Lucy Worsley challenges us to a duel!

Today I took myself off to a part of Hampton Court Palace I don’t visit often enough: THE GREAT VINE, planted 1768. (What’s that you’re saying? That you claim to have a vine that’s even older/greater? We’ll be settling it with a duel…) pic.twitter.com/76kYtllheT
— Lucy Worsley (@Lucy_Worsley) January 8, 2020

Where did the cutting for the Great Vine at Hampton Court come from? WE KNOW!!

A new cutting from the Great Vine at Hampton Court displayed in a beautiful ceramic pot, specially made in 2019 by Cinzia Castellano, resident artist, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the restoration here at Valentines.

FORTHCOMING FRIENDS EVENTS

2020 was our 20th Anniversary and we had planned to be celebrating our part in the Mansion’s past and hoped you would have joined us for events to be part of its future. We can’t yet announce details for future events inside the mansion but the committee is meeting regularly (Zoom!!) and formulating plans. Keep an eye on our events page and the Valentines Mansion & Gardens event page to make sure you don’t miss out when events can resume at this beautiful house. Till then stay safe.

If you want to find out about the Friends. We meet informally every 3rd Tuesday in the month at the Gardeners Cottage Café from 11.00 a.m.

We hope that Coffee mornings will resume after further easing of restrictions on Monday June 21st. If visiting park Gardeners Cottage Cafe is still open for takeaway orders and outside seating with social distancing rules applying.

What we do

The Friends was set up in 2000 to raise awareness of the Mansion and its potential to the local community, and to raise funds for restoration projects. We continue supporting and enjoying this lovely place in various ways, holding fund-raising events, giving talks, and helping in the house as Volunteers.

Some of the money raised has been spent on acquiring beautiful items for the Mansion – the Victorian dining table in the Holcombe Room, and the table, chairs and mirror in the Regency Parlour. Our current project is to furnish the Raymond Room to reflect the period when Sir Charles Raymond owned Valentines, in the second half of the 18th century.

WELCOME TO THE FRIENDS’ SITE

Developed and maintained by the Friends of Valentines Mansion, this site provides information about the Mansion, its history, its owners and the associated landscape and parkland. It also contains information about the restoration project, the Friends and their work and details of events being held in the Mansion and its surroundings. Please explore this site if you would like to know more. Comments and suggestions always welcome.

Many people have contributed to this website. Consequently, the Friends of Valentines Mansion are not responsible for the views or accuracy of the material displayed unless it is specifically about the Friends as an organisation.

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