Madresfield House & Garden Visit - Members & Members Guests welcome

Discounted Tour of Madresfield House & Gardens for WCS Members & members GuestsMembers: 10
Guests: 17 (will be reduced to 10 if they join the Worcester Civic Society)
We will require your payment to the Worcester Civic Society bank as soon as you have booked your places (bank details below).The WCS have discounted this tour and will be paying the Madresfield Estate the additional 7 for each of our members attending. There is a limited number of tickets. You may bring your spouse if you are a single member, but we ask you await booking for non members until that booking is open, we will create a new non-member booking once our members have had a chance to book.Madresfield Court and Estate is situated in beautiful, rural Worcestershire and nestles between the Malvern Hills and the River Severn. It has been home to the Lygon family for over 900 years and has never been bought or sold since records began in 1120.
The house is first mentioned specifically in a charter of Henry I, dating from the 1120s, and it is known that William de Bracy lived at the Court in 1260. His descendants, the Lygon family, have lived here ever since.The house has a rich history, with both Edward Elgar and Evelyn Waugh being frequent visitors, and later during the second world war, arrangements were made for the Royal Family to reside at Madresfield had they been forced to leave London.
The current occupants are Lucy Chenevix-Trench and her family; Lucy is the great niece of the last Earl, and she and her family are the 28th and 29th generations of the family to live at Madresfield.Important:
- Will be two groups of 17 people, first group will be on the house tour at 1:30 whilst the second group is free to visit the private gardens and their house tour will be at 2:30
-Note: If we do not receive enough bookings to make up 2 groups of 17, we will have to reduce this event to maximum 17 people.-Accessibility limitations: Please be aware there are a lot of stairs on the house tour route and very limited opportunities to sit down during the tour. If you think that this may be a problem, please contact the membership secretary before booking and we will confirm if reasonable adjustments can be made to ensure your visit is as enjoyable as possible.
- Both groups can meetup at 3:30 in the cafe afterwardsEvent will initially only be open to NON members if we cannot fill the 34 places that are available to us, we will have a small waiting list though if this tour proves successful.Payments of 10 per member (17 per non member) to be made immediately after booking to either:
Bank Details: Worcester Civic Society
Bank Account: 00127588
Sort Code: 30-99-90
Important payment reference: Madresfield & your surname/initial - this is to help Stephen balance the books