House and Home in The English Regency with Dr Jennifer Kloester

Saturday 22 Nov 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Beginning in the early years of the Industrial Revolution, the English Regency (1811-1820) was a period of enormous change for hearth and home. London was growing, with many former estates and grand houses making way for new dwellings and an upwardly-mobile professional class finding their way to the fringes of Mayfair.
The house itself was an intriguing reflection of society: its class system, social hierarchy, attitudes to wealth, birth, and culture. Whether one lived in an elegant townhouse in Grosvenor Square, a bachelor’s apartment in Albany, or on a great estate in the country, the house was a vital factor in determining how people lived, their attitudes and ideas. This talk will walk its audience through a Regency House, explaining each room’s purpose from the basement to the attic and everything in-between.
Dr. Jennifer Kloester is the bestselling author of Georgette Heyer’s Regency World and Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller and her most recent book, The Novels of Georgette Heyer: A Celebration. She is a Patroness of the International Heyer Society, and a producer of the forthcoming documentary Stephen Fry’s Great Escape.

Jennifer is a popular presenter and public speaker and, in 2015, with Stephen Fry, she was delighted to speak at the unveiling of Georgette Heyer’s English Heritage Blue Plaque in Wimbledon. She has given talks, writing workshops and public presentations on Heyer and the Regency in the UK, USA, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. Jennifer also writes fiction. Her most recent novel, Jane Austen’s Ghost, is a contemporary story with a Regency twist, and is available on Amazon and all platforms.

Your ticket includes tea or Market Lane coffee served before the presentation, and time to browse our exclusive range of books, gifts, and homewares at TJC Emporium.

This event is presented on-site at The Johnston Collection. Please see your ticket for details. NOTE: Tickets for this event do not include access to our house museum, Fairhall. Guided tours of the current exhibition can be booked separately.

This event is supported by The Colin Holden Charitable Trust.

Image: Upper Class London House. © Jennifer Kloester.

Book Tickets

Adult $25.00

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Student/Concession $23.00

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