Shed Talk – Angela Potter presents Westonbirt House and the Holfords

The fascinating story of the development of the Westonbirt House and how Robert Stayner Holdford was able to create such an amazing house and arboretum.

Angela Potter was a pupil at Westonbirt School and has known Westonbirt for a great many years, but only recently has researched its history.

She presents an intriguing tale of how a little Gloucestershire hamlet, mentioned in the Domesday book, became the setting for the National Arboretum and an extravagantly appointed stately home (now Westonbirt School) with a Grade1* listed garden; both of which can now be visited.

Angela’s talk will endeavour to enlighten you and to explain how young Robert Stayner Holford inherited a fortune and put his money, extraordinary talent and expertise into developing a landscape, an arboretum, and a magnificent ‘Tudor’ country house in the 1860s.

Advance Tickets £8.50
Under-18/student/unwaged £6.50

(Booking fee applies)