Black Books Society – Lord Grimthorpe Lecture

We are delighted to welcome Richard Wallington (a Bencher of the Inn) to discuss the life and varied career of Edmund Beckett Denison, Lord Grimthorpe, Victorian eccentric, polymath and controversialist in ecclesiastical and other matters. Grimthorpe was a man of memorable achievements – lawyer, amateur architect, horologist and vigorous contributor to the correspondence columns of the Times. As an architect, he is most famous (or notorious) for his restoration of St Alban’s Cathedral where the verb “to grimthorpe” was coined to describe unsympathetic restoration of buildings. At the Inn he restored and extended the Chapel and had drastic (and partially realised) schemes for rebuilding most of Old Square and Old Buildings. As a horologist he devised many improvements to clock design. Most famously he designed the clock mechanism and bell for Big Ben, incorporating his improved design of escapement, which is also used in the Inn’s Great Hall clock.

Venue:

Ashworth Centre, Lecture Theatre

Timings:

17:45 Registration, Ashworth Centre
18:00 Lecture, Lecture Theatre
19:00 Reception
20:00 End

Costs:

Lecture (Including Reception) – £15.00 per person

Bookings:

Tickets available until Thursday 18 April: https://grimthorpe.eventbrite.co.uk

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. Non-members of the Inn are welcome to attend.

The Black Books Society aims to promote appreciation of the history and possessions of Lincoln’s Inn through a series of talks and lectures from members, researchers and academics