October Half Term: Halloween at the Hall
Join us for our annual celebration of all things spooky as the hall celebrates Halloween! Come dressed up in costume and bring your carved pumpkins to take part in our annual competitions and parade.
- Booking not needed
- Free event (admission applies)
Join us at 2pm on the Lost Wing (or Stables in wet weather) for our annual best dressed and best carved pumpkin competition. Then carry your pumpkins or flags on the annual parade through the grounds at 3pm.
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This event is free, but normal admission charges apply for the venue.
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Vanbrugh 300: Sandy Nairne, Sir Charles Saumarez Smith and Mark Newman
Introduced by Sandy Nairne, Vanbrugh scholar Sir Charles Saumarez Smith discusses Vanbrugh’s career and links to Seaton Delaval Hall. Archaeologist Mark Newman shares how investigations have provided insight into Vanbrugh’s involvement in the hall.
Vanbrugh 300
This year we're celebrating Seaton Delaval Hall’s architect, Sir John Vanbrugh. Led by The Georgian Group, we’re joining five of his most significant creations for events commemorating the man known as the ‘rockstar of the English Baroque’.
Vanbrugh 300: John Vanbrugh and the Queen’s Theatre in the Haymarket
An illustrated talk from Dr Annette Rubery and Dr Nicholas Helm on John Vanbrugh’s ambitious Queen’s Theatre (1705), exploring how its daring design united architecture, opera and drama—and why this bold experiment mattered.
Vanbrugh 300: Historian Rory Fraser
As playwright, soldier, spy and adventurer, Vanbrugh is one of the most colourful architects in English history, yet relatively little is known about him. Here Rory Fraser gives a sense of the character that lay behind his legendary facades.