Hestercombe Gardens Trust (03287766): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-08-01
- Administrators
- Mark Guy Boughey, Rebecca Jane Dacre
- Administrators' firm
- Mazars
- Formerly
- Hestercombe Gardens Trust Limited
- Incorporated
- 1996-12-04
- Location
- Bristol
- Industry
- 91030 Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Why it went into administration
- COVID-19
- Weak consumer demand
- Loss of key people
From the administrators' statement
Hestercombe Gardens, located in Cheddon Fitzpaine near Taunton, Somerset, is a nationally significant heritage site comprising a unique collection of gardens spanning three centuries of design over 320 acres of land (52 of which comprises the visitor site, and the remaining 268 acres are leased to a local famer). The estate is renowned for its formal gardens, designed by Gertrude Jekyll and Sir Edwin Lutyens, alongside a Georgian landscape garden and Victorian terrace. Over the past few decades, the site has undergone extensive restoration and development to become a leading cultural and horticultural destination in the Southwest
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of England funded through charitable donations, income generated by the charity, and grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-09-23) · Companies House register