Watts Gallery Artists Village was founded by George Frederic and Mary Seton Watts in the 1890s. This is a unique Arts and Crafts gem in the Surrey Hills. There are a number of buildings and galleries to visit including Limnerslease, their restored home and artists’ studios. Also the extraodinary Watts Cemetery Chapel and  historic and a contempory galleries. For further information see their website -wattsgallery.org.uk

The coach will leave Kingshill Football Carpark, Kingshill Lane, Cirencester GL7 1HS at 9.15am and return at approximately 5.30pm.

On arrival coffee and Danish pastries will be served before the start of the tour of the chapel. You will then be free to enjoy the rest of the village. There are guides in each venue. We will walk between the various buildings.

There is a tea room which offers a range of lunch and light refreshment options. Alternatively you are welcome to bring a picnic.

The cost of the outing is £48.00 per person which includes coach travel, entry, tour and coffee and pastry.  Numbers are limited so please book promptly.

Mobile number for use on the day if necessary 07711140018

To book please complete the booking form.   Members will have been sent a booking form. If you are not a member and would like to come please email info@theartssocietygloucestershire.org.uk

                                               Visit to The Charterhouse

Charterhouse Square
London EC1M 6AN

 Tuesday 11th June
10.45am

This visit will be made in your own transport

Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery dating from 1348. It is in London located between Barbican and Smithfield Market. Since the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century the site has served as a private mansion, a boys’ school and an alms house. 

The Charterhouse is custodian of a wide range of historic objects which have been acquired over the course of it’s 660 year history.

For more information of this fascinating place please see their website Click here.

We have arranged for a private tour of the house and garden starting at 11.15am. After this you are welcome to wander at your leisure. Tea and coffee will be served from 10.45am in the learning centre.

There is no café but you are welcome to take a picnic to eat in Charterhouse Square. There are plenty of places to eat nearby.

The cost of the outing is £31.50 per person to include tea or coffee. Numbers are limited so please book promptly.

Please Note If you are having difficulties locating The Charterhouse you can use the postcode EC1M 6AH for the Malmaison Hotel which is just down from the Museum entrance. Gates open at 10.30.

Mobile number for use on the day if necessary 07711140018

Buscot Park is the family home of Lord Faringdon, who looks after the property on behalf of the National Trust, as well as the family collection of pictures, furniture, ceramics and objets d’art, known as the Faringdon Collection. For further information please visit the excellent website Click Here.

We have arranged a private tour of the house with the Curator. 

To enjoy Buscot Park to the full, time should be taken, to explore the extensive pleasure gardens that surround the late 18th century house. This includes the Four Seasons  Walled Garden and the Harold Peto Water Gardens.

To see all areas involves some steps and a lot of walking.

We will meet in the tea shop near the car park where coffee will be served at 11 o’clock. The house and grounds will be open to the public at 2pm and the café will then serve tea, coffee and cakes. They do not serve lunch but you are welcome to bring a picnic and can use the marquee near the car park for this.

We are limited to 30 members for this event so please book early.
The cost of this visit £23 per person.  There is no discount for National Trust members. Details and timings of this visit will be on the website and sent out to members nearer the date.

Booking forms will be sent out to members along with these details.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST.

Cardiff Castle is one of the most fascinating buildings in Britain. It has a long history stretching back to the Roman invasion. The site you see today is at once a reconstructed Roman fort, an impressive Norman castle and an extraordinary Victorian Gothic fantasy palace created for one of the world's richest men. 
We are having a guided tour of the Castle and the tower. There are other parts of the castle to explore at your own pace. There is also a military museum in the grounds. 

The coach will leave Kingshill Football Ground, Cirencester car park at 9.15am.

We are booked in for a tour of the castle and you will then be free to explore the battlement walk, the war time shelters, the Norman Keep and the military museum. Please note that access to the keep and the tower involve many steps. 
There is a cafe in the castle grounds where you can buy lunch, or if you prefer you can take a picnic. The town is on your doorstep if you wish to eat further afield.

The coach will depart from Cardiff Castle at 3pm, arriving back in Cirencester at approximately 4.30 - 5pm. 
The cost of the outing is £45 per person and numbers are limited so please book promptly.
 
Mobile number for use on the day if necessary 07711140018

For a booking form please click here. 

We have a unique opportunity to visit Cotswold Farm, the home of the Birchall family since 1926. Cotswold Farm House is a significant example of an Arts and Crafts house with architecture by Sidney Barnsley and Norman Jewson. Inside there is a fascinating collection of blue and white porcelain, along with artwork, stained glass and craftsmanship appropriate to the Arts and Crafts movement. The beautiful garden was laid out in the 1930s and was designed by Norman Jewson. We will be treated to a guided tour of the house and garden by the owners, with tea and cake afterwards.

Further details of this visit will be sent out and put on the website nearer the time.