Who We Are
The Friends of Sherborne House were formed in 1996 to provide support for the Sherborne House Trust whose aim was to raise sufficient funding to restore the House and open it to the public as an art centre and visitor venue. The Friends have been very active over the years in running cultural events and in raising funds.
The Friends of Sherborne House were formed in 1996 to provide support for the Sherborne House Trust whose aim was to raise sufficient funding to restore the House and open it to the public as an art centre and visitor venue. The Friends have been very active over the years in running cultural events and in raising funds.
Major campaigns have successfully raised funds to restore the Thornhill mural in the House and also to conserve and restore the Macready/Dickens screen.
The original trust was dissolved in 2018 and has been superseded.
In its place, Sherborne House Trust (2018) has been formed. This Trust has now acquired the freehold of Sherborne House and is restoring it to its former glory.
The Friends continue with their objectives of supporting future developments at Sherborne House and in supporting it so that the venue has a highly successful future. The Friends intend to continue to arrange cultural events of significance to the role of the House.