September 2009
Croome Court Opens to the Public
On September 25th 2009 some 300 volunteers and guests assembled on the lawn outside the South side of the Court having been invited to attend the official opening of some of the rooms of the Court to the public. After an introduction and welcome by Jane Farrington, Chairman of the National Trust West Midlands Committee and Friends Chairman Eric Jones everyone was asked to count down from 10 then all the shutters on the South side of the building were thrown back to reveal the rooms inside.
Everyone was then invited to tour those rooms which are now open.
We were pleased to be able to welcome our Patron, Lord George Coventry and our President, Sir Roy Strong. They were both delighted with the way in which the rooms were being presented and look forward to further rooms being open as restoration continues.
A new route from the N T reception has been made with a wide path from the church to the Court. For those people who may find the walk difficult, a buggy which travels from the car park, behind the church, passing the newly thatched ice house onto the new path is provided.
Lord George Coventry being interviewed by Cath Mackie for BBC Midlands Today
The “buggy” off loading passengers at the Court
The Court is OPEN!
(Photo: NT/Adam Stanford, Aerial-