Heritage Tour: A Victorian Christmas

Name: Heritage Tour: A Victorian Christmas
Start: 2025-12-11T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-11T18:15:00+00:00
Location: Fabrica gallery

Schedule

Thu Dec 11 2025 at 05:00 pm to 06:15 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Fabrica gallery | Brighton, EN

A relaxed seasonal tour of our 200 year old building, a former church which now houses Fabrica, a visual arts organisation.

Join seasoned tour leaders, Colette and Lucy, for a special illustrated tour of the former Holy Trinity Chapel. At this event you will discover two renowned figures; Frederick William Robertson and artist, Henry Holiday who contributed to the life and art of the Victorian era.

Hear more about what Christmas was like in Victorian Brighton, and get into the spirit of Christmas in our beautifully decorated space.

This will be a light-hearted and entertaining event, and our tour guides will give snapshot readings from sermons whilst dressed in Victorian inspired costume.

The tour will be taking place twice on this date:

TOUR 1 (5-6.15pm)
Doors and Fabrica’s charity cafe open at 5pm - enjoy a mince pie and hot drinks including mulled wine in our beautiful, bedecked former church, and explore our gallery shop where you will find some unique and creative handcrafted gifts and our comprehensive heritage book 'If These Walls Could Talk'.
Tour starts by 5.15pm

There will be some time at the end for questions and chat, to take a final look around and take advantage of our charity cafe and shop, before we start our next tour at 6.30pm.

TOUR 2 (6.15-7pm)
Doors and Fabrica’s charity cafe open at 6.15pm - enjoy a mince pie and hot drinks including mulled wine in our beautiful, bedecked former church, and explore our gallery shop where you will find some unique and creative handcrafted gifts and our comprehensive heritage book 'If These Walls Could Talk'.
Tour starts by 6.30pm

There will be time at the end for questions and chat, to take a final look around and take advantage of our charity cafe and shop, before we close at 7pm.

Both tours are suitable for all ages, this is an accessible tour on a site with a ramp entrance and disabled access loos. Please let us know if you have any access requirements and we will try our best to accommodate you, or visit our Accessibility Page to find out more.

For Fabrica's full programme of events, please visit: fabrica.org.uk/whats-on