The Politics of Wallpaper: two Cheshire houses in the late Regency period
Schedule
Sat Jun 13 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Quaker Meeting House | Liverpool, EN
About this Event
Dunham Massey near Manchester and Oulton Park near Chester were both redecorated during the 1820s and 30s. Drawing on evidence in the Victoria & Albert Museum, the John Rylands Library and other sources, Rowena Beighton-Dykes will explore the uncertain political atmosphere on the brink of the Victorian era. Did politics influence the interior decoration of these houses? Did the owners make differing choices according to their situation? Illustrated with wallpaper schemes, politically motivated correspondence and publicity, this talk will show how wallpaper is more than just background material.
If only walls could talk.
Rowena Beighton-Dykes is Chair of the Liverpool Regional Group of the Victorian Society and a specialist in period wallpaper. She is the editor of the Review, the journal of the Wallpaper History Society.
Images:
Wallpaper order for Dunham Massey, 1831
Photo: Rowena Beighton-Dykes, from the Cowtan Order Books in the V&A
Dunham Massey
Photo: Mike Peel, Wikimedia Commons
Oulton Hall c1735
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Where is it happening?
The Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, Liverpool, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 10.00


















