Arundells Journal
News from Arundells
Find out what’s going on in the house and garden. Read about Arundells history and discover interesting facts about our collection.
Jesuit Priest in the Attics at Arundells – Urban Myth
Written by Annie Boag There is a story told that Jesuit priests were hidden in the attics of Arundells, I have even heard some embellish that there were priest holes there. We have, in the past been guilty of promulgating this...
Arundells features in Country Life July 2020
Arundells is pleased to annouce an article about Arundells is featured in the July 2020 edition of Country Life magazine. John Goodall paid a visit to tell Arundells story together with photography by Justin Paget for the Country Life Picture Library. Click here to...
Arundells – The beginnings
Our predecessors were so much better at recycling and reusing than we are today. Building materials were expensive and why rebuild from scratch if you could work on what was already there? Arundells is a perfect illustration of this ethos. A visitor to the Close in...
Ted Heath’s Unexpected Election Victory
On this Day, 18 June, 50 years ago – written by Lord Lexden The election result on this day fifty years ago took everyone completely by surprise, except the victor himself. In his memoirs published nearly thirty years later, Heath declared, with characteristic...
Lord Armstrong
Statement by the Trustees of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation
The Trustees were greatly saddened to learn of the death of the Rt Hon The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO, on Friday 3rd April 2020.