Sevenoaks Talk: The Rise and Fall of Lullingstone Roman Villa with Rod Shelton

About the speaker

Author, artist and model-maker, Rod has lived in Otford for some 25 years. Active in village matters, he is the local historian and chairs the Otford Society. He was a London advertising copywriter, then ran his own commercial film company..

Talk Summary

Rod has researched the story of the villa and reveals for the first time how its fate lay in the violent machinations of the Roman Emperors and the lust to gain Imperial power. Lullingstone,, he suggests, was to become a pawn in this game of political ambitions.

No booking needed for this talk, just turn up. Doors open 10.45am, talk starts 11am.

The Society is a registered charity and membership fees and donations are an important part of our income. The Talk is free to members but guests and visitors are asked to make a donation towards hall hire and speaker's fee. There will be a donations box at the venue.

There is a large public car park (payment required, 50p for 2 hours, £1 for 3 hours) adjacent to the hall but it can be busy.

(This is a recent change from our original speaker).