Wyndcliffe Court
Visit to Wyndcliffe Court
SPAB Gloucestershire
£10 per person, including tea and cake
Event details
Saturday 24 September, 11.00-13.00
Wyndcliffe Court, St Arvan's, Chepstow, NP16 6EY
Wyndcliffe Court was built in 1922 by Charles Leigh Clay, who owned a shipping company in Cardiff, his wife was Margaret Press from Yorkshire. The design was by Eric Francis, a successful architect and the garden by Eric Francis and Henry Avray Tipping, Architectural Editor of Country Life magazine for over 20 years.
We have been invited to see part of the inside of the house, including the plasterwork ceiling by Keebles in the ballroom depicting 'Hops from the Brewery' and the 'Rose of Yorkshire'. The house was considered a great statement of hope and optimism after the horrors of WW1 and was described by Pevsner as 'Cotswold Jacobean, relaxed and sophisticated.'
The cost is £10 per person including tea/coffee cake.
Multiple bookings
As long as there is space on the event, we usually allow you to book for both yourself and a guest. When completing the booking form, you will be asked to select the number of people and put in your own details on the first page, then to put in your second person's details on the next page. The event fee shown on each of these pages is for the individual person - you will be shown the total amount due once you get to the summary page.
About the Gloucestershire Regional Group
Lynne Pardoe, Group Organiser, says "It was ten years ago when I came to live in Gloucestershire and, surprised by the absence of a SPAB group, I started one. Since then its gone from strength to strength, with a steady core of regular attenders and an ever changing background of newer members. Since I don’t work in the field of conservation I rely on suggestions to arrange visits which don’t usually open for the public and thankfully, because I’ve been running it so long people know me and will make suggestions, or offer up their own properties for a visit. I love this."
Accessibility: please contact the Group Organiser before booking to discuss any special access requirements.
Image provided by Sarah Clay