Visits

Stained glass and a secret valley – visiting All Saints Church, Selsley and Owlpen Manor near Dursley

Following up on our lecture about Arts and Crafts stained glass in Cotswold churches by Kirsty Hartsiotis, we are visiting the church of All Saints in Selsley to view the windows. Then we will proceed to Nailsworth for a coffee/lunch stop.
After lunch our coach will take us to Owlpen Manor for a guided tour and cream tea in the Cyder Barn.
The Owlpen estate has a history of nearly a thousand years, fortunes waxing and waning, advantageous marriages, royal appointments and patronage. The building was remodelled and added to from the 16th to the 18th centuries by the Daunt family. The interiors contain a series of unique painted textiles and Mander family collections, as well as a representative collection of Cotswold Arts and Crafts furniture and fittings. 
The collapse of the woollen cloth trade meant wholesale unemployment and penury until rescue by Norman Jewson, the Arts and Crafts architect who did what sympathetic restoration he could but never lived there. Help arrived in 1974 when the Mander family took over and it is now once again a thriving and prospering community. 

30 people maximum
Coach pickup:    10.00am     St George’s Hall, Blockley 
    10.15am     Bus stop at Tesco car park, Stow
Cost for tour, tea and transport: Members £44.00, Guests £47.00

BACS payments to The Arts Society Blockley, sort code 30-95-75, account number 00088105 Please include the word ‘Owlpen’ as reference when paying by BACS
If you are unable to pay by BACS please send a cheque made payable to 
The Arts Society Blockley by 19 May 2026 to Valerie Reckitt, 7 Lavender Drive, Chipping Campden GL55 6EX. 
Please send the completed booking form (on page 25) by 19 May 2026 to 
Gill Graham, Ditchford Mill, Todenham, Moreton in Marsh GL56 9NU 
01608 650399, 07932692136, gilliang983@gmail.com