Are you busy on 20th September?(it's a Wednesday) Do you fancy a trip out to somewhere interesting? (pick up in town). Get in touch on our email friendsofleamingtonartgallery@hotmail.co.uk
AUTUMN EXCURSION – WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2023
CHILLINGTON HALL AND BOSCOBEL HOUSE
A private tour of Chillington Hall including morning coffee and ploughman's lunch. The Giffard
family have owned the land in this part of Staffordshire since 1178. The current house is Georgian
and the parkland was laid out by “Capability” Brown. The south front of the building was designed
by Francis Smith of Warwick and later Sir John Soan was employed to build the main part of the
house.
After lunch we visit Boscobel House, owned by English Heritage. It was built by a member of the
Giffard family in about 1595 and extended in the 1620's. Charles II was famously hidden here in an oak tree when fleeing the country.
Please contact FLAG via email for more details and booking form.
Photo from Chillington Hall and Estate website, here https://www.chillingtonhall.co.uk/
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