A NATIONAL Trust property is raising funds to bring home a ‘monumental’ long-lost piece of its story.
Croome Court, near High Green, once housed a grand set of library bookcases designed, built, and fitted by craftsmen involved in three of the mansion’s finest Neoclassical interiors, designed by the famed architect Robert Adam.
These “highly significant” bookcases remained in place for more than 200 years before being removed in 1973.
Croome hopes to reinstall the bookcases, but will first need to raise the necessary funds.
It said: “To allow Croome to re-install the bookcases, funds will need to be raised to allow this momentous work to be carried out.”
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Uncertainty over the mansion’s future in the mid-20th century led to the loss of much of its original collection through a series of auctions in the 1940s, with The Victoria and Albert Museum acquiring the bookcases in 1975.
An exhibition to view the bookcases is running until Tuesday, June 30. Normal admission to the venue is required but booking is not needed.
