Projects

Acquisition of a pair of George III giltwood pier glasses and marble-topped tables.

Acquisition of the Cowper family archive from Panshanger in Hertfordshire.

Acquisition of library and historical collection of the Linen Industrial Research Association (LIRA)

Acquisition of pencil portrait of William Wordsworth by Benjamin Robert Haydon, dated 1819.

Acquisition of cabinet, traditionally believed to be a gift from Charles II to Sir Thomas Myddelton

Acquisition of 47.5 hectares of land, of which 14 acres are Sites of Special Scientific Interes

Acquisition of Hampton Meadow, around 55 acres at the confluence of the Rivers Lugg and Frome, and a

Drawing, portrait of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Arundel (1585-1646) by Rubens (1577-1640).

Acquisition of a watercolour by Edward Burra (1905-1976). Burra lived in Rye.

Acquisition of archive of James Watt (1736-1819), surveyor, engineer, mathematical and musical instr