After enjoying my National Trust membership in 2023, I decided I would rejoin the Trust for 2025.
I drove off to Barrington Court, a National Trust property in Somerset. Checking my photographs I realised I had been there twice before, in March 2017 and November 2017. I didn’t write up those visits to the blog.
Barrington Court
An atmospheric fragment of old Somerset; the estate is the vision of Colonel Lyle and his architect James Edwin Forbes. Whilst Court House remains closed for repair, the ground floor of Strode House is open, and there are glorious garden rooms, avenues, and orchards to explore. Installations in the farm buildings tell the stories of key characters and the development of the estate.
Current saving -ÂŁ91.20
One adult ÂŁ11.00
Parking free
Total saving ÂŁ11.00
Cumulative saving ÂŁ11.00
Membership cost ÂŁ91.20
Net cumulative saving -ÂŁ80.20
Obviously I will need to visit some more places to make the membership cost effective and turn that cumulative saving positive.
I think when we went there in 2017 the cafe was in Strode House, but now is near the entrance. In 2017 we did go inside Barrington Court, however this time the house was closed for conservation work. I think that was the reason I didn’t go and see it in 2023 when I last had a National Trust membership.
This year I have planned to visit fifty places.