About
Dark Tales & Strange Sounds at Copped Hall V
Copped Hall, For Sat Nav use: CM16 5HR
Date:
Saturday 29th March 7pm till 9pm
Gates will open at 6.00pm for a 7.00pm start. The event will conclude at 9pm.
Cost
£22.00 per person. The event is unsuitable for children.
Location
The event will take place in the Mansion on the Ground and First Floors. Main storytelling and performances will be in the upstairs Saloon and State Hall and other rooms.
Access to the First Floor is currently via staircases only. Those with mobility impairments interested in attending should contact the Box Office (details below) to assess the suitability of this event before booking a ticket.
Description
Looking back to the 17th century, we’ll meet a character from a Restoration Comedy written at Copped Hall by Thomas Shadwell, who later became Poet Laureate. Julia Stallard will introduce us to the legendary Mrs Termagant. Not an easy woman…
Healthcare in former times was challenging; this time, Dark Tales will be looking at 18th century dentistry as well as the grim story of eye-surgeon Chevalier John Taylor. John Conyers, who built Copped Hall in the 1750s, knew composer George Frederick Handel, one of Taylor’s unfortunate patients.
We’ll also have our usual ghost stories, and Sinister Masterplan (Laura Sampson, storyteller, and Sam Enthoven, Thereminist) will be reciting The Whispering Wall by H. D. Everett. It's about a haunted mansion where there’s a wall with a mysterious voice, reputed to tell you where you're going to die!
In 16th century, Essex was notorious for its Witch Trials. Agnes Waterhouse was accused of murder by witchcraft, for which she would be executed if she was found guilty. We’ll bring you the details of this grim story.
Also appearing will be storyteller Minne Wilkinson, and Robin the Fog with more of his extraordinary live tape-loops.
Following her remarkable live underwater sounds from the North Pond at Copped Hall last November, sound artist Karina Townsend will be adding ultrasonic bat sounds from the same location. Her hi-tech electronics will make these incredible noises audible to us mere humans.
And we’ll be finding out why men of the Essex marshes boasted of having up to five-and-twenty wives!
The Copped Hall Bar will be open and a roaring log fire will warm you in the ground floor Servants’ Hall.
Event Querries?
Please contact the Box Office on 07749 397932 for any questions you have with connection with this event.
Buy Tickets
Tickets can be purchased on line:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
or by clicking the logo below. View the event, pay and print your tickets.
Both debit and credit cards may be used.
If you are having problems with buying tickets via Ticketsource, please contact our Box Office on 07749 397932 or email the Box Office on: tickets@coppedhalltrust.org.uk
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Facilities
Children & Infants
- Family Friendly, Children Welcome
Establishment Features
- Dogs admitted on a lead - Grounds only. Dogs not allowed in the mansion.
- Garden / Grounds for visitors use
- Gift shop
- Guided tours - Monthly Guided Tours - third Sunday every month The tours last about 2 hours 30 min - 3 hours and cover the whole of the gardens, part of the mansion, the cellars and the stables. Tours start from 10.00am and entry gates close at 11.00am. Cost £8.00. (The reason the gates are only open for one hour is that we have to get the tours started within this hour as the tours can last up to 3 hours including the refreshments - there is more to see than people realise !) The price includes guided tours of the mansion and gardens.
Parking & Transport
- On Site Car Parking
Provider Preferences
- Countryside Setting
Map & Directions
Road Directions
From the M25, junction 26 Follow signs to Loughton (then to Epping). Drive uphill through the forest to the roundabout. Take the first left exit (B1393), passing the garage on the left. In slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From Woodford and Loughton Drive to the Wake Arms roundabout, follow signs to Epping (B1393) passing the garage on your left, in slightly over half a mile, turn left, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From Harlow and the M11 Follow signs to Epping for approximately 5 miles. Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
From North Weald. Drive to Epping Through Epping, after passing the Bell Hotel on your right, in slightly over a mile turn right, signposted Upshire. After a few hundred yards you will see on the right the entrance gates and gate houses to Copped Hall.
For Satnav, use CM16 5HR.
Public Transport Directions
Please note, Copped Hall is located on the buffer lands of Epping Forest. There is no public transport access nearby. Nearest stations are on the Central Line at Epping or Loughton where taxis can take you to Copped Hall.
