Tour to ‘sixty beats per minute’ and Ramsgate churches
Saturday 31 May, 11.30am – 4pm
Join A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, to visit the latest A+C Art in Churches project in the Grade I listed St George’s Ramsgate. We’ll be led on a special tour up the tower to view the 1832 Vulliamy clock mechanism, and experience the immersive audio installation by Phil Coy.
We’ll also make a visit to The Shrine of St Augustine, A W Pugin’s complex of church, cloister and ancillary buildings (now the National Pugin Centre); and to the 11th-century St Laurence-in-Thanet, Ramsgate’s oldest church with its beautiful Victorian stained glass, and historic monuments and hatchments.
Itinerary:
Meet at Ramsgate Station at 11.30am and walk to St George’s (15 mins) (if you’re driving feel free to meet us at the church).
12–1pm Tower tour and introduction to ‘sixty beats per minute’
1pm Lunch (not included in the ticket price) which can be bought at St George’s where Community Soup offer very reasonably priced homemade soup.
1.30pm Walk to the Sailor’s Church (12 mins)
2pm Walk to St Augustine’s (8 mins)
3.15pm Take bus to St Laurence-in-Thanet (15 mins)
4pm finish (St Laurence is an 8 minute walk to the Station)
Saturday 31 May, 11.30am – 4pm
Join A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, to visit the latest A+C Art in Churches project in the Grade I listed St George’s Ramsgate. We’ll be led on a special tour up the tower to view the 1832 Vulliamy clock mechanism, and experience the immersive audio installation by Phil Coy.
We’ll also make a visit to The Shrine of St Augustine, A W Pugin’s complex of church, cloister and ancillary buildings (now the National Pugin Centre); and to the 11th-century St Laurence-in-Thanet, Ramsgate’s oldest church with its beautiful Victorian stained glass, and historic monuments and hatchments.
Itinerary:
Meet at Ramsgate Station at 11.30am and walk to St George’s (15 mins) (if you’re driving feel free to meet us at the church).
12–1pm Tower tour and introduction to ‘sixty beats per minute’
1pm Lunch (not included in the ticket price) which can be bought at St George’s where Community Soup offer very reasonably priced homemade soup.
1.30pm Walk to the Sailor’s Church (12 mins)
2pm Walk to St Augustine’s (8 mins)
3.15pm Take bus to St Laurence-in-Thanet (15 mins)
4pm finish (St Laurence is an 8 minute walk to the Station)
Saturday 31 May, 11.30am – 4pm
Join A+C Director, Laura Moffatt, to visit the latest A+C Art in Churches project in the Grade I listed St George’s Ramsgate. We’ll be led on a special tour up the tower to view the 1832 Vulliamy clock mechanism, and experience the immersive audio installation by Phil Coy.
We’ll also make a visit to The Shrine of St Augustine, A W Pugin’s complex of church, cloister and ancillary buildings (now the National Pugin Centre); and to the 11th-century St Laurence-in-Thanet, Ramsgate’s oldest church with its beautiful Victorian stained glass, and historic monuments and hatchments.
Itinerary:
Meet at Ramsgate Station at 11.30am and walk to St George’s (15 mins) (if you’re driving feel free to meet us at the church).
12–1pm Tower tour and introduction to ‘sixty beats per minute’
1pm Lunch (not included in the ticket price) which can be bought at St George’s where Community Soup offer very reasonably priced homemade soup.
1.30pm Walk to the Sailor’s Church (12 mins)
2pm Walk to St Augustine’s (8 mins)
3.15pm Take bus to St Laurence-in-Thanet (15 mins)
4pm finish (St Laurence is an 8 minute walk to the Station)
About the tour series
Led by Laura Moffatt, these tours are a ‘director’s pick’ of unusual and often overlooked works of art in cathedrals. Most tours in cathedral focus – quite rightly! – on their architecture and on historic artefacts, but cathedrals are living buildings and the contributions of artists of recent generations comprise a treasure trove of delights.
We’re calling the series ‘Ecclesiart in Cathedrals’ as the tours are a direct result of many years’ work on a part of our website called Ecclesiart – an online resources that spotlights over 100 modern and contemporary works of art in churches and cathedrals.
Each of the tours will feature at least one work that appears on Ecclesiart. Sign up to our newsletter to be kept informed of further dates.
At each tour, we will be welcomed by a member of the clergy and there will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the role of modern art in cathedrals.
We also encourage you to visit the Cathedral’s café before or after the tour as this is a great way of supporting them financially.
Attendees will be asked to find their own way to and from the cathedral. A meeting point will be sent to you when you book your ticket.
