Kelmscott Manor near Lechlade, was the summer home of designer, William Morris from 1871 until his death in 1896. It had been developed as a visitor destination by the Society of Antiquarians but required major capital investment.
To support the grant applications to fund the development vision, the Society assembled a consultant team to work alongside their in-house project board with Petersham Group undertaking all the business planning and associated modelling work.
A £4.3m, Round 2 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, was secured in October 2018, and with other funding from Arts Council England, The Architectural Heritage Fund, & a number of supportive charities and foundations the amount raised in total is over £6.0m.
The transformation was delayed by pandemic but with capital works complete, the Manor reopened in 2022