Chavenage House, Tetbury.

Our next Day Visit will be on Thursday 26th November to the Elizabethan manor, Chavenage House. The day will include a guided tour by a member of the family followed by a home cooked lunch in the ballroom.
Chavenage is a wonderful Elizabethan house of mellow grey Cotswold stone and tiles. The approach aspect of Chavenage is virtually as it was left by Edward Stephens in 1576. Only two families have owned the house; the present owners (Lowsley-Williams) since 1891 and the Stephens family before them.
Inside the house there are many rooms of interest, especially the 17th-century tapestries. The house and grounds have been extensively used as a TV and film location, including featuring as Trenwith in the hugely popular Poldark.
Trip details
We will depart from the following three pick up points:
Johnson's depot, Henley in Arden 8.00 am
Stratford- upon -Avon racecourse 8.45 am
Rother Street 9.05 am
On arrival at Chavenage at 11 am, we will have coffee/tea and biscuits and an introductory talk in the Ballroom followed by a guided room by room tour of the house. On completion of the tour, we will return to the ballroom for a homecooked lunch.
Lunch:
A choice of Chicken and Broccoli Crumble OR Roasted Red Peppers stuffed with cherry tomatoes and olives, both served with bread, potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
Fruit salad
Tea/Coffee
We will leave Chavenage after lunch at approximately 2.30 pm for our return journey to Stratford.
Please note that warm clothes are needed for the tour as all rooms are not fully heated and there are some steps and uneven surfaces in the house.Return by 5:00 pm