For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Whoa Simon! A horse so determined and headstrong, he not only won the 1883 Goodwood Cup by 20 lengths, but couldn't be stopped and carried on running over the top of Trundle hill
The oldest existing rules for the game were drawn up for a match between the 2nd Duke and a neighbour
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
G. Stubbs (1724–1806) created some of the animal portraiture masterpieces at Goodwood House, combining anatomical exactitude with expressive details
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
The dining room is host to an original painting from the Goodwood collection of the 6th Duke as a child.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Spectate from the chicane at the Revival to see plenty of classic cars going sideways as they exit this infamous point of our Motor Circuit.
For safety reasons F1 cars can no longer do official timed runs so instead perform stunning demonstrations!
The bricks lining the Festival of Speed startline are 100 years old and a gift from the Indianapolis Speedway "Brickyard" in 2011 to mark their centenary event!
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first public race meeting took place in 1802 and, through the nineteenth century, ‘Glorious Goodwood,’ as the press named it, became a highlight of the summer season
King Edward VII (who came almost every year) famously dubbed Glorious Goodwood “a garden party with racing tacked on”.
The first ever horsebox was used from Goodwood to Doncaster for the 1836 St. Leger. Elis arrived fresh and easily won his owner a £12k bet.
The red & yellow of the Racecourse can be traced back hundreds of years, even captured in our stunning Stubbs paintings in the Goodwood Collection
Festival of Speed is our longest-standing Motorsport event, starting in 1993 when it opened to 25,00 people. We were expecting 2000!
Ray Hanna famously flew straight down Goodwood’s pit straight below the height of the grandstands at the first Revival in 1998
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
"En la rose je fleurie" or "Like the rose, I flourish" is part of the Richmond coat of Arms and motto
A temple-folly guarded by two sphinxes, the beautiful shell house was built in 1748 with collected shells and the floor made from horse teeth.
The iconic spitfire covered almost 43,000 kilometres and visited over 20 countries on its epic journey and currently resides at our Aerodrome.
One of the greatest golfers of all time, James Braid designed Goodwood’s iconic Downland course, opened in 1914.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The famous fighter ace, who flew his last sortie from Goodwood Aerodrome, formerly RAF Westhampnett has a statue in his honor within the airfield.
The Motor Circuit was known as RAF Westhampnett, active from 1940 to 1946 as a Battle of Britain station.
Head Butler David Edney has worked at Buckingham Palace taking part in Dinner Parties for the then Duke of Richmond and the Queen.
As the private clubhouse for all of the Estate’s sporting and social members, it offers personal service and a relaxed atmosphere
Ensure you take a little time out together to pause and take in the celebration of all the hard work you put in will be a treasured memory.
The first ever round of golf played at Goodwood was in 1914 when the 6th Duke of Richmond opened the course on the Downs above Goodwood House.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
A 20m woodland rue, from Halnaker to Lavant, was planted by our forestry teams & volunteers, featuring native species like oak, beech, & hornbeam
Goodwood’s pigs are a mix of two rare breeds (Gloucester Old Spots and Saddlebacks) plus the Large White Boar.
The first thing ever dropped at Goodwood was a cuddly elephant which landed in 1932 just as the 9th Duke of Richmonds passion for flying was taking off.
For the last two years, 5,800 bales have been recylced into the biomass energy centre to be used for energy generation
Just beyond Goodwood House along the Hillclimb, the 2nd Dukes banqueting house was also known as "one of the finest rooms in England" (George Vertue 1747).
Easy boy! The charismatic Farnham Flyer loved to celebrate every win with a pint of beer. His Boxer dog, Grogger, did too and had a tendancy to steal sips straight from the glass.
Built in 1787 by celebrated architect James Wyatt to house the third Duke of Richmond’s prized fox hounds, The Kennels was known as one of the most luxurious dog houses in the world!
For textile designer Catherine Rowe, nature is a source of endless inspiration, whether it’s in the pages of antique books or the Sussex hills and beaches to which she regularly escapes.
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“I like the idea of my work being difficult to place in time – it’s that marriage of the very classical style with the modern element,” says Catherine Rowe. “I like to think this means my designs can be timeless.” And it’s true that the 29-year-old’s work is full of familiar references, whether it’s medieval tapestry, a Staffordshire china dog or a William Morris-esque flower print – a kind of quintessential Englishness, but one shot through with wit and a twist of modernity.
For Rowe, whose studio is in Chichester, lockdown has brought some blessings in disguise – a welcome slowing-down to her life, the chance to enjoy the natural world more than usual and to experiment with new ideas. Nature has always been at the core of her work – she admits that even Chichester can feel a little too urban and she frequently escapes to the beach and the South Downs.
Having trained as an illustrator at Cambridge School of Art, Rowe moved into textile design and developed a love of pattern, starting to print her designs onto objects soon after graduating in 2013. Museums are her passion – she owns countless antique science books and is fascinated by old studies of wildlife, plants and trees. A fan of the works of naturalist/painter John James Audubon (his pelican stares at me from her studio wall during our Zoom call) and Edward Lear, her early work in particular is filled with pigs and pears, foxes and hares.
Rowe has always loved tapestries, especially the Unicorn Tapestries, among the most complex and beautiful works of art from the Late Middle Ages, and some of her latest designs were inspired initially by medieval illuminated manuscripts. She is also fascinated by traditional Balinese painting – her father has a house in Bali – which has resulted in a more vivid colour palette. “My inspiration is always from the past, but it can come from anywhere,” she says.
My inspiration is always from the past, but it can come from anywhere
Rowe’s design method is an unusual one: she starts with a rough sketch that is translated and etched out in white onto a black scraperboard. This is then scanned and the colour added digitally. She stumbled upon the process when she came across some beautiful prints at a local market, which she thought were linocuts but turned out to be on scraperboard. It was a lightbulb moment: “It’s certainly a more primitive approach, but it completely fits with how I love to work.”
The turning point in Rowe’s career came in 2019 when she was one of four winners selected in the Open Call for a new Liberty fabric design. “It felt like winning the lottery,” she says. “The impact on my career was amazing and it was so inspiring to learn how a brand like that works – they’re still so meticulous and traditional. It gave me a worldwide platform – Japan is a huge new customer base for me, as is the UAE.”
Her work now appears on a vast range of products, from fabrics and wallpaper to ceramics, lampshades and accessories – including the now ubiquitous face masks.
The way I work is that everything is made to order with a small production company, which means we don’t create a big carbon footprint with mass production. It’s not fast fashion, but I’ve found that people are willing to wait for something they love – and it means I can apply my designs to almost anything, or work on a bespoke piece.
Working sustainably is a particularly important focus. All Rowe’s packaging is biodegradable, and she chooses business partnerships with care. “I’m really fussy about who I work with. I have a new workshop in Italy, which is a tiny, family-run business who share my values and my London workshop is very upfront about how it generates energy and uses favourite fabric remnants, so nothing gets wasted.”
For a designer who cites the natural world as an intrinsic element of her work, it seems only fitting that everything she makes is designed to sustain it.
This article was taken from the Spring 2021 edition of the Goodwood Magazine.
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