This special tour, designed for SBMA Members, will be based in Cambridge and a stately home in Norfolk where we will likely be the only guests. Explore the outstanding art collections of Houghton, Holkham and the University of East Anglia, as well as the Fitzwilliam Museum and Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge. Experience being guests at ancestral homes not generally open to the public, where we will be received by the owners.

Accompanying the tour as the study leader and welcoming us into the homes on his personal network is Oliver Gerrish, an architectural historian, building consultant, and bespoke tour organizer. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, he has been working in the world of architectural preservation and research for twenty years. When he was nineteen re-founded the then dormant youth chapter (the Young Georgians) of architectural charity, The Georgian Group. As Chairman, he built up a large membership through tours to over one hundred historic houses, lectures and social events. Oliver was a trustee of the Georgian Group for nine years and has been a trustee of the Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust since 2009. In 2016 he co-founded Historic Decoration alongside interior designer Caroline Percy. He has written extensively for Country Life (with two feature articles in 2022 on Radbourne Hall and Thirsk Hall), as well as The Georgian, House & Garden and the American journal Tether. He has been a panelist on BBC Front Row and has appeared on a number of television shows and series. He has been asked to consult on numerous projects, from entire houses to garden buildings.

Both areas are off the beaten tourist track and not on everyone’s itineraries…yet.

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Accepting early interest.  Email travel@sbma.net to express early interest or click Request Information to the right.

As an SBMA-customized, SBMA-exclusive special tour, SBMA Members at the $500 level and above and Curatorial Support Group members will get advanced notice and the first opportunity to sign up, followed by the Early Interest List, then full SBMA Membership if it has not already been filled.