Visit to Kelmscott Manor, then Buscot Park (NT)

William Morris’s beautiful country home Kelmscott Manor reopens this year after a major 30- month, £6m conservation and refurbishment project (NB it is not National Trust). On display is an outstanding collection of possessions and works of Morris, as well as his family and associates. Tea, coffee and homemade biscuits will be served in the Tea Room upon arrival. A guided tour of the house will be conducted in small groups lasting 60-75 minutes. Lunch may be taken in the Tea Room, before the coach takes us 7 miles to Buscot Park.

Buscot Park is administered by Lord Faringdon and his family on behalf of the National Trust, but entrance is free to National Trust members. The house, gardens and tea room will be open. Buscot Park was built between 1779 and 1783. The house is a dignified example of the late eighteenth-century taste for Italianate country houses, inspired by the architecture of the great Renaissance architect, Andrea Palladio. The family collection of pictures, furniture, ceramics and objets d’art, known as the Faringdon Collection, are displayed in the house. The gardens were ranked number four in ‘the 14 best gardens to visit in Britain’ in Country & Town House magazine.

Booking for Members to join this Visit may be done via the booking form sent out with our Newsletter.