Projects

Coughton Court, Seven Medieval Manuscripts

Acquisition of seven manuscripts that had been in the Throckmorton family since the late 17th centur

23 January 1991

Acquisition of two architectural drawings by Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Design for a warehouse block

23 October 1991

Acquisition and endowment of Chastleton House, near Moreton in the Marsh, one of England's finest

24 July 1991

Acquisition of a drawing, 'The Head of an Oriental', by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1610-1663) w

18 December 1991

Acquisition and endowment of a large (Grade I) Elizabethan mansion set in 300 acres of parkland (Gra

25 September 1991

Acquisition of painting, Bergere Assise by Jean-François Millet (1814-1875). Oil on board, 1848.

23 October 1991

Acquisition of 207 acres of ancient, broadleaved woodland to the north east of the Isle of Wight.

24 July 1991

Acquisition of the contents of the Clay Pipe Factory in the village of Broseley, across the River Se

25 September 1991

Acquisition of Book of Hours of the Use of Sarum, in Latin with some headings in Anglo-Norman.

23 October 1991

Acquisition of the Brownlow archive of family and estate papers from Belton House.

20 November 1991