The Charleston Trust

@CharlestonTrust

House, garden, galleries, shop and café. The Sussex home of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and country meeting place of the Bloomsbury group.

Firle, Lewes, East Sussex
charleston.org.uk
Joined January 2010
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    Jun 29

    There is a long way to go before Charleston can reopen, but we are looking to the future thanks to everyone who has generously donated to our Emergency Appeal. Without you all, Charleston simply would not have survived this crisis💜⁣ Our latest update👇

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    Jul 1

    🎊 C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s T o o n b e i n g s h o r t l i s t e d f o r B e s t S h o p (l e s s t h a n £ 5 0 0 k ) 🎊

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    Jul 1

    For Day 92, it has to be , the farmhouse in which in 1916, on Virginia Woolf’s recommendation, Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant, his friend&lover David Garnett, along with Vanessa Bell’s 2 sons (& Henry the dog) moved to.

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  4. Jul 1

    🥳We are thrilled that Charleston’s shop and ‘Created for Charleston’ collection has been shortlisted for Shop of the Year at this year’s ! Missing your Charleston fix? Shop collection highlights and lots of other treats online:

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  5. Jul 1

    Artwork details: The Barns From the Garden (Charleston Barns), c.1959, Duncan Grant (1885-1978). The Charleston Trust © The Estate of Duncan Grant, DACS 2020.

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  6. Jul 1

    🧱The restoration of Charleston’s historic barns was completed in September 2018 and if you look closely, you can still find initials carved into the timber!

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  7. Jul 1

    A 1688 lease suggests that by the 17th c. Charleston was a substantial farmstead: ‘all that messuage farme commonly called Charleston … with all the barns stables buildings yards gardens orchards and arable lands meadows pastures seedings sheepe downes and pasture for sheepe.’

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  8. Jul 1

    🐄The house was originally part of a working farm, and dairy farming continued in the barns after leased Charleston in 1916. 📖The history of the farmhouse and surrounding countryside goes back to the Domesday Book (1086), when a farm was first recorded on the site.

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  9. Jul 1

    🎨: recognise that view? ☀️Basking in the afternoon sun, painted this view of the barns at Charleston from the garden in front of the house. Today the work hangs in Clive Bell’s study.

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    Jun 30

    Congratulations to all the winners at theBritish Book Awards including RSL Fellows (Best Audio Book), Julia Donaldson (Best Children's Illustrated) and RSL Vice Chair who won Best Fiction and Author of the Year.

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  11. Jun 29

    'maybe, just maybe, we will find a way for Charleston to be a bolder, more beautiful, more useful and more resilient organisation when we reopen in 2021'. Our director on reopening challenges and building a stronger organisation for the future

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    Jun 29

    It's great to feel the buzz around local museums + galleries' reopening plans! I for one can't wait to get my hands on tickets for 's exhibition... ...but how do we support those, such as who aren't yet in a position to reopen? 👇

    There is a long way to go before Charleston can reopen, but we are looking to the future thanks to everyone who has generously donated to our Emergency Appeal. Without you all, Charleston simply would not have survived this crisis💜⁣ Our latest update👇
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    Jun 28

    ⚡️DON'T MISS OUT⚡️ Subscribe to our newsletter before midnight (Sun 28 June) for your chance to win our Mixed Sussex Modern Wine Case! Six delicious bottles of local wine from 's finest vineyards... subscribe here:

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    Jun 12

    On May 29, announced they received a £25,000 emergency grant from , but with their doors still closed they continue to need support from digital patrons. If you’d like to donate, here’s a link: . 16/16

    Same self-portraits of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant that were featured previously, but this time they are both wearing cartoon medical face masks. There is a red brush stroke across the middle-bottom of the slide and on top of that is the URL to donate to the Charleston Trust emergency fund: “charleston.org.uk/charleston-emergency-appeal."
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  15. Jun 26

    🩰🎼A treat for all fans! Wayne McGreggor’s award-winning ballet triptych inspired by Woolf’s writings premieres online this evening as part of the ’s season✨

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    'One of the most fantastic ballets created in recent years' Alessandra Ferri on why she's excited about tomorrow night's stream of 's Woolf Works - don't miss it! Watch from 7pm BST: ▶️ ▶️
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  16. Jun 26

    🌱 A Garden of One’s Own 🌱⁣ ⁣ In his latest blog, Charleston’s gardener Harry Hoblyn shares some stories from the walled garden, and reveals what’s blooming this June 🌸 ⁣

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    Jun 25

    NEWS & @TheLodestarBand with visual artist & muso & poet at are now rescheduled to safer dates 18 JUL = 31 JUL '21 19 JUL = 1 AUG '21 All tickets valid MV FB:

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  18. Jun 25

    ⚡️NEW DATES⚡️⁣ ⁣ CROWLINK with legendary folk singer , artist and writer and sound artist @matthew___shaw, will now take place at Charleston on 31 July and 1 August 2021. ⁣ ⁣ 🎫 All tickets remain valid. Find out more👇

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    Jun 24

    "This is a great way to go on a wine-tasting tour of Sussex without having to leave the comfort of your own dinner table!” 's Mark Driver Read about our Sussex Modern Wine Cases and how they're supporting our local arts partners 👇

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    Jun 24

    ⚡ GIVEAWAY ⚡ To celebrate our Sussex Modern Wine Cases, we're giving away a Mixed Selection - six bottles of still + sparkling wine from vineyards! To enter, sign up to our newsletter! Ends June 28th. For full details, T+C's, and to sign up 👉

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