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Sunday 9 September 2018 | 10am -12pm & 3pm - 5pm
Thoresby Park
Free Event
The family descendants that actively run and manage Thoresby Park invite you to their home. This Thoresby tour gives some insight into the history of the family, including antiques that formerly resided in Thoresby Hall and estate life today.
Thoresby Park will open its doors to the new house on the Thoresby Estate, occupied by the Matheson family who began construction on the home in 1994 and is built as a 1540-style villa of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio. It contains artwork and furniture from the original Thoresby Hall.
Visitors will be welcomed to Thoresby’s Pierrepont Gallery within Thoresby Courtyard where the tour will start with registration on arrival, you are free to arrive earlier than advertised to explore the courtyard and park.
Tours will start at 10am and 3pm, both will begin in the gallery, giving a brief history of the estate and courtyard. We will then return to cars for an escorted drive to the new Thoresby House. After a picturesque drive across the estate passing Salvin’s Thoresby Hall hotel, you will arrive at Thoresby Park for the main tour.
The Matheson Family will greet visitors at Thoresby Park and take you on a tour of their home, giving detailed accounts of the family history, land and its developments through the generations. You will get detailed descriptions of the many artefacts that were moved from Thoresby Hall to Thoresby Park, and some of the unique stories that accompany them.
This will be a personalised tour giving you a warm welcome to Thoresby and its history, Thoresby Park keeps groups to smaller numbers to allow a quality experience, so be assured any questions or information will not be lost. The tours will last for around an hour and a half.
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