than 14 days before the tour\, refunds are only available if the ticket can be resold. If we cancel the tour at any time\, you receive a full refund. We cannot cover consequential losses such as travel or accommodation if a tour has to be called off at short notice due to circumstances beyond our control.
URL:https://soultonhall.co.uk/event/secrets-of-soulton-tudor-codes-shakespeare-connections-and-heritage-tour/2027-03-07/
LOCATION:Soulton Hall\, Soulton Hall\, Soulton Road\, Wem\, SHREWSBURY\, SY4 5RS\, UNITED KINGDOM\, Shrewsbury\, Shropshire\, SY4 5RS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Heritage Tour
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SUMMARY:As You Like It: Save the Date: Celebrating England’s 1100th Birthday
DESCRIPTION:While national institutions may let this historic birthday pass without a grand state celebration\, we intend to throw a proper celebration for the realm. \nOn the afternoon of Saturday\, July 10\, 2027\, British Touring Shakespeare will bring an open-air performance of As You Like It to the Epidaurus Court here at Soulton Hall for the festivities. \nJuly 2027 marks a monumental milestone: the eleven hundredth anniversary of the unification of England. It has been eleven centuries since the pivotal events of 927 AD\, when Athelstan consolidated various regional territories into a single realm\, cemented by the submission of northern rulers and Viking leaders at Eamont Bridge. \nThat was the foundational year when disparate lands first came together under one coordinated governance\, effectively establishing the single kingdom of the English. \nThe classical geometry of the court provides a magnificent\, celebratory stage for pastoral comedy\, bringing the woodland revelry and resolution of Shakespeare’s play directly into the open air. \nBeyond the stagecraft\, hosting the party here grounds the milestone in a terrain connected to the memory of Saint Erkenwald. As a seventh-century bishop\, law-giver\, and early architect of English community and liberty\, Erkenwald represents the foundational spirit of the country long before its political consolidation. \nMark your calendar for a brilliant afternoon of drama\, heritage\, and celebration\, raising a glass to eleven centuries of English culture in a historic setting. \nFurther details and ticketing information will follow in due course.
URL:https://soultonhall.co.uk/event/as-you-like-it-save-the-date-englands-1100th-birthday-party-at-soulton-hall/
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Barrow Open Day,Drama and theatre
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